Verse 1:
bass 1 w/organ :
Ebm
v v v v v v v v
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I I love the colorful
Db6
v v v v v v v v
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clothes she wears and the
Cb6
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way the sunlight plays upon her
Bb
v v v v v v v v
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bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:
bass 2:
Ebm
v v v v v v v v
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I hear the sound of a
Db6
v v v v v v v v
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gentle word on the
Cb6
v v v v v v v v
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wind that lifts her perfume through the
bass 1:
Bb Db
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bass 2:
v v v v v v v v
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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
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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
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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
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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
Bridge 1:
tack piano w/bass :
Fm/Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb |6X]
/ / / / / / / /
1: (...tations)
3:
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
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:
F
Gotta keep those lovin' good
Gm C7
Vibrations a—happenin' with her
F Cm7/F
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / . . .
aaaaahhhhh
Coda :
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 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 :
(Ab)
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bass , keyboard, drums re—enter:
Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab
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