Good Vibrations chords by The Beach Boys

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

...GOOD VIBRATIONS... by The Beach Boys from Smiley Smile
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(modified from Andrew Roger's original tab)


*CAPO 6th FRET*

(Original Key: Eb MajorEb)

Verse 1:

A minorAm           G+G
 I, I love the colorful clothes she wears,
    FF                E7E7
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
A minorAm           G+G
 I hear the sound of a gentle word
    FF                    E7E7  G7G7
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air

Chorus 1:

C majorC  G minorGm     C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC   G minorGm      C majorC  G minorGm
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations
C majorC  G minorGm     C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC   G minorGm      C majorC  G minorGm
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations
D MajorD  Am7Am7    D MajorD    Am7Am7   D MajorD   Am7Am7      D MajorD  Am7Am7
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations
E MajorE  Bm7Bm7    E MajorE    Bm7Bm7   E MajorE   Bm7Bm7      E MajorE  Bm7Bm7
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations

Verse 2:

A minorAm              G+G
 Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now,
FF                 E7E7
 Softly smile, I know she must be kind
A minorAm      G+G
 When I look in her eyes,
     FF          E7E7
She goes with me to a blossom world

Chorus 2:

C majorC  G minorGm     C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC   G minorGm      C majorC  G minorGm
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations
C majorC  G minorGm     C majorC    G minorGm    C majorC   G minorGm      C majorC  G minorGm
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations
D MajorD  Am7Am7    D MajorD    Am7Am7   D MajorD   Am7Am7      D MajorD  Am7Am7
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations
E MajorE  Bm7Bm7    E MajorE    Bm7Bm7   E MajorE   Bm7Bm7      E MajorE
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-

Bridge:

  Bm/F   A/F    FF   A/F
  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
...tations
  Bm/F   A/F    FF   A/F
  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
  Bm/F   A/F    FF   A/F   [Theramin enters]
  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
  Bm/F   A/F    FF   A/F
  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
  Bm/F   A/F    FF   A/F
  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  (aaaaaaaaaah)
  Bm/F   A/F    FF   A/F
  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  (oohhh my my)

Middle 8:

 Em/A    D MajorD       A augmentedA    D MajorD
I don't know where but she sends me there
 Em/A D MajorD   A augmentedA       D MajorD
(My,  my,  my, what an e-lation)
   Bm/E A augmentedA  E MajorE       A augmentedA
Oh, my, my, my, what a sen-sation
  Bm/E A augmentedA  E MajorE   A augmentedA
(Ah, my, my, what e-lations)
(Ah my my what)

Breakdown:

BB C#m7C#m7 F#7F#7

BB               C#m7C#m7     F#7F#7
 Gotta keep those lovin' good, vibrations a-happ'nin' with her
BB               C#m7C#m7     F#7F#7
 Gotta keep those lovin' good, vibrations a-happ'nin' with her
BB               C#m7C#m7     F#7F#7
 Gotta keep those lovin' good, vibrations a-happ'nin' with her (Piccolo enters)
BB        F#m7/B    [N.C.]
/ / / /  / / / / / / / / / . . .
(just Piccolo)	  aaaaahhhhh

Chorus 2:

E MajorE  Bm7Bm7    E MajorE    Bm7Bm7   E MajorE   Bm7Bm7      E MajorE  Bm7Bm7
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations
D MajorD  Am7Am7    D MajorD    Am7Am7   D MajorD   Am7Am7      D MajorD  Am7Am7
 I'm picking up good vi-brations, she's giving me the exci-tations

C majorC  F/CF/C  Gm/C  F/CF/C
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /


Breakdown 2:

C majorC
 La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
D MajorD
 La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
E MajorE
 La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
D MajorD
 La-da-da-da-da da-da-da

(Theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]):

(D MajorD)
/ / / / / / / /

End:

(Bass [as per chorus], Keyboard, Drums re-enter:)


D MajorD  G/AG/A  A minorAm   G/AG/A
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /


(Repeat to fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  A minorAm   G+G    FF    E7E7   G7G7   C majorC   G minorGm    D MajorD

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 x02210 320003 133211 020100 323000 x32010 3x033x xx0232

 Am7Am7   E MajorE   Bm7Bm7   Bm/F  A/F   Em/A   A augmentedA   Bm/E

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 x02013 022100 x24232 xx3432 xx3220 x02030 x02220 020202

  E MajorE    BB   C#m7C#m7  F#7F#7  F#7/B  F/CF/C   Gm/C  G/AG/A

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 022100 x24442 x46454 242322 x22222 x3321x x3x333 000003


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])

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