BEACH BOYS - "Wonderful" Tablature

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"Wonderful" [SMILE version]
(Brian Wilson / Van Dyke Parks)

Verse 1:

C# [L.H: B A# G#] B/F# G#m7
She be---longs there left with her liberty
Fm7-5 C#m6 F#m7 B7sus4 B7
Never known as a non-believer
G#m7 C#m7 G#/D# C#/F G#/D# C#/F G#/D#
She laughs and stays in the Won- won-won-wonderful

[L.H: E F# G# A# B]

Verse 2:

C# [L.H: B A# G#] B/F# G#m7
She knew how to gather the forest when
Fm7-5 C#m6 F#m7 B7sus4 B7
God reached softly and moved her body
E/G# Fm7-5 B/F# F#/A#
One golden locket, quite young and loving
E/B C#m E/B C#m
Her mother and father

Verse 3:

Farther down the path was a mystery
Through the recess, the chalk and numbers
A boy bumped into her wonderful

Verse 4:

All fall down and lost in her mystery
Lost it all to a non-believer
And all that's left is a girl who's loved by
Her mother and father

Verse 5:

She'll return in love with her liberty
Just away from the non-believer
She'll sigh and thank God for wonderful


N.B.: I suspect that this is actually played in D on a harpsichord tuned
down a semi-tone (i.e., A=415):


D [D C B A] C/G Am7
/ / / / / / / /
F#m7-5 Dm6 Gm7 C7sus4 C7
/ / / / / / / /
Am7 Dm7 A/E D/F# A/E D/F# A/E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

[L.H: F G A B C]

D [D C B A] C/G Am7
/ / / / / / / /
F#m7-5 Dm6 Gm7 C7sus4 C7
/ / / / / / / /
F/A F#m7-5 C/G G/B
/ / / / / / / /
F/C Dm F/C Dm
/ / / / / / / /

...but to further confound the issue, it's in C on the "I Just Wasn't
Made For These Times" soundtrack:


C [C Bb A G] Bb/F Gm7
/ / / / / / / /
Em7-5 Cm6 Fm7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
/ / / / / / / /
Gm7 Cm7 G/D C/E G/D C/E G/D
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

[L.H: Eb F G A Bb]

C [C Bb A G] Bb/F Gm7
/ / / / / / / /
Em7-5 Cm6 Fm7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
/ / / / / / / /
Eb/G Em7-5 Bb/F F/A
/ / / / / / / /
Eb/Bb Cm Eb/Bb Cm
/ / / / / / / /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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