BEACH BOYS - "california girls" Tablature

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"California Girls"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)

Intro:

Electric 12-string [measures 1-4]:

[B]
v v v v v
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-----9---7------------
-----9---8---9-8------
-9---9--99--9----9-11-
----------------------
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Bass [enters on measure 2]:

v v v v v
-----1----------------
---------4---2-1------
-2------2---2----2-4--
----------------------

Electric 12-string [measure 5]:

[A]
v v v v v
----------------------
-----7---5------------
-----7---6---7-6---6--
-7---7--77--7----7----
----------------------
----------------------

Bass [measure 5]:

v v v v v
----------------------
-----4---2---0--------
-0------0---0--4-0-4--
----------------------

Horns [arr. for guitar]:

measures 1,2: tacit
measure 3: B (octaves) x2x4xx
measure 4: E/B x2210x
measure 5: Em/A x0200x

Verse 1:

B B9
Well, East Coast girls are hip, I really ....
E
And the Southern ...
F#
They knock me out when I'm ...
B B9
The midwest farmers' ....
E
And the Northern girls with ...
F#
They keep their boyfriends ...

Chorus:

B C#m7
I wish they all could ...
A Bm7
I wish they all could ...
G Am7 B
I wish they all could ...

Verse 2:

The West coast has the sunshine, and ...

[repeat chorus]

Organ break [arr. for guitar]

v v v v v v v v
-7-------7------7|-9-------9---9----
----79--7---79---|----79--7--79-----
-----------------|------------------
-----------------|------------------
-----------------|------------------
-----------------|------------------

bass:

v v v v v v v v
-----------------|----6-------------
-----------------|--------86--42----
-----------------|----------------4-
-----------------|------------------


Coda [repeat to fade]:

B C#m7
I wish they all could ...
(wish ....


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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