Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
"Good Vibrations"
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
Verse 1:
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[/]: (.[/]..ta[/]tions[/])[/] [/] [/]
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:
[F] [Gm] [C7]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[]:
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]
[Gb] [Cb/Gb] [Dbm/Gb] [Cb/Gb]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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]:
[(Ab)]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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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