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Good Vibrations   Beach Boys



        bass 1 w/organ [cbords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
        [Ebm] v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	----15-------13----------|-------------------------
	-------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

I I love the colorful

        [Db6] v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	----13-------13----------|-------10----------------
	-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

clothes she wears and the

        [Cb6] v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------
	-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

way the sunlight plays upon her

         [Bb]v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------
	-------8--------------8--|-10----------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

hair


bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:

bass 2:

        [Ebm] v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-1-----------------------|-1-----------------X-----  [drum accent]
	-------------------1-----|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

I hear the sound of a

        [Db6] v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------X-----
	-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------
	-------------------4-----|-------------------------

gentle word on the

        [Cb6] v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------X-----
	-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------
	-------------------2-----|-------------------------

wind that lifts her perfume through the

bass 1:

        [Bb] v     v     v     v      [Db] v     v     v     v
	----10-------10----16----|-15----13----------------
	-------8-----------------|-------------16----15----
	-------------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------


bass 2:

v v v v v v v v
	-------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------
	-------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----
	-1-----------------------|-------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------------

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:
        [Gb] v   v [Cb/Gb]  v   v  [Dbm/Gb]   v   v [Cb/Gb]  v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----4---2---1---|-----------------
	-----------------|---------2---4---
	-2---------------|-2---4-----------

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

        [Gb]   She's[Cb/Gb] givin' me th[Dbm/Gb]e excit[Cb/Gb]ations
        [Gb]   I'm[Cb/Gb] pickin' up[Dbm/Gb] good v[Cb/Gb]ibrations
(mmm, bop-bop good vibrations)
        [Gb]   She's [Cb/Gb]givin' me the[Dbm/Gb] excita[Cb/Gb]tions
(bop-bop excitations)

bass:

        [Ab] v   v [Db/Ab]  v   v  [Ebm/Ab]   v   v [Db/Ab]  v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----6---4---3---|-----------------
	-----------------|---------4---6---
	-4---------------|-4---6-----------

I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)

        [Ab]   She's[Db/Ab] givin' m[Ebm/Ab]e the e[Db/Ab]xcitations
(bop-bop excitations)

bass:
        [Bb] v   v [Eb/Bb]  v   v   [Fm/Bb]  v   v [Eb/Bb]  v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----8---6---5---|-----------------
	-----------------|---------6---8---
	-6---------------|-6---8-----------

I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)

        [Bb]She's [Eb/Bb]givin' me[Fm/Bb] the e[Eb/Bb]xcitations
(bop-bop exci...)

Verse 2:

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 cborus] 

Bridge 1:

        tack piano w/bass [balf notes]:

        Fm/Bb   Eb/Bb      Bb    Eb/Bb     [6X]
1: (...tations)
             3: [tberemin enters]
5: aaaaaahhhhhh
6: My, my, my what elation

        I [Bbm/Eb]don't know [Ab/Eb]where but she s[Eb]ends me [Ab/Eb]there
        [Bbm/Eb] (My,  [Ab/Eb] my,   [Eb]my, [Ab/Eb]what a)

        [Fm/Bb]  Oh, [Eb/Bb] my,  [Bb]my, [Eb/Bb] what
(sensation)
        [Fm/Bb]Elatio[Eb/Bb]n     [Bb]    [Eb/Bb]
(my, my, my, what)

Bridge 2:

organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:

        [repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time, barmonica 3rd, vocals fade 3rd]:

        G[F]otta keep those lovin' good
        V[Gm]ibrations a-h[C7]appenin' with her

        F                Cm7/F       [N.C.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / . . .
aaaaahhhhh

Coda [bass lines as per cborus]:

        G[Bb]ood,  [Eb/Bb]good,  [Fm/Bb]good,  [Eb/Bb]good vibr[Bb]ations [Eb/Bb]       [Fm/Bb]       [Eb/Bb]
        G[Ab]ood,  [Db/Ab]good,  [Ebm/Ab]good,  [Db/Ab]good vibr[Ab]ations [Db/Ab]       [Ebm/Ab]        [Db/Ab]
        acapella w/fuzz bass [balf notes] and tambourine:

        [Gb]                                                                              
	La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da

        [Ab]                                                                              
	La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da

        [Bb]                                                                              
	La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da

        [Ab]                                                                              
	La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da


        theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:
        bass [as per cborus], keyboard, drums re-enter:

        Ab    Db/Ab    Ebm/Ab   Db/Ab    [repeat to fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Ab Bb Bbm/Eb C7 Db Db/Ab Db6 Dbm/Gb Eb Ebm Ebm/Ab F Fm/Bb Gb Gm

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