Good vibrations — Beach Boys
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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:13:09 -0500 From: Andrew Rogers <[email protected]> Subject: b/beach_boys/good_vibrations.crd
"Good Vibrations"
Verse
bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
v v v v v v v v I I love the colorful
v v v v v v v v clothes she wears and the
v v v v v v v v way the sunlight plays upon her
v v v v v v v v hair
bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:
bass 2:
v v v v v v v v I hear the sound of a
v v v v v v v v gentle word on the
v v v v v v v v wind that lifts her perfume through the
bass 1:
v v v v v v v v
bass 2:
v v v v v v v v air
Chorus
[R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):
Gb: Gb Bb Db Gb Cb/Gb: Gb Cb Eb Gb Dbmadd11/Gb: Ab Db Fb Gb
Ab: Ab Bb Db Ab Db/Ab: Ab Db F Ab Ebmadd11/Ab: Bb Eb Gb Ab
Bb: Bb D F Bb Eb/Bb: Bb Eb G Bb Fmadd11/Bb: C F Ab Bb
N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.]
bass:
v v v v v v v v I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's givin' me the excitations I'm pickin' up good vibrations (mmm, bop-bop good vibrations) She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop excitations)
bass:
v v v v v v v v I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good, good, good, good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop excitations)
bass:
v v v v v v v v I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good, good, good, good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop exci...)
Verse
Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now (...tations) Softly smile, I know she must be kind When I look in her eyes She goes with me to a blossom world
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
tack piano w/bass [half notes]:
Fm/Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb [6X] / / / / / / / / 1: (...tations) 3: [theremin enters] 5: aaaaaahhhhhh 6: My, my, my what elation
I don't know where but she sends me there (My, my, my, what a)
Oh, my, my, what (sensation) Elation (my, my, my, what)
Bridge
organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Repeat 4X; Bass Enters 2Nd Time, Harmonica 3Rd, Vocals Fade 3Rd
Gotta keep those lovin' good Vibrations a-happenin' with her
F Cm7/F [N.C.] / / / / / / / / / / / / / . . . aaaaahhhhh
Coda [bass lines as per chorus]:
Good, good, good, good vibrations
Good, good, good, good vibrations
/ / / / / / / /
acapella w/fuzz bass [half notes] and tambourine:
La-da-da-da-da da-da-da La-da-da-da-da da-da-da La-da-da-da-da da-da-da La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:
/ / / / / / / /
bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:
Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab [repeat to fade] / / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers