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The
Beach Boys Collection Part
Two
Part
One
KOKOMO
by Marla Hitunen
(acapella)
Aruba, Jamaica, ew I wanna take ya,
Bermuda, bahama, come on pretty
mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't
we go, Jamaica...
C Em
Off the Florida
Keys
Gm
F Fm
There's a place called Kokomo
C
Dm
G
That's where you wanna go to get
away from it all
Em
Bodies in the sand
Gm
F Fm
Tropical drink melting in your
hand
C
Dm
G
We'll be falling in love to the
rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in Koko...
(chorus)
C
F
Aruba, Jamaica, ew I wanna take ya
to Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty
mama
C
F
Key Largo Montego...Ew I wanna
take her down to Kokomo,
Fm
C
We'll get there fast & then
we'll take slow
Am
F
G
That's where we wanna go
C
Way down in Koko...Martinique,
that Monserate mystique
C
Em
We'll put out to sea
F
Fm
And we'll perfect our chemistry
C
Dm G
By and by we'll defy a little bit
of gravity
C
Em
Afternoon delight
F
Fm
Cocktails and moonlit nights
C
Dm
G
That dreamy look in your eye give
me a tropical contact high
Way down in Koko...
(chorus)
C
Port Au Prince, I wanna catch a
glimpse
(instrumental)
C
Em
Everybody knows
F Fm
A little place like Kokomo
C
Dm
G
Now if you wanna go and get away
from it all
go down to Koko...
(chorus to fade out)
Long
Promised Road
written by Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley
performed by the Beach Boys
from "Surf's up", 1971
Cmaj7
Em7
So hard to answer future's riddle
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7 F6
When ahead is seeming so far
behind
Cmaj7
Em7
So hard to laugh a child-like
giggle
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7 F6
When the tears start to torture my
mind
G
Dm7
So hard to shed the life of before
F7
F7/C
F7
F7/C
To let my soul automatically soar
C
F
F7
But I hit hard at the battle
that's confronting me, yeah
C
F
F9
Knock down all the roadblocks
a-stumbling me
C
Dm7
F/D#
F9 F6/9 F7 F7/C
Throw off all the shackles that
are binding me down
Cmaj7
Em7
Sew up the wounds of evolution
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7 F6
And the now starts to get in my
way
Cmaj7
Em7
So what if life's a revelation
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7 F6
If the mind speaks of only today
G
Dm7
So real, the pain of growing in
soul
F7
F7/C
F7
F7/C
Of climbing up to reality's goal
But I hit hard at the battle
that's confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks
a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that
are binding me down
F
Dm7
Long promised road, trail starts
at dawn
Em7
Am
Asus Am Am9
Carries on to the season's ending
F
Dm7
Long promised road, flows to the
source,
Em7
Am
Asus
Am Em7/H
gentle force, never ending, never
ending
Cmaj7 Em7
So hard to lift the jeweled
sceptre
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7 F6
When the weight turns a smile to a
frown
Cmaj7 Em7
So hard to drink of passion nectar
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7 F6
When the taste of life's holding
me down
G
Dm7
So hard to plant the seed of
reform
F7
F7/C
F7
F7/C
To set my sights on defeating the
storm
So I hit hard at the battle that's
confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks
a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that
are binding me down
Am G6 Em7 F (c h)
Am G6 F F F7 F6
C
Hit hard at the battle that's
confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks
a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that
are binding me down
Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah
Hit hard at the battle that's
confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks
a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that
are binding me down
F7
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you
F
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you
F
I'd love to see you
C
I'd love to see you
"Sail
On Sailor"
(J.
Rieley / R. Kennedy / B. Wilson /
T. Almer / V. D. Parks)
Intro:
G
C/G [2X]
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
Verse 1:
G
C/G
G
C/G
I sailed an
ocean, unsettled
ocean
G
C/G G
Through restful
waters and deep
commotion
Ebmaj9
Am7/D
Ebmaj9 Am7/D
Often
frightened,
unenlightened
Ebmaj7
F
G
Sail on, sail on sailor
Verse 2:
I wrest the waters, fight
Neptune's waters
Sail through the sorrows of life's
marauders
Unrepenting, often empty
Sail on, sail on sailor
Pre-bridge:
D
D#dim Em
Caught like a sewer rat alone but
I sail
D
D#dim Em
Bought like a crust of bread, oh
do I wail
Bridge 1:
Am7
Em
Am7 Em
Seldom stumble, never crumble
Am7
Em
Am7 Em
Try to tumble, life's a rumble
G
Am7
G Am7
Feel the stinging I've been given
G
Am7
G C
Never ending, unrelenting
Am7
Em
Am7 Em
Heartbreak searing, always fearing
Am7
Em
Am7 Em
Never caring, persevering
Ebmaj7
F
G
Sail on, sail on, sailor
Verse 3:
I work the seaways, the gale-swept
seaways
Past shipwrecked daughters of
wicked waters
Uninspired, drenched and tired
Sail on, wail on, sailor
Bridge 2:
Always needing, even bleeding
Never feeding all my feelings
Damn the thunder, must I blunder
There's no wonder all I'm under
Stop the crying and the lying
And the sighing and my dying
Sail on, sail on sailor
Coda (repeat to fade):
Ebmaj7
F
G
Sail on, sail on, sailor
Shut
Down
by The Beach Boys
[Intro]
Bb
C#
D#
G#
Tack it up, tack it up, buddy
gonna shut you down
G#
It happened on the strip where the
road is wide
G#
Two cool sharks standing
side-by-side (Ya)
C#
My fuel-injected stingray and a
413
G#
We're revin' up our engines and it
sounds real mean
Bb
C#
D#
G#
Tack it up, tack it up, buddy
gonna shut you down
G#
Declining numbers at an even rate
G#
At the count of one we both
accelerate
C#
My Stingray is light, the slicks
are starting to spin
G#
But the 413's really diggin' in
Bb
C#
D#
G#
Gotta be cool now, power shift
here we go
C#
Super stock Dodge is winding out
in low but
G#
My fuel-injected Stingray's really
starting to go
C#
To get the traction I'm riding my
clutch
G#
D#
My pressure plate's burnin' and it
shimmies too much
[Saxophone/guitar solo]
G#
Pedal's to the floor, here his
dual quads rake
G#
And now the 413's lead is starting
to shrink
C#
He saw with cram induction, but
it's understood
G#
I got a fuel-injected engine
sittin' under my hood
Bb
C#
D#
G#
Shut it off, shut it off, buddy
now I shut you down
[Repeat and fade]
"Sloop
John B"
(traditional, arranged by Brian
Wilson)
Intro:
(flute doubled with glockenspiel,
arr. for guitar)
v v
v
v
v v
v v
-8---------------|-------9-8-------
-----------------|-----------9-----
-----------------|-------------6---
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Verse 1:
Ab
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Eb
Around Nassau town we do roam
Ab
Drinking all night
Db /C Bbm
Got into a fight
Ab
Well I feel so broke up
Bbm Eb
Ab
I wanna go home
Chorus (chord progression same as
verses):
So hoist up the John B's sail [2:
(hoist up the John B's sail)]
See how the mainsail sets [2: (see
how the mainsail sets)]
Call for the Captain ashore, let
me go home [2: (let me go home)]
Let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
Verse 2:
The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Captain's trunk
The constable had to come and take
him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah
yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
[repeat chorus w/acapella break]:
[N.C.]
I wanna go home, let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
Why don't you let me go home
(Hoist up the John B's sail)
(Hoist up the John B)
(instruments re-enter)
I feel so broke up
I wanna go home (Let me go home)
Verse 3:
The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all
of my corn
Let me go [double-time] home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip
I've ever been on
[repeat chorus to fade]
SURFIN
SAFARI
F
Eb
C7
F
Let's go surfin now, ev'ry-bod-y's
learn-in' how, come on a sa-fa-ri
with me.
Bb
Eb
F7
Eb7
Ear-ly in the morn-in' we'll be
start-in' out, some hon-eys will
be com-in'
Bb
Eb7
F7
a-long. We're load-in' up our
wood-y with the boards in-side and
head-in'out
Eb7
Bb
sing-in' our song.
Bb
Come on ba-by, wait and see, yes,
I'm gon-na take you surf-in' with
me.
Eb
Lone-some ba-by wait and see, yes,
I'm gon-na take you surf-in' with
me.
F
Eb
C7
F
Let's go surf-in' now,
ev-'ry-bod-y's learn-in' how, come
on a sa-fa-ri with me.
In Hunt-ing-ton and Ma-li-bu
they're shoot-in' the pier, in Rin-con,
they're
walk-in' the nose. We're go-in' on
sa-fa-ri to the is-lands this
year, so if
you're com-in', get read-y to
go.
They're ang-lin' in La-gu-na and
Cerro A-zul, they're kick-in' out
in Do-hi-ni
too. I tell you surf-ins run-nin'
wild, it's get-tin' big-ger ev-'ry
day from
Ha-wai-i to the shores of Pe-ru.
"That's
Not Me"
(Brian Wilson / Tony Asher)
Verse 1:
A
I had to prove that I could make
it alone
E7sus4
E7
But that's not me
A
I wanted to show how independent
I'd grown now
E7sus4
E7
But that's not me
Bm7/F#
E7
I could try to be big in the eyes
of the world
Bm7/F#
E7
C#m7 F#maj7 G#m7/F#
What matters to me is what I could
be to just one girl
Chorus 1:
F#maj7
I'm a little bit scared
G#m7/F#
F#maj7
G#m7/F#
Cause I haven't been home in a
long time
B
You needed my love
B7
E
E7
And I know that I left at the
wrong time
Verse 2:
My folks when I wrote them
Told 'em what I was up to said
that's not me
I went through all kinds of
changes
Took a look at myself and said
that's not me
I miss my pad and the places I've
known
And every night as I lay there
alone I would dream
Chorus 2:
F#maj7
I once had a dream
G#m7/F#
F#maj7
G#m7/F#
So I packed up and split for the
city
Gmaj7
Am7/G
Gmaj7
Am7/G
I soon found out that my lonely
life wasn't so pretty
C
C7
F F7
I'm glad I went now I'm that much
more sure that we're ready
Coda (repeat to fade):
F#maj7
I once had a dream
G#m7/F#
F#maj7
G#m7/F#
So I packed up and split for the
city
F#maj7
G#m7/F#
F#maj7 G#m7/F#
I soon found out that my lonely
life wasn't so pretty
THEN
I KISSED HER
-----------------
INTRO TAB:
D ----------------
A ------2-3---2---
E 3---------------
^ ^
^ ^
G G G
G G G
[intro]
G
D
G G
Well I walked up to her and I
asked her if she wanted to dance
G
D
G G
She looked awful nice, and so I
hoped she might take a chance
C
G
C
G
When we danced I held
her tight, and then I
walked her home that night
G
D
G
G
And all the stars were shining
bright and then I kissed her
Each time I saw her I couldn't
wait to see her again
I wanted to let her know that I
was more than a friend
I didn't know just what to do, so
I whispered "I love you"
And she said that she loved me
too, and then I kissed her
C
C6
Cmaj7
C6
C (notes: G-G-A-B
D-C-G)
I kissed her in a way that I'd
never kissed a girl before
A7
A7
D7
I kissed her in a way that I hoped
she'd like for evermore
I knew that she was mine so I gave
her all the love that I had
Then one day she'll take me home
to meet her mom and her dad
And then I'll ask her to be my
bride, and always be right by my
side
I felt so happy that I almost
cried, and then I kissed her
And then I kissed her
And then I kissed her
[repeat and fade]
"The
Warmth Of The Sun"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)
Intro (arpeggiated guitar; drums
enter 5th bar):
C
Am
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
Eb
Cm
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
Dm7
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
G
G+
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
Verse 1:
C
Am
What good is the dawn
Eb
Cm
Dm7 G G+
That grows into day
C
Am
The sunset at night
Eb
Cm
Dm7 G
Or living this way
Chorus 1:
E7
Amaj7
Am7
For I have the warmth of the sun
(ooh, warmth of the sun)
D7
Gmaj7
G7 [1: G+
2: Ebm7 Ab7]
Within me at night (within me at
night)
Verse 2:
The love of my life
She left me one day
I cried when she said
I don't feel the same way
Chorus 2:
Still I have the warmth of the sun
Within me tonight (within me
tonight)
[key change to Db]
Verse 3:
Db
Bbm
I'll dream of her arms
E
Dbm
Ebm7 Ab Ab+
And though they're not real
Db
Bbm
Just like she's still there
E Dbm
Ebm7
The way that I feel
Chorus 3:
F7
Bbmaj7
Bbm7
I loved like the warmth of the sun
(ooh, warmth of the sun)
Eb7
Abmaj7
Ab7 Ab+
It won't ever die (it won't ever
die)
Coda:
[repeat intro in Db; fade 2nd
time]
Db
Bbm
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
E
Dbm
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
Ebm7
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
Ab
Ab+
/ / / / / / / /
/ / / /
WENDY
written by Brian Wilson
performed by the Beach Boys
Dm - - - Gm - - - Dm / / / Gm / /
/
F
Bb
C7
F
Dm
Wendy, Wendy, what went wrong, oh
so wrong?
F
Bb
Dm Gm
We went together for so
long-------
Dm
Gm
I never thought a guy could
cry
Dm
Gm
Till you made it with
another guy
F
Bb
C7
F
Bb
Oh, Wendy, Wendy left me alone,
hurt so bad
Verse 2:
Wendy, Wendy, don't lose your
head, lose your head
Wendy, don't believe a word he
said
I can't picture you with him
His future looks awful dim
Oh, Wendy, Wendy left me alone,
hurt so bad
(instrumental, in pattern of last
3 lines of a verse)
Verse 3:
Wendy, I wouldn't hurt you like
that, no no no
I thought we had our love down
pat, guess I was wrong
The farthest thing from my mind
Was the day I'd wake up to find
My Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Dm / / / Gm / / /
(repeat and fade):
Wendy, Wendy left me alone, hurt
so bad
"When
I Grow Up (To Be A Man)"
(Brian Wilson)
Intro:
C7-5/Gb
Db Cm Bbm Ab
When I grow up to
be a
man
Verse 1:
Ab
Eb7
Ab
Will I dig the same things that
turn me on as a kid?
Ab
Eb7
Ab
Will I look back and say that I
wish I hadn't done what I did?
Bbm7
Eb7
Cm7 Fm7
Will I joke
around and
still dig those sounds
C7-5/Gb
Db Cm Bbm Ab Db
When I grow up to
be a man?
Verse 2:
Will I look for the same things in
a woman that I dig in a girl?
Will I settle down fast or will I
first wanna travel the world?
Now I'm young and free, but how
will it be
C7-5/Gb
Db Cm Bbm [Bb]
When I grow up to
be a man?
Instrumental break (chord
variations implied by background
voices):
Bb
Bbmaj7
Bb7 Bb6
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
Ebm Ebm(+7)
Ebm7 Db
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
Bb
Bbmaj7
Bb7 Bb6
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
Ebm
Eb7
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
Verse 3:
Will my kids be proud or think
their old man is really a square?
When they're out having fun yeah,
will I still wanna have my share?
Will I love my wife for the rest
of my life
C7-5/Gb
Db Cm Bbm
A
Bm C#m D
When I grow up to
be a man -
what will I be?
C#7-5/G
D C#m Bm A
When I grow up to
be a man?
Coda (repeat to fade):
A
Bm
Dm
A
Won't last
forever
It's kind of sad
"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
/ / /
/ / /
/ /
"Wouldn't
It Be Nice"
(Brian Wilson / Tony Asher)
Intro:
(A)
(F#m)
(Bm)
(D)
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