Beach Baby:The First Class.
#13 in UK and #4 in USA in 1974.
INTRO:
C G Am G
Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..
C G Am G
Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..
#1.
C G Am
Do you remember back in old L.A. (whoa, whoa, whoa.)
E F
when everybody drove a Chevrolet? (whoa, whoa, whoa.)
C
Whatever happened to the boy next door,
D G
the sun-tanned, crew-cut, All-American male?
#2.
C G Am
Remember dancin' at the High School hop,(whoa, whoa, whoa.)
E F
the dress I ruined with the soda-pop? (whoa, whoa, whoa.)
C
I didn't recognize the girl next door,
D G G7
the beat up sneakers and the pony-tail.
CHORUS:
C F
Beach baby, Beach Baby, give me your hand,
G C
give me somethin' that I can remember.
F G
Just like before, we can walk by the shore,
C G7
in the moonlight.
C F
Beach baby, Beach baby, there on the sand,
G C
from July 'till the end of September.
Am E A
Surfin' was fun, we'd be out in the sun, every day.
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#3.
D G A D
Mmmm, I never thought that it would end.(Ooo,ooo.)
D G A D
Mmmm, and I was everybody's friend.(Ooo, ooo.)
Am
Long hot days..blue sea haze..
D D7
Juke box plays..but now it's fading awaaaaay...
C G Am G
Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..
C G Am G
Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..
#4.
C G Am
We couldn't wait for Graduation Day,(whoa, whoa, whoa.)
E F
We took my car and drove to San Jose.(whoa, whoa, whoa.)
C
That's where you told me that you'd wear my ring..
D G G7
I guess you don't remember anything.
CHORUS:
C F
Beach baby, Beach Baby, give me your hand,
G C
give me somethin' that I can remember.
F G
Just like before, we can walk by the shore,
C G7
in the moonlight.
C F
Beach baby, Beach baby, there on the sand,
G C
from July 'till the end of September.
Am E A
Surfin' was fun, we'd be out in the sun, every day.
C G Am G
Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..
C G Am G
Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..
OUTRO:
C G
Beach baby, Beach baby..Beach baby, Beach baby..
Am G
Beach baby, Beach baby..doo, doo, dood-doo-doo..(OUTRO x7.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
