"Your Imagination"

Words & Music by Brian Wilson /Joe Thomas / S. R. Dahl

Piano chord transcription by John in South Jersey

Note: Chord voicings are written out in 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. Chords are placed approximately over the words where they occur. Song starts out in the key of D, 4/4 time signature.

This is just a keyboard chart that seems to work. Feel free to change any chord voicings to suite your fancy. This chart is certainly NOT meant to represent the vocal harmonies that comprise most of what you hear when you listen to the Imagination CD. So your ears will miss many of the rich vocal harmonies that you are used to if you just plunk chords on the keyboards. To remedy this, try alternatively:

Plan A:

Round up about a dozen of your closest friends, preferably ones who can sing on key. Assign them each vocal parts until you've doubled each harmony and the lead vocal line. Then, have them all sing along while you play the chords on the keyboards. Hopefully, this will make it sound better, not worse. If worse, try plan B.

Plan B:

Send friends home happy. Then, after they've all left, put Brian's a cappella version in the CD player, and play along with it. After a few tries, you'll be messing around with chord substitutions, and you won't even need this chart anymore.

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Intro

Play below chords 2x, then play the flute riff

RH = bell-like synthesizer riff

LH = chord arpeggiation played below the RH

RH: F# A E A D A C# A

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LH: D A D A F# A D A D A D A F# A D A

RH: B D G C# D E F# G

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LH: G D G D B D G D A E A E C# E A E

(FLUTE RIFF) A B C# B A A C# A A C# A

E F# G F# E E A E E A E

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Verse 1

(song uses a Marimba or wooden xylophone-like synth patch)

RH: F# F# F# F# F# F# E E

D D E E D D C# C#

A A C# C# B B A A

A A

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LH: D D C# C# B B A A

Another car running fast another song on the beach

RH: D D E E D D D D

B BC C# C# B B B B

G G A A G G G G

E E

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LH: G G F# F# E E A A

I take a trip through the past when summer's way out of reach

RH: F# F# F# F# F# F# E E

D D E E D D C# C#

A A C# C# B B A A

A A

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LH: D D C# C# B B A A

Another walk in the park when I need something to do

RH: D D E E D D D D

B B C# C# B B B B

G G A A G G G G

E E E E

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LH: G G F# F# E E A A

And when I feel all alone sometimes I think about

RH: B B B B B B B B

G G G G G G G G

D D D D D D D D

B B B B B B B B

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LH: G F# E A E

You take my hand smile and

RH: A A A A A A A A

F# F# F# F# F# F# F# F#

D D D D D D D D

A A A A A A A A

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LH: D C# B A

say you don't understand To look in your

RH: B B B B B B B B

G G G G G G G G

D D D D D D D D

B B B B B B B B

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LH: G F# E G B E

Eyes and see what you feel And then realize

RH: C# C# C# C# C# C# C# C#

A A A A A A A A

E E E E E E E E

C# C# C# C# C# C# C# C#

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LH: A A A A

That nothings for real 'cause you know it's just

Chorus 1

RH: F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

D D C# C# D D C# C# B B C#C# B B B B

A A A A A A A A G G A A G G G G

F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

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LH: D C# B A G F# E A

Your imagination running wild

(running running running)

RH: F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

D D C# C# D D C# C# B B C#C# B B B B

A A A A A A A A G G A A G G G G

F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

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LH: D C# B A G F# E A

Your imagination running wild

(running running running)

RH: G# G# F# F# G# G# F# F# C# C# D# D# C

E E D# D# E E D# D# A A B B A

B B B B B B B B E E F# F# G

G# G# G# G# G# G# F# F# C# C# D# D# E

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LH: E D# C# B A G# C

Your imagination running wild

Verse 2

RH: F# F# F# F# F# F# E E

D D E E D D C# C#

A A C# C# B B A A

A A

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LH: D D C# C# B B A A

Another bucket of sand another wave at the pier

RH: D D E E D D D D

B B C# C# B B B B

G G A A G G G G

E E E E

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LH: G G F# F# E E A A

I miss the way that I used to call the shots around here

RH: F# F# F# F# F# F# E E

D D E E D D C# C#

A A C# C# B B A A

A A

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LH: D D C# C# B B A A

You know it would've been nice if I had something to do

RH: D D E E D D D D

B B C# C# B B B B

G G A A G G G G

E E E E

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LH: G G F# F# E E A A

I took a trip through the past and got to spend it with

RH: B B B B B B B B

G G G G G G G G

D D D D D D D D

B B B B B B B B

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LH: G F# E A E

You take my hand smile and

RH: A A A A A A A A

F# F# F# F# F# F# F# F#

D D D D D D D D

A A A A A A A A

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LH: D C# B A

say you don't understand To look in your

RH: B B B B B B B B

G G G G G G G G

D D D D D D D D

B B B B B B B B

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LH: G F# E G B E

eyes and see what you feel And then realize

RH: C# C# C# C# C# C# C# C#

A A A A A A A A

E E E E E E E E

C# C# C# C# C# C# C# C#

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LH: A A A A

that nothings for real 'cause you know it's just

Chorus 2

RH: F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

D D C# C# D D C# C# B B C#C# B B B B

A A A A A A A A G G A A G G G G

F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

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LH: D C# B A G F# E A

Your imagination running wild

(running running running)

RH: F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

D D C# C# D D C# C# B B C#C# B B B B

A A A A A A A A G G A A G G G G

F# F# E E F# F# E E D D E E D D D D

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LH: D C# B A G F# E A

Your imagination running wild

(running running running)

RH: G# G# F# F# G# G# F# F#

E E D# D# E E D# D#

B B B B B B B B

G# G# G# G# G# G# G# G#

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LH: E D# C# B

Your imagination running

RH: C# C# D# D#

A A B B

E E F# F#

C# C# D# D#

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LH A C# E C# A E C# A B D# F# D# B F# D# B

wild

running running runing

Instrumental Bridge (intro riff restated once)

RH: G# B F# B E B D# B

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LH: E B E B G# B E B E B E B G# B E

RH: C# D# E F# G# A

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LH: A E A E C# E A E B F# B F# D# F# B F#

RH: G# F# E D# A

E D# C# B E F#

B B B G# C# D#

G# G# G# F# A B

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LH: E B E B G# B E B E B E B G# B E B A C# E C# A C# E C# B

My my my my my ohhhhh

(brief pause, then drum roll into)

Ending Tag to fade (about 4 times):

Horn

Lead

Notes: AAA Bb C A FFF G A G F E D G

RH: A G F E F F

F E D C D D

C D C A Bb Bb

C A G F G

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LH: F E D C Bb C

Your imagination running wild

(aum bop diddit - aum bop diddit)