California Girls tab by The Beach Boys

Tabs

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Intermediate

Time:  4/4, Tempo: Q=120, eights are marked '+'. Play with swinging feel.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.

Verse: (2x)
  D MajorD +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +  C majorC +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-2----p0-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------0-----|
BB|-------------3-----2-/3--|-------------0-h3-----1--|-------3-p1-----0----h1--|-------------------------|
G+G|----2-----2-----2--------|----2-----2--------------|----0--------------------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D MajorD|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A augmentedA|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  G+G +   +   +   +    +   +   +   + A7(1-4) +  +  A augmentedA +   +    +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-------0--------0--------|-------0--------3-----3--|---3----p2-----0-h2--------|-------------------------|
BB|-0--------3--------------|-0--------3--------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|----0-----------------0--|----0--------------------|------2-----2-----------2--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D MajorD|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|---------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A augmentedA|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|---0-----------0-----------|-0-----------------------|
E MajorE|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|---3-----------------------|-------------0-----------|

Chorus:
  D MajorD       +    +   + E minorEm +    C majorC       +    +   +  DmDm +
E MajorE|-------------2-p0--|-----------------------|-----0---3---3-/5--|----3----p0------0------|
BB|-----0---3---------|----3-----0-----0------|-1-----------------|--------------3---------|
G+G|-2-----------------|-------------2---------|-------------------|------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-----|-------0-----------2---|-----2-------2-----|-------0------------0---|
A augmentedA|-0-------0---------|-0---------------------|-3-------3---------|-0------------0---------|
E MajorE|-------------------|-------------0---------|-------------------|------------------------|
I wish they all could be California,     wish they all could be California,

  Bb majorBb       +    +   +   +    D MajorD     +   +    +   +   +   +
E MajorE|---------1---1-h3--|----1------------------|-2-------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-----3-------------|----------3--1-h3------|-3-------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-3-----------------|-----------------------|-2----------2-----2--|----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D MajorD|-----3-------3-----|-------3-----------3---|-----0---------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|---------1---------|-------------1---------|-0-------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
E MajorE|-1-----------------|-1---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
 wish they all could be California       girls!


Bridge:
  D MajorD  +    +    +    +   A augmentedA  +    +    +    +
E MajorE|-10--------------10--------------|-12--------------12--------------|
BB|-----10-h12--10------10-h12--10--|-----10-h12--10------10-h12--10--|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Lyrics:

Well East coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I’m down there
The mid-west farmers daughters really make you feel alright
And the northern girls with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night

The West coast has the sunshine, and the girls all get so tanned
I dig a French bikini on Hawaii island dolls, by a palm tree in the sand
I been all around this great big world, and I’ve seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn’t wait to get back in the states, back to the cutest girls in the world

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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up

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