• Song:

    Little Girl I Once Knew

  • Artist:

    Beach Boys

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                     "The Little Girl I Once Knew"
                             (Brian Wilson)

Intro:

	12-string:

	      B               C#
	       v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	      -----7---2-------|---1---2---4-----
	      -----7---2-------|---2---4---6-----
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      -----------------|-----------------

	      Abm7               E
	       v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	      -----7---2-------|---0---2---4-----
	      -----7---4-------|---0---4---5-----
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      -----------------|-----------------

	bass:

	      B               C#
	 v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----|-----------------|-----------------
	-----|-----------------|-----------------
	--(2)|---------------6-|-4-------------6-
	-----|-2---------------|-----------------

	      Abm7               E
	       v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      -----------------|-----------------
	      ---------------2-|---------------2-
	      -4---------------|-0---------------

	organ (eighth-note triplets) [2nd time]:

	      B                 C#
	       v     v   v   v     v     v   v   v
	      -14----------------|-13----------------
	      ---16--------------|---14--------------
	      -----16--%---%---%-|-----13--%---%---%-
	      -------------------|-------------------
	      -------------------|-------------------
	      -------------------|-------------------

	      Abm7                 E
	       v     v   v   v     v     v   v   v
	      -14----------------|-16----------------
	      ---16--------------|---17--------------
	      -----16--%---%---%-|-----16--%---%---%-
	      -------------------|-------------------
	      -------------------|-------------------
	      -------------------|-------------------

Verse 1:

	Abm7        C#7
	We met when she was younger
	Abm7          C#7
	Then I had no eye for her
	Ebm7            Ab7
	A few years went by and I saw her
	Ebm7          Ab7
	Now I'm gonna try for her

	bass:

	(C#)              (F#)
	 v   v   v   v     v v v v   v v v v
	-----------------|---------|---------
	-----------------|-4-------|---------
	-4-----4-------4-|---------|---------
	------------646--|---------|---------
	             ^^^ triplet

	[spoken] Look out, babe

Chorus:

	B              F#7/C#             B
	She's not the little girl I once knew
	                E
	She's not the little girl I once knew
	D              A7/E               D
	She's not the little girl I once knew
	               E/F#
	She's not the little girl I once knew

Verse 2:

	How could I ever have known that
	She'd be what she is today
	And look at how her boyfriend holds her
	I'll be movin' in one day

	bass:

	(C#)              (F#)
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v v v v   v v v v
	-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------
	-----------------|-----------------|-4-------|---------
	-4-----4---------|-6---4---------46|---------|---------
	-----------------|---------4-6-----|---------|---------

	[spoken] Split, man

[repeat chorus]

Break:

	organ (eighth-note triplets):

	 B                             E
	 v     v   v   v     v v v v   v     v   v   v     v v v v
	-14----------------|---------|-16----------------|---------
	---16--------------|---------|---17--------------|---------
	-----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-|-----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-
	-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------
	-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------
	-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------

	bass (doubled w/saxes):

	B
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-------4---------
	-----4-----4-6-4-|---4-6-----4-6---
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------

	E                       B
	La-do-day (bow-bow-bow) la-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
	E
	La-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
	D              A7/E               D
	She's not the little girl I once knew
	                G                 D
	She's not the little girl I once knew
	               A7/E               D
	She's not the little girl I once knew
	               E/F#
	She's not the little girl I once knew

[repeat intro (1X, with organ)]

Coda (repeat to fade):

	B              F#7/C#             B
	She's not the little girl I once knew
	                E
	She's not the little girl I once knew


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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