Good Vibrations

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  • Verse 1:
     
    bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
  •  
    Ebm
    v v v v v v v v
  • ----15-------13----------|-------------------------
    -------13-------------13-|-15----16----------------
    -------------------------|-------------------------
  • -------------------------|-------------------------
    I I love the colorful
     
  • Db6
    v v v v v v v v
    ----13-------13----------|-------10----------------
  • -------11-------------11-|-13----------------------
    -------------------------|-------------------------
    -------------------------|-------------------------
  • clothes she wears and the
     
    Cb6
  • v v v v v v v v
    ----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------
    -------9--------------9--|-11----------------------
  • -------------------------|-------------------------
    -------------------------|-------------------------
    way the sunlight plays upon her
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    Bb
    v v v v v v v v
  • ----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------
    -------8--------------8--|-10----------------------
    -------------------------|-------------------------
  • -------------------------|-------------------------
    hair
     
  •  
    bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:
     
  • bass 2:
     
    Ebm
  • v v v v v v v v
    -------------------------|-------------------------
    -1-----------------------|-1-----------------X----- [drum accent]
  • -------------------1-----|-------------------------
    -------------------------|-------------------------
    I hear the sound of a
  •  
    Db6
    v v v v v v v v
  • -------------------------|-------------------------
    -------------------------|-------------------X-----
    -4-----------------------|-4-----------------------
  • -------------------4-----|-------------------------
    gentle word on the
     
  • Cb6
    v v v v v v v v
    -------------------------|-------------------------
  • -------------------------|-------------------X-----
    -2-----------------------|-2-----------------------
    -------------------2-----|-------------------------
  • wind that lifts her perfume through the
     
    bass 1:
  •  
    Bb Db
    v v v v v v v v
  • ----10-------10----16----|-15----13----------------
    -------8-----------------|-------------16----15----
    -------------------------|-------------------------
  • -------------------------|-------------------------
     
    bass 2:
  •  
    v v v v v v v v
    -------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------
  • -------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----
    -1-----------------------|-------------------------
    -------------------------|-------------------------
  • air
     
    Chorus:
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    [R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson
    play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):
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    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
    -----------------|-----------------
    -----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:
     
  • Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab
    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)
     
  • 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
    -----------------|-----------------
  • -----8---6---5---|-----------------
    -----------------|---------6---8---
    -6---------------|-6---8-----------
  • 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
     
  • [repeat chorus]
     
    Bridge 1:
  •  
    tack piano w/bass [half notes]:
     
  • Fm/Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb [6X]
    / / / / / / / /
    1: (...tations)
  • 3: [theremin enters]
    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
  • / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
     
    [repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time, harmonica 3rd, vocals fade 3rd]:
  •  
    F
    Gotta keep those lovin' good
  • Gm C7
    Vibrations a-happenin' with her
     
  • F Cm7/F [N.C.]
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / . . .
    aaaaahhhhh
  •  
    Coda [bass lines as per chorus]:
     
  • 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 [half notes] 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 [quarter-note triplets]:
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    (Ab)
    / / / / / / / /
  •  
    bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:
     
  • Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab [repeat to fade]
    / / / / / / / /
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