"Good Vibrations"
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
Verse 1:
bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
Ebm (xx4342@1) v v v v v v v v
----15-------13----------|-------------------------
-------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------
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I I love the colorful
Db6 (x4332x@1) v v v v v v v v
----13-------13----------|-------10----------------
-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------
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clothes she wears and the
Cb6
v v v v v v v v
----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------
-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------
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way the sunlight plays upon her
Bb (x1333x@1) 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:
Ebm (xx4342@1) 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 (x02210@1) Db6 (x4332x@1) v v v v v v v v
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-------------------------|-------------------X-----
-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------
-------------------4-----|-------------------------
gentle word on the
Cb6
v v v v v v v v
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-------------------------|-------------------X-----
-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------
-------------------2-----|-------------------------
wind that lifts her perfume through the
bass 1:
Bb (x1333x@1) Db (x43121@1) 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 aportable (x02210@1)keyboard on some TV special):
Gb: Gb (244322@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb Db (x43121@1)name="chord_244322@1">Gb
Cb/Gb: Gb (244322@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">Cb Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_244322@1">Gb
Dbmadd11/Gb: Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x43121@1">Db Fb Gb (244322@1) Ab: Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb Db (x43121@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
Db/Ab: Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x43121@1">Db F (133211@1)Ab (xx1114@1) Ebmadd11/Ab: Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb Gb (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
Bb: Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1) Eb/Bb: Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb G (320003@1)Bb (x1333x@1) Fmadd11/Bb: C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.]
bass:
Gb (244322@1) Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
v v v v v v v v
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-----4---2---1---|-----------------
-----------------|---------2---4---
-2---------------|-2---4-----------
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
Gb (244322@1) Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
She's givin' me the excitations
Gb (244322@1) Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(mmm, bop-bop good vibrations)
Gb (244322@1) Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
She's givin' me the excitations
(bop-bop excitations)
bass:
Ab (xx1114@1) Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab
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)
Ab (xx1114@1) Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab
She's givin' me the excitations
(bop-bop excitations)
bass:
Bb (x1333x@1) Eb/Bb (x43121@3) Fm/Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3) 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)
Bb (x1333x@1) Eb/Bb (x43121@3) Fm/Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3)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 ablossom (x02210@1)world
[repeat chorus]
Bridge 1:
tack piano w/bass [half notes]:
Fm/Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1) Eb/Bb (x43121@3) [6X]
/ / / / / / / /
1: (...tations)
3: [theremin enters]
5: aaaaaahhhhhh
6: My, my, my what elation
Bbm/Eb Ab/Eb Eb (x43121@3) Ab/Eb
I don't know where but she sends me there
Bbm/Eb Ab/Eb Eb (x43121@3)Ab/Eb
(My, my, my, what a)
Fm/Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3) Oh, my, my, what
(sensation)
Fm/Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3)Elation
(my, my, my, what)
Bridge 2:
organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:
F (133211@1) Gm (355333@1) C7 (x32310@1)/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time, harmonica 3rd, vocals fade 3rd]:
F (133211@1)Gotta keep those lovin' good
Gm (355333@1) C7 (x32310@1)Vibrations a-happenin' with her
F (133211@1) Cm7/F (131310@1) [N.C.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / . . .
aaaaahhhhh
Coda [bass lines as per chorus]:
Bb (x1333x@1) Eb/Bb (x43121@3)Fm/Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1) Eb/Bb (x43121@3)Fm/Bb Eb/Bb (x43121@3)Good, good, good, good vibrations
Ab (xx1114@1) Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab Ab (xx1114@1) Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab
Good, good, good, good vibrations
Gb (244322@1) Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
/ / / / / / / /
acapella w/fuzz bass [half notes] and tambourine:
Gb (244322@1)La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
Ab (xx1114@1)La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
Bb (x1333x@1)La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
Ab (xx1114@1)La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:
(Ab)
/ / / / / / / /
bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:
Ab (xx1114@1) Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab [repeat to fade]
/ / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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