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Verse 1:
bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
MIbm
v v v v v v v v
----15-------13----------|-------------------------
-------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------
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I I love the colorful
DO#6
v v v v v v v v
----13-------13----------|-------10----------------
-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------
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clothes she wears and the
DOb6
v v v v v v v v
----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------
-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------
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way the sunlight plays upon her
SIb
v v v v v v v v
----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------
-------8--------------8--|-10----------------------
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hair
bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:
bass 2:
MIbm
v v v v v v v v
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-1-----------------------|-1-----------------X----- [drum accent]
-------------------1-----|-------------------------
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I hear the sound of a
DO#6
v v v v v v v v
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-------------------------|-------------------X-----
-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------
-------------------4-----|-------------------------
gentle word on the
DOb6
v v v v v v v v
-------------------------|-------------------------
-------------------------|-------------------X-----
-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------
-------------------2-----|-------------------------
wind that lifts her perfume through the
bass 1:
SIb DO#
v v v v v v v v
----10-------10----16----|-15----13----------------
-------8-----------------|-------------16----15----
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bass 2:
v v v v v v v v
-------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------
-------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----
-1-----------------------|-------------------------
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air
Chorus
[R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson
play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):
FA# FA# SIb DO# FA#
DOb/FA# FA# DOb MIb FA#
DO#madd11/FA# SOL# DO# FAb FA#
SOL# SOL# SIb DO# SOL#
DO#/SOL# SOL# DO# FA SOL#
MIbmadd11/SOL# SIb MIb FA# SOL#
SIb SIb RE FA SIb
MIb/SIb SIb MIb SOL SIb
FAmadd11/SIb DO FA SOL# SIb
N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.]
bass:
FA# DOb/FA# DO#m/FA# DOb/FA#
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----4---2---1---|-----------------
-----------------|---------2---4---
-2---------------|-2---4-----------
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
FA# DOb/FA# DO#m/FA# DOb/FA#
She's givin' me the excitations
FA# DOb/FA# DO#m/FA# DOb/FA#
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(mmm, bop-bop good vibrations)
FA# DOb/FA# DO#m/FA# DOb/FA#
She's givin' me the excitations
(bop-bop excitations)
bass:
SOL# DO#/SOL# MIbm/SOL# DO#/SOL#
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----6---4---3---|-----------------
-----------------|---------4---6---
-4---------------|-4---6-----------
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)
SOL# DO#/SOL# MIbm/SOL# DO#/SOL#
She's givin' me the excitations
(bop-bop excitations)
bass:
SIb MIb/SIb FAm/SIb MIb/SIb
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----8---6---5---|-----------------
-----------------|---------6---8---
-6---------------|-6---8-----------
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)
SIb MIb/SIb FAm/SIb MIb/SIb
She's givin' me the excitations
(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 chorus]
Bridge 1:
tack piano w/bass [half notes]:
FAm/SIb MIb/SIb SIb MIb/SIb 6X
/ / / / / / / /
1: (...tations)
3: [theremin enters]
5: aaaaaahhhhhh
6: My, my, my what elation
SIbm/MIb SOL#/MIb MIb SOL#/MIb
I don't know where but she sends me there
SIbm/MIb SOL#/MIb MIb SOL#/MIb
(My, my, my, what a)
FAm/SIb MIb/SIb SIb MIb/SIb
Oh, my, my, what
(sensation)
FAm/SIb MIb/SIb SIb MIb/SIb
Elation
(my, my, my, what)
Bridge 2:
organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:
FA SOLm DO7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time, harmonica 3rd, vocals fade 3rd]:
FA
Gotta keep those lovin' good
SOLm DO7
Vibrations a-happenin' with her
F Cm7/F [N.C.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
aaaaahhhhh
Coda [bass lines as per chorus]:
SIb MIb/SIb FAm/SIb MIb/SIb SIb MIb/SIb FAm/SIb MIb/SIb
Good, good, good, good vibrations
SOL# DO#/SOL# MIbm/SOL# DO#/SOL# SOL# DO#/SOL# MIbm/SOL# DO#/SOL#
Good, good, good, good vibrations
FA# DOb/FA# DO#m/FA# DOb/FA#
/ / / / / / / /
acapella w/fuzz bass [half notes] and tambourine:
FA#
LA-da-da-da-da REa-da-da
SOL#
LA-da-da-da-da REa-da-da
SIb
LA-da-da-da-da REa-da-da
SOL#
LA-da-da-da-da REa-da-da
theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:
(Ab)
/ / / / / / / /
bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:
Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab [repeat to fade]
/ / / / / / / /
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