Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Chords & Tabs

 

Good Vibrations Chords & Tabs

Beach Boys Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Chords

Good Vibrations Chords

   
...GOOD VIBRATIONS... by The Beach Boys
---------------------..................

*from 'Smiley Smile ' (1967)*

(modified from Andrew Roger's original tab)


*CAPO 6th FRET*

(Original Key: Eb)


Verse 1:

Am
 I, I love the colourful,
G6
 Clothes she wears,
        F6
And the way the sunlight,
               E7
Plays upon her hair.
Am                     G6
 I hear the sound of a gentle word,
       F
On the wind that lifts her perfume,
            E7  G7
Through the air.

Chorus 1:

C    Gm7        C       Gm7
 I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
C      Gm7       C    Gm7
 She's giving me exci-tations.

C    Gm7        C       Gm7
 I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
(Oom bop bop,   good vi-brations),
C      Gm7       C    Gm7
 She's giving me exci-tations,
(Oom   bop bop,  exci-tations).

D      G/D   D7
 Good, good, good,
G/D      D        G/D  D7  G/D
 Good vi-brations.

E      A/E   E7
 Good, good, good,
A/E      E        A/E  E7  A/E
 Good vi-brations.

Verse 2:

Am
 Close my eyes;
              G6
She's somehow closer now,
F
 Softly smile;
                   E7
I know she must be kind.
Am
 When...
       G6
I look in her eyes,
         F            E7
She goes with me to a blossom world.

Chorus 2:

C    Gm7        C       Gm7
 I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
C      Gm7       C    Gm7
 She's giving me exci-tations.

C    Gm7        C       Gm7
 I'm pickin' up good vi-brations,
(Oom bop bop,   good vi-brations),
C      Gm7       C    Gm7
 She's giving me exci-tations,
(Oom   bop bop,  exci-tations).

D      G/D   D7
 Good, good, good,
G/D      D        G/D  D7  G/D
 Good vi-brations.

E      A/E   E7
 Good, good, good,
A/E      E        A/E  E7  A/E
 Good vi-brations.
(A/E)
 Exci...

Break:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beach_boys/good_vibrations_crd_ver_2.html ]
   A        A/E  E7  A/E
...tations.

Bm/E  A/E  E (x5)

A/E E   A/E
 My my, what elation...

Break:

  Em/A       D/A
I don't know where,
        A        D/A
But she sends me there.
Em/B D/A A   D/A        Bm/E
     My, my, what a sen-sation.
A/E  E   A/E    Bm/E
 My, my, what e-lations),
A/E  E7  A/E        Bm/E
 My, my, what a sen...

Bridge 1:

(Slower Tempo):

   B       C#m  F#7
...sation.

B
 Gotta keep those,
            C#m
Lovin' good vibrations,
  F#7
A happenin' with her.

B
 Gotta keep those,
            C#m
Lovin' good vibrations,
  F#7
A happenin' with her.

B
 Gotta keep those,
            C#m
Lovin' good vibrations,
  F#7       B  C#m  F#7
A happenin'...
B  A/B
   Aaah...

Chorus 3:

E      A/E   E7
 Good, good, good,
A/E      E
 Good vi-brations.
A/E  E7   A/E
 Bop bop.

D      G/D   D7
 Good, good, good,
G/D      D        G/D  D7  G/D
 Good vi-brations.

Breakdown:

C
 Na na na na na,
Na na na,
D
 Na na na na na,
Na na na,
E
 Na na na na na,
Na na na,
D
 Na na na na na,
Na na na.

Coda:

D  G/D  D7  G/D

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   Am      G6      F6      E7      F       G7      C

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  322000  x03231  020100  133211  323000  x32010

   Gm7     D       G/D     D7      E       A/E    Bm/E

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 353333  xx0232  xx0003  xx0212  022100  002220  024432

  Em/A     D/A     A       B       C#m     F#7     A/B

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02000  x00202  x02220  x24442  x46454  242322  x22222


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)