California Girls
The Beach Boys
Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love; released as a single with "Let Him
Run Wild" as the B-side, and on the album "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)"
Intro:
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(slow down)
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(slightly faster than in the beginning)
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Well,
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East Coast girls are hip, I real - ly dig
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those styles they wear, And the
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Sou - thern with the way they talk, they knock
girls me
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out when I'm down there. The
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Mid West far - mers' daughters real - ly
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make you feel all right, And the
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Nor - thern with the way they kiss, they keep
girls their
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boy - friends warm at night. I
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia, I
girls
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia, I
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia girls.
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The
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West Coast has the sun - shine, and the
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girls all get so tan, I dig a
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French bi- ki - ni on Hawaiian island dolls by a
oooooooaaaaaaaoooooooaaaaaaaoooooooaaaaaaaoooooooaaaaaa
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palm tree in the sand. I've
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been all a round this big, big world, and I've
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seen all kind of girls, Yeah, but
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I couldn't wait to get back in the States, back to the
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cutest girls in the world. I
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia, I
girls
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia, I
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia girls.
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I
(dum - de-do- de)
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia girls,
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(girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the
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I
wish they all could be Ca - lifornia girls,
girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the
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wish they all could be Ca - lifornia girls,
I
girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the
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I
wish they all could be Ca - lifornia girls,
girls, girls, girls, yeah, I dig the
fade out...
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