...GOOD VIBRATIONS... by The Beach Boys
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*from 'Smiley Smile' (1967)*
(modified from Andrew Roger's original tab)
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Ebm)
Verse
[Dm] [C]
I, I love the colourful clothes she wears,
[Bb] [A7]
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair.
[Dm] [C]
I... hear the sound of a gentle word,
[Bb] [A7] [C7]
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air.
Chorus
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
She's giving me exci-tations.
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
She's giving me exci-tations.
[G] [C/G] [G7] [C/G] [G] [C/G] [G7] [C/G]
Good, good, good, good vi-brations,
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A]
Good, good, good, good vi-brations.
Verse
[Dm] [C]
Close my eyes; she's somehow closer now,
[Bb] [A7]
Softly smile; I know she must be kind.
[Dm] [C]
When... I look in her eyes,
[Bb] [A7] [C7]
She goes with me to a blossom world.
Chorus
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
She's giving me exci-tations.
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
She's giving me exci-tations.
[G] [C/G] [G7] [C/G] [G] [C/G] [G7] [C/G]
Good, good, good, good vi-brations,
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A]
Good, good, good, good vi-brations. Exci...
[Break:]
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A]
...tations.
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A] (x3)
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A]
My...
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A]
My... my, my what elation...
[Break:]
[D] [G/D] [D7] [G/D]
I don't know where, but she sends me there.
[D] [G/D] [D7] [G/D] (A)
My, my, my, what a sen-sation.
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A] [A]
(My, my, my, one e-lation),
[D/A] [A7] [D/A]
My, my, one...
Bridge
(Slower Tempo):
E, [F#m] [B7]
[E] [F#m] [B7]
Gotta keep those lovin' good, vibrations a-happenin' with her.
[E] [F#m] [B7]
Gotta keep those lovin' good, vibrations a-happenin' with her.
[E] [F#m] [B7] [E] [F#m] [B7]
Gotta keep those lovin' good, vibrations a-happenin'...
[E] [D/E]
Aah...
Chorus
[A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A] [A] [D/A] [A7] [D/A]
Good, good, good, good vi-brations, bop bop.
[G] [C/G] [G7] [C/G] [G] [C/G] [G7] C/G, [F] [Bb/F] [F7] [Bb/F]
Good, good, good, good vi-brations.
[Breakdown:]
[F] [G]
Na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na,
[A] [G]
Na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na.
[Coda:]
[G] C/G, [G7] [C/G]
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[Dm] [C] [Bb] [C7] [F] [G] [C/G]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 x32010 x13331 x32310 133211 320003 332010
[G7] [A] [D/A] [A7] [D] [G/D] [D7]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
323000 x02220 x00232 x02223 xx0232 xx0003 xx0212
[E] [F#m] [B7] [D/E] [Bb/F] [F7]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 244222 021202 000232 113331 131211
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)