• Song:

    Then I Kissed Her

  • Artist:

    Beach Boys

  • Album:

    Summer Days (And Summer...

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THEN I KISSED HER: BEACH BOYS (Spector/Greenwich/Barry) (4/4 - 126)

The original recording is in: Db (C#), place a Capo on the 1st Fret.

This song was twice a world wide hit record. First in 1963 as
'Then He Kissed Me', by The Crystals, produced by Phill Spector. 
The Beach Boys's version scored big in 1967. 

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*        : 2nd Guitar, Repeat lick
|./.    |: Repeat previous measure of 4-counts

Intro:

d |   2 3 2|*     |*      *      *      *
a |3       |      |C     |./.   |./.   |./.

Verse 1:
       *                                                 *      * 
      |C                     |G                         |C     |./.
WELL I WALKED UP TO HER AND I ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED TO DANCE
    *                                                 *      *
   |./.                       |G                     |C     |./.    |
SHE LOOKED AWFUL NICE AND SO I HOPED SHE MIGHT TAKE A CHANCE.

F                 |C              |F                  |C
  WHEN WE DANCED I HELD HER TIGHT.   THEN I WALKED HER HOME THAT NIGHT.
                                                 *          *
   |./.               |G                        |C         |./.
AND ALL THE STARS WERE SHINING BRIGHT AND THEN I KISSED HER.

Verse 2:
*                                                *     *
C                    |G                         |C    |./.
EACH TIME I SAW HER I COULDN’T WAIT TO SEE HER A-GAIN.
  *                                             *     *
 |./.              |G                          |C    |./.    |  
I WANTED TO LET HER KNOW THAT I WAS MORE THAN A FRIEND.

F                   |C          |F                     |C    
  I DIDN’T KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO.   AND SO I WHISPERED I LOVE YOU.  
                                               *        *
   |./.              |G                       |C       |./.
AND SHE SAID THAT SHE LOVED ME TOO  AND THEN I KISSED HER.

Chorus:

 |F                           |./.                   |./.    |./.
I KISSED HER IN A WAY THAT I’D NEVER KISSED A GIRL BE-FORE.
                                                            // // // //
 |D                         |D7                     |G7    |G- G7-G6-G7|
I KISSED HER IN A WAY THAT I HOPE SHE LIKED FOR EVER MO- RE.

Verse 3 + Outro:
  *                                                        *     *
 |C                          |G                           |C    |./.
I KNEW THAT SHE WAS MINE SO I GAVE HER ALL THE LOVE THAT I HAD.
     *                                                   *     *
    |./.                   |G                           |C    |./.
THEN ONE DAY SHE’LL TAKE ME HOME TO MEET HER MOM AND HER DAD.

F                    |C           |F                    |C
  THEN I ASKED HER TO BE MY BRIDE.   AND ALWAYS BE RIGHT BY MY SIDE,

 |./.                 |G
I FELT SO HAPPY THAT I ALMOST CRIED,
           *           *              *           *
          |C          |./.           |./.        |./.
AND THEN I KISSED HER.      AND THEN I KISSED HER.
           *          *
          |./.       |C (: Fade Out)
AND THEN I KISSED HER.


This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,
or research.

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