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Beach Boys  - Good Vibrations

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Guitarbass  Tabwww.ultimate-guitar.com2011/01/13 02:07:49

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:13:09 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: b/beach_boys/good_vibrations.crd

                           "Good Vibrations"
                       (Brian Wilson - Mike Love)

Verse 1:

bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:

Ebm
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
----15-------13----------|-------------------------|
-------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 I                            I love the colorful

Db6
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
----13-------13----------|-------10----------------|
-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 clothes she wears                         and the

Cb6
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------|
-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 way the sunlight plays upon her

 Bb
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------|
-------8--------------8--|-10----------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 hair


bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:

bass 2:

Ebm
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-1-----------------------|-1-----------------X-----|  [drum accent]
-------------------1-----|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 I                            hear the sound of a

Db6
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------X-----|
-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|
-------------------4-----|-------------------------|
 gentle word                                on the

Cb6
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------X-----|
-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
-------------------2-----|-------------------------|
 wind that lifts her perfume through the

bass 1:

Bb                        Db
 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
----10-------10----16----|-15----13----------------|
-------8-----------------|-------------16----15----|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|

bass 2:

 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------|
-------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----|
-1-----------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
 air

Chorus:

[R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson
 play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):

Gb: Gb Bb Db Gb
Cb/Gb: Gb Cb Eb Gb
Dbmadd11/Gb: Ab Db Fb Gb

Ab: Ab Bb Db Ab
Db/Ab: Ab Db F  Ab
Ebmadd11/Ab: Bb Eb Gb Ab

Bb: Bb D  F  Bb
Eb/Bb: Bb Eb G  Bb
Fmadd11/Bb: C  F  Ab Bb

N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.]

bass:

Gb     Cb/Gb    Dbm/Gb   Cb/Gb
 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-----------------|-----------------|
-----4---2---1---|-----------------|
-----------------|---------2---4---|
-2---------------|-2---4-----------|
   I'm pickin' up good vibrations

Gb      Cb/Gb        Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
   She's givin' me the excitations
Gb    Cb/Gb      Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
   I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(mmm, bop-bop             good vibrations)
Gb       Cb/Gb        Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
   She's givin' me the excitations
       (bop-bop             excitations)

bass:

Ab     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      Db/Ab    Ebm/Ab Db/Ab
   She's givin' me the excitations
(bop-bop                  excitations)

bass:

Bb     Eb/Bb     Fm/Bb   Eb/Bb
 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    Eb/Bb    Fm/Bb Eb/Bb
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]:

Fm/Bb   Eb/Bb      Bb    Eb/Bb     [6X]
  /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /
     1: (...tations)
     3: [theremin enters]
     5: aaaaaahhhhhh
     6: My, my, my what elation

  Bbm/Eb     Ab/Eb          Eb      Ab/Eb
I don't know where but she sends me there
Bbm/Eb Ab/Eb  Eb  Ab/Eb
 (My,   my,   my, what a)

Fm/Bb Eb/Bb Bb  Eb/Bb
  Oh,  my,  my,  what
(sensation)
Fm/Bb Eb/Bb Bb  Eb/Bb
Elation
 (my,   my, my, what)

Bridge 2:

organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:

F                  Gm       C7
/ / / /   / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

[repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time, harmonica 3rd, vocals fade 3rd]:

 F
Gotta keep those lovin' good
 Gm           C7
Vibrations a-happenin' with her

F                Cm7/F       [N.C.]
/ / / /   / / / /  / / / /  / . . .
                   aaaaahhhhh

Coda [bass lines as per chorus]:

 Bb    Eb/Bb  Fm/Bb  Eb/Bb    Bb     Eb/Bb  Fm/Bb  Eb/Bb
Good,  good,  good,  good vibrations

 Ab    Db/Ab  Ebm/Ab Db/Ab    Ab     Db/Ab  Ebm/Ab  Db/Ab
Good,  good,  good,  good vibrations

Gb    Cb/Gb    Dbm/Gb   Cb/Gb
/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

acapella w/fuzz bass [half notes] and tambourine:

Gb
La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da
Ab
La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da
Bb
La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da
Ab
La-da-da-da-da  da-da-da

theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:

(Ab)
 / / / /  / / / /

bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:

Ab    Db/Ab    Ebm/Ab   Db/Ab    [repeat to fade]
/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Roger