"Good Vibrations"
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)
Verse 1:
bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
v v v v v v v v
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-------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------
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I I love the colorful
v v v v v v v v
----13-------13----------|-------10----------------
-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------
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clothes she wears and the
Cb6
v v v v v v v v
----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------
-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------
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way the sunlight plays upon her
v v v v v v v v
----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------
-------8--------------8--|-10----------------------
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hair
bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:
bass 2:
v v v v v v v v
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-1-----------------------|-1-----------------X----- [drum accent]
-------------------1-----|-------------------------
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I hear the sound of a
v v v v v v v v
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-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------
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gentle word on the
Cb6
v v v v v v v v
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-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------
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wind that lifts her perfume through the
bass 1:
v v v v v v v v
----10-------10----16----|-15----13----------------
-------8-----------------|-------------16----15----
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bass 2:
v v v v v v v v
-------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------
-------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----
-1-----------------------|-------------------------
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air
Chorus:
[R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson
play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):
:
/:
Dbmadd11/: Fb
:
/:
Ebmadd11/:
:
:
Fmadd11/:
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
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-----4---2---1---|-----------------
-----------------|---------2---4---
-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:
/ / /
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----6---4---3---|-----------------
-----------------|---------4---6---
-4---------------|-4---6-----------
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)
/ / /
She's givin' me the excitations
(bop-bop excitations)
bass:
/
v v v v v v v v
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-----8---6---5---|-----------------
-----------------|---------6---8---
-6---------------|-6---8-----------
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)
/
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]:
/ [6X]
/ / / / / / / /
1: (...tations)
3: [theremin enters]
5: aaaaaahhhhhh
6: My, my, my what elation
/ / /
I don't know where but she sends me there
/ / /
(My, my, my, what a)
/
Oh, my, my, what
(sensation)
/
Elation
(my, my, my, what)
Bridge 2:
organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time, harmonica 3rd, vocals fade 3rd]:
Gotta keep those lovin' good
Vibrations a-happenin' with her
[N..]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / . . .
aaaaahhhhh
Coda [bass lines as per chorus]:
/ / /
Good, good, good, good vibrations
/ / / / / /
Good, good, good, good vibrations
Gb Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb
/ / / / / / / /
acapella w/fuzz bass [half notes] and tambourine:
La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da da-da-da
theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:
()
/ / / / / / / /
bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:
/ / / [repeat to fade]
/ / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers