Daydream Believer

Gonna be busy in the coming weeks, so I decided to work on a flurry of videos this past week and get a bunch of songs done. Here's one of my favorite Monkees songs:

Sometime it's easier to have the momentum going. I have done two videos pretty much back to back too. Once I stopped, it takes a while to get the mood back. I always forget how I angle the last video .
Do you take song request?

Hi, Brenda! For me, it's mood and energy and also having a song I really want to do. But it's usually fun and I love the creative challenge. If I could make a living by making ukulele videos, I'd gladly do it, although I'm not sure my fingers could take it. I used to do take after take of a song until I was satisfied, but my fingers can't take it anymore. Now I just do several takes and choose the best one. I'm glad to receive song requests, and if I like the song, too, it's likely I'll add it to (or move it up on) my to-do list.

Really nice job. Is that done in the original key or did you modulate it? Do you have a chord sheet for it to share?

Thanks, Phuufme! I did it in the key of D, but the original key is G. Here are the chords that I played, and you can transpose it to whatever key you like best:

Oh, I could [D] hide ‘neath the [Em] wings
of the [F#m] bluebird as she [G] sings
The [D] six o’clock [Bm] alarm would never [E7] ring [A7]

But it [D] rings and I [Em] rise
Wipe the [F#m] sleep out of my [G] eyes
My [D] shaving [Bm] razor’s [Em7] cold [A7] and it [D] stings

refrain:
[G] Cheer up, [A7] sleepy [F#m] Jean
[G] Oh, what [A7] can it [Bm] mean [G] to a
[D] Daydream be[G]liever and a
[D] home[Bm]coming [E7] queen [A7]

[D] You once thought of [Em] me
as a [F#m] white knight on a [G] steed
[D] Now you know how [Bm] happy I can [E7] be [A7]
Oh, and our [D] good times start and [Em] end
without [F#m] dollar one to [G] spend
But [D] how much, [Bm] baby
[Em7] do we [A7] really [D] need?
(to refrain)

John: I love it. It brought me back to my youth. I sure do miss Davy Jones.

regards
Luke

Thanks, Luke!