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California Girls by The Beach Boys - Guitar Chords
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Version 1 Version 2
"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
----------------------|
-----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 A/B
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 A/B
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:]
B A/B
The West coast has the sunshine, and the girls all get so tanned
E
I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls
F#
By a palm tree in the sand
B A/B
I been all around this great big world and I've seen
all kinds of girls
E
But I couldn't wait to get back in the states,
F#
Back to the cutest girls in the world
[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
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----|
-----------------|----------------4-|
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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)
We also have 61 songs by The Beach Boys
- 409
- All I Wanna Do
- All Summer Long
- Barbara Ann
- Be True To Your School
- Break Away
- Cabinessence
- California Dreamin
- California Girls
- Caroline No
- Catch A Wave
- Cottonfields
- Dance Dance Dance
- Darlin
- Disney Girls
- Do It Again
- Do You Wanna Dance
- Dont Talk Put Your Head On My Shoulder
- Dont Worry Baby
- Forever
- Fun Fun Fun
- Girl Dont Tell Me
- Girls On The Beach
- God Only Knows
- Good Vibrations
- Hawaii
- Help Me Rhonda
- Here Today
- I Can Hear Music
- I Get Around
- I Just Wasnt Made For These Times
- I Know Theres An Answer
- Im Waiting For The Day
- In My Room
- Kiss Me Baby
- Kokomo
- Lets Go Away For Awhile
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Little Honda
- Little Saint Nick
- Monster Mash
- Please Let Me Wonder
- Sail On Sailor
- She Knows Me Too Well
- Shut Down
- Sloop John B
- Surfer Girl
- Surfin Safari
- Surfin Usa
- Thats Not Me
- Then I Kissed Her
- Til I Die
- Warmth Of The Sun
- Wendy
- When I Grow Up To Be A Man
- Wild Honey
- Wonderful
- Wouldnt It Be Nice
- You Still Believe In Me
- Your Summer Dream
- Youre So Good To Me
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