BEACH BOYS - "Good Vibrations" Tablature

Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:13:09 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: b/beach_boys/good_vibrations.crd

"Good Vibrations"
(Brian Wilson - Mike Love)

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

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:

[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
-----------------|-----------------
-----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]:

(Ab)
/ / / / / / / /

bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:

Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab [repeat to fade]
/ / / / / / / /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers