BEACH BOYS - "I Get Around" Tablature

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"I Get Around"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)

Intro:

G (E7)
Round, round, get around, I get around
(Am) (F) (D)
Yeah, I get around, I get around

Chorus:

G
I get around (get around, round, round, I get around)
E7
From town to town (get around, round, round, I get around)
Am
I'm a real cool head (get around, round, round, I get around)
F D
I'm makin' real good bread (get around, round, round, I get around)

Verse 1: [slide chromatically up to chords]

A5 D5 A5 D5
I'm gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip
A5 D5 A5 D5
I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip

guitar [doubled with organ]:

G
v v v v v v v v v
-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
-----------|--------------------------|-------9-------------------
-----------|----------------9---------|-12-9-----12----9----------
-------9---|-10----12-10-12-------10--|-------------------12-10---
-10-12-----|--------------------------|---------------------------

A5 D5 A5 D5
My buddies and me are gettin' real well known
A5 D5 A5 D5
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone

[repeat chorus]

Link:

E7 A
I get around, round, get around, round, wah-ooo

Guitar solo:

A D
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

A E7 F7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

[key changes to Ab]

Verse 2:

Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 Eb5
We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat
Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 Eb5
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet

[guitar/organ - same fingerings as before, transposed up one fret]

Ab
v v v v v v v v v
-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
-----------|--------------------------|-------10------------------
-----------|----------------10--------|-13-10----13----10---------
-------10--|-11----13-11-13-------11--|-------------------13-11---
-11-13-----|--------------------------|---------------------------

Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 Eb5
None of the guys go steady 'cause it wouldn't be right
Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 Eb5
To leave your best girl home now on Saturday night

Chorus, in Ab:

Ab
I get around (get around, round, round, I get around)
F7
From town to town (get around, round, round, I get around)
Bbm
I'm a real cool head (get around, round, round, I get around)
Gb Eb
I'm makin' real good bread (get around, round, round, I get around)

F7 Eb
I get around, round, ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh

[repeat intro, in Ab]:

Ab (F7)
Round, round, get around, I get around
(Am) (Gb) (Eb)
Yeah, I get around, I get around

[repeat chorus (w/wordless vocal) to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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