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{title: Daydream} {artist: Lovin’ Spoonful} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 110} {key: Db} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Db] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1a} [Db] What a day for a [Bb]daydream [Bb7] [Ebm7] What a day for a [Ab7]daydreamin' boy [Db] Now I'm lost in a [Bb]daydream [Bb7] [Ebm7] Dreamin' 'bout my [Ab7]bundle of joy {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 1b} [Gb] And even if [Gdim]time ain't really [Db]on my [Bb7]side, [Gb] It's one of those [Gdim]days for takin' a [Db]walk out[Bb7]side. [Gb] I'm blowin' the [Gdim]day to take a [Db]walk in the [Bb7]sun [Ab] And fall on my [Absus6]face in somebody's [Ab7]new-mowed [Absus6]lawn. {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2a} [Db] I've been havin' a [Bb]sweet dream. [Bb7] [Ebm7] I been dreamin' since I [Ab7]woke up today. [Db] It's starrin' me and my [Bb]sweet pea, [Bb7] [Ebm7] 'Cause she's the one makes me [Ab7]feel this way {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2b} [Gb] And even if [Gdim]time is passin' me [Db]by a [Bb7]lot, [Gb] I couldn't care [Gdim]less about the [Db]dues you say I [Bb7]got [Gb] Tomorrow I'll [Gdim]pay the dues for [Db]droppin' my [Bb7]load [Ab] A pie in the [Absus6]face for being a [Ab7]sleepy bull [Absus6]toad {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 3a} [Db] [Bb] [Bb7] [Ebm7] [Ab7] [Db] [Bb] [Bb7] [Ebm7] [Ab7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 3b} [Gb] And you can be [Gdim]sure that if you're [Db]feelin' [Bb7]right [Gb] A daydream will [Gdim]last a long [Db]into the [Bb7]night. [Gb] Tomorrow at [Gdim]breakfast you may [Db]pick up your [Bb7]ears [Ab] Or you may be [Absus6]daydreamin' for a [Ab7]thousand [Absus6]years. {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4a} [Db] What a day for a [Bb]daydream. [Bb7] [Ebm7] Custom made for a [Ab7]daydreamin' boy. [Db] Now I'm lost in a [Bb]daydream. [Bb7] [Ebm7] Dreamin' 'bout my [Ab7]bundle of joy. {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4b, repeat} [Gb] [Gdim] [Db] [Bb7] [Gb] [Gdim] [Db] [Bb7] [Gb] [Gdim] [Db] [Bb7] [Ab] [Absus6] [Ab7] [Absus6] {end_of_verse}