Beach Boys

bass 1 w/organ ^{cbords as indicated; quarter-notes} :
^Ebm v v v v v v v v

I I love the colorful
^Db6 v v v v v v v v

clothes she wears and the
^Cb6 v v v v v v v v

way the sunlight plays upon her
^Bb v v v v v v v v

hair
bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:
bass 2:
^Ebm v v v v v v v v

I hear the sound of a
^Db6 v v v v v v v v

gentle word on the
^Cb6 v v v v v v v v

wind that lifts her perfume through the
bass 1:
^Bb v v v v ^Db v v v v

bass 2:
v v v v v v v v

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 v v ^Cb/Gb v v ^Dbm/Gb v v ^Cb/Gb v v

I'm pickin' up good vibrations
^Gb She's ^Cb/Gb givin' me th ^Dbm/Gb e excit ^Cb/Gb ations
^Gb I'm ^Cb/Gb pickin' up ^Dbm/Gb good v ^Cb/Gb ibrations
(mmm, bop-bop good vibrations)
^Gb She's ^Cb/Gb givin' me the ^Dbm/Gb excita ^Cb/Gb tions
(bop-bop excitations)
bass:
^Ab v v ^Db/Ab v v ^Ebm/Ab v v ^Db/Ab v v

I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)
^Ab She's ^Db/Ab givin' m ^Ebm/Ab e the e ^Db/Ab xcitations
(bop-bop excitations)
bass:
^Bb v v ^Eb/Bb v v ^Fm/Bb v v ^Eb/Bb v v

I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)
^Bb She's ^Eb/Bb givin' me ^Fm/Bb the e ^Eb/Bb xcitations
(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 cborus}
Bridge 1:
tack piano w/bass ^{balf notes} :
Fm/Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb ^6X
1: (...tations)
3: ^{tberemin enters}
5: aaaaaahhhhhh
6: My, my, my what elation
I ^Bbm/Eb don't know ^Ab/Eb where but she s ^Eb ends me ^Ab/Eb there
^Bbm/Eb (My, ^Ab/Eb my, ^Eb my, ^Ab/Eb what a)
^Fm/Bb Oh, ^Eb/Bb my, ^Bb my, ^Eb/Bb what
(sensation)
^Fm/Bb Elatio ^Eb/Bb n ^{Bb Eb/Bb}
(my, my, my, what)
Bridge 2:
organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:

^{repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time barmonica 3rd vocals fade 3rd} :
G ^F otta keep those lovin' good
V ^Gm ibrations a-h ^C7 appenin' with her
F Cm7/F [N.C.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / . . .
aaaaahhhhh
Coda ^{bass lines as per cborus} :
G ^Bb ood, ^Eb/Bb good, ^Fm/Bb good, ^Eb/Bb good vibr ^Bb ations ^{Eb/Bb Fm/Bb Eb/Bb}
G ^Ab ood, ^Db/Ab good, ^Ebm/Ab good, ^Db/Ab good vibr ^Ab ations ^{Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab}

acapella w/fuzz bass ^{balf notes} and tambourine:
^Gb
Ab
Bb
Ab
theremin and cellos ^{quarter-note triplets} :

bass ^{as per cborus} , keyboard, drums re-enter:
Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab ^{repeat to fade}

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers