Cover art for Slow Like Sundays

All songs  /  David Alan Graham

Slow Like Sundays

Open blinds, cotton sheets, a dog with one ear up, and nowhere to be.

D♭ major94 BPM4/44:24golden-hourSomewhere Past Midnighthigh confidence
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Play Slow Like Sundays (lyric video)

Verse 1

Dust in the light through the open blinds
Cotton sheets and a wandering mind
Dog with one ear up, half asleep
Ceiling fan turning like it's all it needs
You stretch real long, then settle back in
Stay where the warmth of your skin's been
Old wood floor where the sun comes through
Painting golden over me and you

Pre-Chorus

Don't owe nobody a single word
Just the breathing of the morning heard

Chorus

Slow like Sundays
Soft as the porch in early May
Hours go by like the wind is reading
Time forgot it's supposed to be leading
Slow like Sundays
Warm where the sunlight comes to stay
Quiet kind of close that we don't have to say
Like the whole wide world picked the kindest day
Slow like Sundays...

Verse 2

Pages turning in the other room
You barefoot in the kitchen's bloom
Toast and butter, a slow-spin tune
Outside the window, the sky's just blue
Yard out back where the lemon trees grow
Wind so easy you can hear it go
Some kind of peace I can't explain
Like time decided to stay the same

Pre-Chorus

Don't have to do, don't have to be
Just exactly here next to me

Chorus

Slow like Sundays
Soft as the porch in early May
Hours go by like the wind is reading
Time forgot it's supposed to be leading
Slow like Sundays
Warm where the sunlight comes to stay
Quiet kind of close that we don't have to say
Like the whole wide world picked the kindest day
Slow like Sundays...

Bridge

Maybe Monday's coming
But it ain't coming now
Got the whole morning humming
Sweet and slow somehow

Final Chorus

Slow like Sundays
Light just painting where it wants to play
Hours go by like the wind is reading
Time forgot it's supposed to be leading
Slow like Sundays
Soft as the porch on a quiet day
Quiet kind of close I'll keep for always
Found my forever in a backyard haze
Slow like Sundays...

Outro

Slow like Sundays...
Easy like Sundays...

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Intro  E♭m D♭ E♭m D♭ D♭ E♭m Fm D♭

Verse 1

E♭mDust in the light through the open blinds

Cotton sheets and a wandering mind

D♭Dog with one ear up, half asleep

Ceiling fan turning like it's all it needs

E♭mYou stretch real long, then settle back in

Stay where the warmth of your skin's been

D♭Old wood floor where the sun comes through

Painting golden over me and you

Pre-Chorus

Don't owe E♭mnobody a single word

B♭mJust the D♭breathing of the morning heard

Chorus

G♭Slow like Sundays

FmSoft as the porch D♭in early May

B♭mHours go by G♭like the wind is reading

Time Fmforgot it's supposed D♭to be leading

Slow like E♭mSundays

A♭Warm where the D♭sunlight comes to stay

Quiet kind of close E♭mthat we don't have to say

Like A♭the whole wide world picked Fmthe kindest day

Slow B♭mlike E♭mSundays...

Verse 2

D♭Pages turning in the other room

B♭mYou barefoot in the kitchen's bloom

E♭mToast and butter, a slow-spin tune

Outside the window, the sky's just blue

D♭Yard out back where the lemon trees grow

G♭Wind so easy you can hear it go

Some kind of peace I can't explain

Like time decided to stay the same

Pre-Chorus

Don't have to do, A♭don't have to be

FmJust exactly here next to me

Chorus

Slow G♭like Sundays

FmSoft as the porch D♭in early May

G♭Hours go by like the wind is reading

Time Fmforgot it's supposed D♭to be leading

B♭mSlow like E♭mSundays

FmWarm where the D♭sunlight comes to stay

B♭mQuiet kind of close E♭mthat we don't have to say

Like A♭the whole wide world picked D♭the kindest day

Slow G♭like B♭mSundays...

Bridge

FmMaybe Monday's coming

But it ain't coming now

Got the whole morning humming

Sweet B♭mand slow somehow

Final Chorus

E♭mSlow like Sundays

A♭Light just painting D♭where it wants to B♭mplay

Hours go by E♭mlike the wind is reading

Time A♭forgot it's D♭supposed to be leading

Slow like E♭mSundays

Soft as the D♭porch on a quiet day

B♭mQuiet kind of E♭mclose I'll keep for always

Found Fmmy forever in D♭a backyard haze

B♭mSlow like E♭mSundays...

Outro

A♭Slow like D♭Sundays...

B♭mEasy like Sundays...

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Lead sheet for Slow Like Sundays