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Good Vibrations

The Beach Boys
[Verse 1]
Bass 1 w/organ (chords as indicated; quarter-notes)
v v v v v v v v
G|----15-------13----------|-------------------------|
D|-------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
I I love the colorful
 
v v v v v v v v
G|----13-------13----------|-------10----------------|
D|-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
clothes she wears and the
 
v v v v v v v v
G|----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------|
D|-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
way the sunlight plays upon her
 
v v v v v v v v
G|----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------|
D|-------8--------------8--|-10----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
hair
 
[Bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters]
[Bass 2]
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------X-----| (Drum accent)
A|-------------------1-----|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
I hear the sound of a
 
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------X-----|
A|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|
E|-------------------4-----|-------------------------|
gentle word on the
 
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------X-----|
A|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
E|-------------------2-----|-------------------------|
wind that lifts her perfume through the
 
[Bass 1]
v v v v v v v v
G|----10-------10----16----|-15----13----------------|
D|-------8-----------------|-------------16----15----|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
[Bass 2]
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------|
D|-------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----|
A|-1-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
air
 
[Chorus]
{R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson
play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):
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N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.}
 
[Bass]
v v v v v v v v
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----4---2---1---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------2---4---|
E|-2---------------|-2---4-----------|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----6---4---3---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------4---6---|
E|-4---------------|-4---6-----------|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----8---6---5---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------6---8---|
E|-6---------------|-6---8-----------|
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)
 
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):
(x6)
 
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 2]
Organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:
 
 
(Repeat x4; 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
 
 
A capella 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:
 
(Repeattofade)