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"Fun, Fun, Fun"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)
Intro:
(guitar, double-tracked [LP mix: distorted in right channel, clean
in left]):
v
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------11--13--
-/12----------
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Eb [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|-11--14--11----------------------
-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|-11--13--11--13--11--------------
---------------------------------|---------------------13-h12*-----
---------------------------------|-----------------------------13--
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* hammer-ons are from fret 11 throughout
Eb [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
---------------------------------|-----11--11------11--11------11--
-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|-12--11--11------11--11------11--
h13--13--13-h13--13--13-h13--13--|-h13---------13----------13------
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(band enters)
Ab
v v v v v v v v
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---------11----------11----------|-11----------11----------11-11---
b15*---------b15---------b15-----|----b15---------b15--------------
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* bends are 13b15 throughout
Eb
v v v v v v v v
---------------------------------|---------------------11--11------
---------11----------11----------|-11----------11-------------14---
b15----------b15---------b15-----|----b15---------b15--------------
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Bb Ab
v v v v v v v v
-14--13--11----------------------|---------------------------------
-------------14--11--------------|-11------13*-----13--11----------
---------------------13--11------|-11--13--13*-----13-h12------12--
-----------------------------13--|-----------------------------13--
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* quarter-tone bend
Eb Bb
v v v v v v v v
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---------13------11------13--11--|-----11--11------11--11------11--
----12---13-----h12------13-h12--|-----10--10------10--10------10--
----13---------------13----------|---------------------------------
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Intro
| Eb | % | % | % |
(guitar lick only)
| Ab | % | Eb | % |
| Bb | Ab | Eb | Bb |
Verse 1
Eb
Well, she got her daddy's car
Ab
And she cruised through the hamburger stand, now
Eb
Seems she forgot all about the library
Bb
Like she told her old man, now
Eb
And with the radio blastin'
Ab
Goes cruisin' just as fast as she can, now
Chorus
Eb Bb/D
And she'll have fun, fun, fun
Ab Bb [ Eb ]
'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away
Eb Ab Gm Bb [ Eb ]
(Fun, fun, fun, 'til her daddy takes the T-bird away)
Verse 2:
Eb
Well, the girls can't stand her
Ab
'Cause she walks, looks, and drives like an ace, now
(You walk like an ace, now, you walk like an ace)
Eb Bb7
She makes the Indy 500 look like the Roman chariot race, now
(You look like an ace, now, you look like an ace)
Eb Ab
A lot of guys try to catch her but she leads 'em on a wild goose chase, now
(You drive like an ace, now, you drive like an ace)
Chorus
Eb Bb/D
And she'll have fun, fun, fun
Ab Bb [ Eb ]
'Til her daddy takes the T-bird away
Eb Ab Gm Bb [ Bb ]
(Fun, fun, fun, 'til her daddy takes the T-bird away)
Instrumental break (organ/guitar solo)
Bb Eb
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Bb F Bb
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 3
Eb
Well, you knew all along
Ab
That your dad was gettin' wise to you, now
(You shouldn't-a lied, now, you shouldn't-a lied)
Eb
And since he took your set of keys
Bb7
You been thinkin' that your fun is all through now
(You shouldn't-a lied, now, you shouldn't-a lied)
Eb Ab
But you can come along with me 'cause we got a lot of things to do now
(You shouldn't-a lied, now, you shouldn't-a lied)
Chorus
Eb Bb/D
And we'll have fun, fun, fun
Ab Bb [ Eb ]
Now that daddy takes the T-bird away
Eb Ab Gm Bb [ Eb ]
(Fun, fun, fun, now that daddy takes the T-bird away)
Eb Bb/D
Fun, fun, fun
Ab Bb [ Eb ]
Now that daddy takes the T-bird away
Eb Ab Gm Bb [ Bb ]
(Fun, fun, fun, now that daddy takes the T-bird away)
Coda [repeat to fade]:
Bb Eb
Fun, fun, fun now that Daddy took the T-bird away
Ab
Fun, fun, now that Daddy took the T-bird away
Bb Eb
Fun, fun, fun now that Daddy took the T-bird away
Ab
Fun, fun, now that Daddy took the T-bird away
(repeat and fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers