• Song:

    Pleasant Valley Sunday

  • Artist:

    Monkees

  • Album:

    The Collection

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                        "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
                      (Gerry Goffin - Carole King)

Intro:

	two electric guitars [3X]; acoustic guitar enters 2nd time:

	     A (x02220@1)           G/A (320203@1)[bass tacet during intro]
	     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    ---|-----------------|------------------|
    ---|-----------------|------------------|
    ---|-----------------|------------------|
    ---|-7-----5-4-0---2-|-----0---5-4-0----|
    -0-|-----0-------0---|---0--------------|(0)
    ---|-----------------|------------------|

Verse 1:

	 A (x02220@1)The local rock group down the street
	                              G/A[w/intro (320203@1)riff]
	Is trying hard to learn their song
	 A (x02220@1)They serenade the weekend squire
	                             G/A[w/intro (320203@1)riff]
	Who just came out to mow his lawn

Chorus 1:

	 C (x32010@1)    FaddG            C (x32010@1)    FaddG
	Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday)
	  C (x32010@1)    FaddG          C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)Charcoal burning everywhere
	 E7 (020130@1)    A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E7 (020130@1)Rows of houses that are all the same
	    Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m   D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E7 (020130@1)And no-one seems to care

Verse 2:

	See Mrs. Gray, she's proud today
	Because her roses are in bloom
	And Mr. Green, he's so serene
	He's got aTV (x02210@1)in every room

Chorus 2:

	Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday)
	Here in status symbol land
	Mothers complain about how hard life is
	And the kids just don't understand

Bridge:

	 E7 (020130@1)Creature comfort goals
	They only numb my soul
	And make it hard for me to see
	My thoughts all seem to stray
	To places far away
	                           (A)
	I need achange (x02210@1)of scenery

[repeat intro riff w/bass, 2X]

[repeat verse w/wordless vocal]

Chorus 3:

	 C (x32010@1)    FaddG            C (x32010@1)    FaddG
	Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday)
	 C (x32010@1)    FaddG          C (x32010@1)Charcoal burning everywhere
	 F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)            F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
	 F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)     (A)
	Here in status symbol land

[repeat intro riff w/bass, 2X]

Coda [repeat 7X (until swamped in echo)]:

	  A[w/intro (x02220@1)riff]
	Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (another Pleasant Valley Sunday)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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