I get aroundBeach Boys

"I Get Around" — their first US #1 (1964). Pure pop freedom. Car, radio, and no particular place to go.

Капо 5 лад → D, B7, Em, C, A, E, C7
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"I Get Around"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)
Intro:
G (E7)
Round, round, get around, I get around
(Am) (F) (D)
Yeah, I get around, I get around
Chorus:
          G
I get around (get around, round, round, I get around)
                E7
From town to town (get around, round, round, I get around)
                   Am
I'm a real cool head (get around, round, round, I get around)
                        F                               D
I'm makin' real good bread (get around, round, round, I get around)
Verse 1: [slide chromatically up to chords]
               A5            D5               A5       D5
I'm gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip
           A5         D5              A5      D5
I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip
guitar [doubled with organ]:
                G
v v v v v v v v v
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-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
-----------|--------------------------|-------9-------------------
-----------|----------------9---------|-12-9-----12----9----------
-------9---|-10----12-10-12-------10--|-------------------12-10---
-10-12-----|--------------------------|---------------------------
      A5         D5             A5         D5
My buddies and me are gettin' real well known
            A5        D5               A5       D5
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
[repeat chorus]
Link:
          E7                                   A
I get around, round, get around, round, wah-ooo
Guitar solo:
  A                  D
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
  A                  E7       F7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[key changes to Ab]
Verse 2:
     Bb5            Eb5              Bb5       Eb5
We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat
            Bb5          Eb5           Bb5     Eb5
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet
[guitar/organ - same fingerings as before, transposed up one fret]
                Ab
v v v v v v v v v
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-----------|--------------------------|-------10------------------
-----------|----------------10--------|-13-10----13----10---------
-------10--|-11----13-11-13-------11--|-------------------13-11---
-11-13-----|--------------------------|---------------------------
              Bb5      Eb5              Bb5         Eb5
None of the guys go steady 'cause it wouldn't be right
                Bb5       Eb5         Bb5       Eb5
To leave your best girl home now on Saturday night
Chorus, in Ab:
          Ab
I get around (get around, round, round, I get around)
                F7
From town to town (get around, round, round, I get around)
                  Bbm
I'm a real cool head (get around, round, round, I get around)
                        Gb                             Eb
I'm makin' real good bread (get around, round, round, I get around)
         F7                             Eb
I get around, round, ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
[repeat intro, in Ab]:
Ab (F7)
Round, round, get around, I get around
(Am) (Gb) (Eb)
Yeah, I get around, I get around
[repeat chorus (w/wordless vocal) to fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

Знаете ли вы, что...

  • Released May 1964. The Beach Boys' first US #1. Brian Wilson wrote it partly as a response to the British Invasion — a conscious assertion of American pop identity. The stacked vocals are a masterpiece of production.