Barenaked Ladies — Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel
This is a really great and easy song to play. Definitely one of my favorites. It
can be played on an acoustic guitar, or a banjitar (how BNL play it). It's off the
2000 album "Maroon".
-Standard Tuning-
-Capo 2nd Fret-
The chords are played as follows"
*All chords relative to the capo
G: 320033
D: xx0232
Cadd9: x32033
Am: x02210
Esus: 022200
E: 022100
Em7: 022033
Gsus: 3x0013
D6: xx0202
C6: x32210
C: x32010
D7sus: xx0213
D7: xx0212
Intro
G, D, Cadd9, D (x2)
Verse 1
GDCadd9D
Driving home to be with you
GDCadd9D
The highway's dividing, the city's in view
AmEsusE
As usual, I'm almost on time
AmEsusE
You're the last thing that's on my mind
GDCadd9D
I wish I could tell you the way that I feel
Em7GDG
But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
Verse 2
No commotion, no screaming brakes
Most of it's over before I awake
From the ceiling, my coffee cup drips
While out my window, the horizon does flips
The worst part was hitting the ground -
Not the feeling so much as the sound
Can't help but wonder if all this is real
Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
Verse 3
Rubberneck traffic and passersby
And Slow Motion Walter the fire engine guy
Stand around with their mouths open wide
I heard some idiot ask if someone's inside
Cadd9GCadd9G
With the Jaws of Life they tried and they tried
Nobody here can know how I feel
Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
Bridge
GDCadd9D
I guess it's over now
G
Cause I've never seen so much
DCadd9
Never seen so much, never seen so much
D
Never seen so much
GDCadd9D
I guess it's over now
G
Cause I've never seen so much
DCadd9
Never seen so much, never seen so much
D (Strum rapidly, then let ring)
Bloooooooood!
Verse 4
In all the confusion, there's something serene
I'm just a posthumous part of the scene
Now I'm floating above looking in
As the radio blares and wheels spin
I can see my face slump with a grin
D
And you...
Coda
GDCadD9
You're the last thing on my mind
GDCadD9
You're the last thing on my mind
GDCadD9
You're the last thing on my mind
GDCadD9
You're the last thing on my mind
Gsus, G, D6, D, C6, C, D7sus, D7
G (Strumming rapidly)
Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!