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Beach Boys - California Girls guitar tab

California Girls"

(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)

Intro:

Electric 12-string [measures 1-4]:

[B]

v v v v v

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-----9---7------------

-----9---8---9-8------

-9---9--99--9----9-11-

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Bass [enters on measure 2]:

v v v v v

-----1----------------

---------4---2-1------

-2------2---2----2-4--

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Electric 12-string [measure 5]:

[A]

v v v v v

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-----7---5------------

-----7---6---7-6---6--

-7---7--77--7----7----

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Bass [measure 5]:

v v v v v

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-----4---2---0--------

-0------0---0--4-0-4--

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Horns [arr. for guitar]:

measures 1,2: tacit

measure 3: B (octaves) x2x4xx

measure 4: E/B x2210x

measure 5: Em/A x0200x

Verse 1:

B B9

Well, East Coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear

E

And the Southern girls with the way they talk

F#

They knock me out when I'm down there

B B9

The midwest farmers' daughters really make you feel alright

E

And the Northern girls with the way they kiss

F#

They keep their boyfriends warm at night

Chorus:

B C#m7

I wish they all could be California,

A Bm7

I wish they all could be California,

G Am7 B

I wish they all could be California Girls

Verse 2:

The West coast has the sunshine, and the girls all get so tanned

I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls

By a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world and I've seen

all kinds of girls

But I couldn't wait to get back in the states,

Back to the cutest girls in the world

[repeat chorus]

Organ break [arr. for guitar]

v v v v v v v v

-7-------7------7|-9-------9---9----

----79--7---79---|----79--7--79-----

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bass:

v v v v v v v v

-----------------|----6-------------

-----------------|--------86--42----

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Coda [repeat to fade]:

B C#m7

I wish they all could be California girls

(wish they all could be California)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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