xDate: 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
G|----15-------13----------|-------------------------|
D|-------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
I I love the colorful
Db6
v v v v v v v v
G|----13-------13----------|-------10----------------|
D|-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
clothes she wears and the
Cb6
v v v v v v v v
G|----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------|
D|-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
way the sunlight plays upon her
Bb
v v v v v v v v
G|----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------|
D|-------8--------------8--|-10----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
hair
[bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters]
[bass 2]
Ebm
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------X-----| [drum accent]
A|-------------------1-----|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
I hear the sound of a
Db6
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------X-----|
A|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|
E|-------------------4-----|-------------------------|
gentle word on the
Cb6
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------X-----|
A|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
E|-------------------2-----|-------------------------|
wind that lifts her perfume through the
[bass 1]
Bb Db
v v v v v v v v
G|----10-------10----16----|-15----13----------------|
D|-------8-----------------|-------------16----15----|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[bass 2]
v v v v v v v v
G|-------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------|
D|-------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----|
A|-1-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----4---2---1---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------2---4---|
E|-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
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----6---4---3---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------4---6---|
E|-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
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----8---6---5---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------6---8---|
E|-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]
/ / / / / / / /
