BEACH BOYS - "Little Girl I Once Knew" Tablature

"The Little Girl I Once Knew"
(Brian Wilson)

Intro:

12-string:

B/F# C#
v v v v v v v v
-----7---2-------|---1---2---4-----
-----7---2-------|---2---4---6-----
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------

G#m7 E
v v v v v v v v
-----7---2-------|---0---2---4-----
-----7---4-------|---0---4---5-----
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------

bass:

B/F# C#
v v v v v v v v v
-----|-----------------|-----------------
-----|-----------------|-----------------
--(2)|---------------6-|-4-------------6-
-----|-2---------------|-----------------

G#m7 E
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
---------------2-|---------------2-
-4---------------|-0---------------

organ (eighth-note triplets) [2nd time]:

B/F# C#
v v v v v v v v
-14----------------|-13----------------
---16--------------|---14--------------
-----16--%---%---%-|-----13--%---%---%-
-------------------|-------------------
-------------------|-------------------
-------------------|-------------------

G#m7 E
v v v v v v v v
-14----------------|-16----------------
---16--------------|---17--------------
-----16--%---%---%-|-----16--%---%---%-
-------------------|-------------------
-------------------|-------------------
-------------------|-------------------

Verse 1:

G#m7 C#7
We met when she was younger
G#m7 C#7
Then I had no eye for her
D#m7 G#7
A few years went by and I saw her
D#m7 G#7
Now I'm gonna try for her

bass:

(C#) (F#)
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|---------|---------
-----------------|-4-------|---------
-4-----4-------4-|---------|---------
------------646--|---------|---------
^^^ triplet

[spoken] Look out, babe

Chorus:

B F#7/C# B
She's not the little girl I once knew
E
She's not the little girl I once knew
D A7/E D
She's not the little girl I once knew
E/F#
She's not the little girl I once knew

Verse 2:

How could I ever have known that
She'd be what she is today
And look at how her boyfriend holds her
I'll be movin' in one day

bass:

(C#) (F#)
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------
-----------------|-----------------|-4-------|---------
-4-----4---------|-6---4---------46|---------|---------
-----------------|---------4-6-----|---------|---------

[spoken] Split, man

[repeat chorus]

Break:

organ (eighth-note triplets):

B E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-14----------------|---------|-16----------------|---------
---16--------------|---------|---17--------------|---------
-----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-|-----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-
-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------
-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------
-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------

bass (doubled w/saxes):

B/F#
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-------4---------
-----4-----4-6-4-|---4-6-----4-6---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------

E B
La-do-day (bow-bow-bow) la-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
E
La-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
D A7/E D
She's not the little girl I once knew
G D
She's not the little girl I once knew
A7/E D
She's not the little girl I once knew
E/F#
She's not the little girl I once knew

[repeat intro (1X, with organ)]

Coda (repeat to fade):

B F#7/C# B
She's not the little girl I once knew
E
She's not the little girl I once knew


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers