Words & Music by Brian Wilson
Piano chord transcription by John in South Jersey
Note: Chord voicings are broken down into the individual notes for right hand (RH) and left hand (LH), with the order of notes ascending up the page just as they do up the keyboard from bottom to top. This is just a shorthand I use to learn songs when getting as close as possible to the exact chord inversions matters. Chords are placed approximately over the words where they occur for reference. Timing and feel is up to you. If you have a synthesizer, try a piano patch layered over a string or other soft pad. It accentuates the orchestral feel and richness of the resolves between the chord voicings that Brian used to score this future standard (if it's taken the general public 35 years to "get" Pet Sounds, figure that ten years from now, some then-major pop star will probably "re-discover" this hidden gem of a song, and knock it out of the ballpark. The chords below are just for the piano part, not the full orchestration. There is lots of room for improvisation and chord substitutions, so jazz monsters may have a lot of fun with this one.
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Intro (Play below hook 2x)
RH: F - D# - C# C
C# A#
A# G#
G# F#
F# E
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LH: F# F#
RH: F - D# - C# C
C# A#
A# G#
G# F#
F# E
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LH: F# F#
The flame of love we had has finally died
RH: F - D# - C# C C#
C# A# A#
A# G# G#
G# F# F#
F# E D#
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LH: F# F# B
Can't take this emptiness it left inside
RH: C# C#
A# A#
G# G
F F
D# D#
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LH: A# D#
It's over now
RH: D# D
C# B
B G#
F# F
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LH: G# B
And though I played the role I lost my soul
RH: D
C# B D#
A# G# A#
F# F# F#
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LH: C# D D#
It's still within your heart
RH: F F# F#
D# D C# D#
C B A# C
G# G# F# G#
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LH: D# D C# C
It's over now it's over now
RH: F# F# F - D# - C# C
D# D C# A#
C# B A# G#
A# A G# F#
G# F# E
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LH: B G F# F#
Shades of blue and purple haunt me
[2nd verse, same as the 1st, except end on an F# major chord instead of playing the intro hook]
The noise outside my window carries on
Like distant bugles love is very gone
It's over now
It took a part of me, the heart of me
To watch it fade away
It's over now
It's over now
Shades of blue and purple haunt me
Bridge Chords
RH: F# F# F#
F# E D# D#
C# C# C# B
A A A G#
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LH: F# F# B E
Heaven Heaven is far away
RH: F# F#
E E E C# C#
D C# C# D B B
B B A A G# G#
G G F# F# E F
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LH: A A D D C# C#
Angels no longer play
[3rd verse, same as the 1st, except end on the intro hook and repeat to fade]
I need to take this fear and force it down
And just pretend that you are not around
It's over now
I'll put a Frank Sinatra album on
And cry my blues away
It's over now
It's over now
Shades of blue and purple haunt me