...DARLIN'... by The Beach Boys
-------------..................

*from 'Wild Honey' (1967)*

(modified from Andrew Roger's original tab)

(Thanks to John Foley for providing the correct Lyrics)


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: B)


Intro:

G                     C/G
 Oh, keep thinking of darlin',
        Em7                A7
Oh now, darlin', you're so fine...

G/D    D     C
 Oh... oh... oh...

(Horn Riff):

F  C  F  C, F  C  D

Verse 1:

(D)          Am7             D
 You know if words could say,
                  Am7        D
Then darlin', I'd find a way.
	   D+            G          D+
To let you know what you mean to me,
             G           E7
Guess it was meant to be.
              Am7         D
I'll hold you in my heart,
               Am7           D
As life's most precious part.

Chorus 1:

    G               C/G
Oh, darlin'... I've thought about you often,
   Em7
My pretty darlin', (you're so fine).
  A7
I love the way you soften my,
G/A                        D                 C
 Life with your love, your precious love, ah-ha, ha. Oh!

Interlude:

(Horn Riff):

F  C  F  C, F  C  D

Verse 2:

(D)                Am7        D
 I was livin' like half a man,
                         Am7       D
Then I couldn't love but now I can.
            D+          G       D+
You pick me up when I'm feelin' sad;
                 G        E7
More soul than I ever had.
                     Am7          D
Gonna love you every single night,
                    Am7          D
'Cos I think you're out of sight.

Chorus 2:

    G               C/G
Oh, darlin'... I've thought about you often,
   Em7
My pretty darlin', (you're so fine).
  A7
I love the way you soften my,
G/A                        D                 C
 Life with your love, your precious love, ah-ha, ha.

Bridge:

F/G  C, D           F/G
         Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh.

C      D           F/G     C  D
 Every night, woah darlin'.

Break:

(D)                   Am7                 Bm7
 Gonna love you every single night, yes I will,
                        C                    D
'Cos I think you're too doggone out of sight.

Chorus 3:

G                C/G
 Darlin'... I've thought about you often,
   Em7
My pretty darlin', (you're so fine).
  A7
I love the way you soften my,
G/A                        D                 C
 Life with your love, your precious love, ah-ha.

Outro:

(Horn Riff):

F  C  F  C, F  C  D

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   G       C/G     Em7     A7      G/D     D       C

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  332010  022030  x02223  000003  xx0232  x32010

   F       Am7     D+      E7      F/G     Bm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 133211  x02013  xx4332  020100  303210  x24232


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)