Good Vibrations

by The Beach Boys · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

C Tenor - Low C

-9 8 -7
I------, 
-7 -7  -7  -9 -9 -10   11     9  8 <-7 -7 
I love the colorful- clothes she wears---
 7   -7 <-7  8   7  -7    <-7  -7 7 -6  7 -6 6
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair--
-11 -11  -11  -11  11 -10  9 -9  -7 7 6 
I-- hear the sound of a-- gentle word--
7  -7  <-7   8     7   -7  <-7 -7     7    -6  7 -6 6
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air---

-6  <-5 <-5 -5  -2  3  <-3  4
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 -6   <-5 <-5 -5 -2 3 <-3 4
She's giving- me excitations
-6  <-5 <-5 -5  -2  3  <-3  4
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 -6   <-5 <-5 -5 -2 3 <-3 4
She's giving me excitations
 7   -6 -6  6   3   -3  4  -5
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 7    -6 -6  6   3 -3 4 -5
She's giving me excitations
-7   7  7  <-6  -3  -4 -5  6
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 -7    7  7 <-6 -3 -4 -5 6
She's giving me excitations

 -9   8   -7
Close my eyes
 -7   -9 -10   11 9  8 <-7 -7 
She's somehow closer now-----
<-7  8   7   -7 <-7  -7   7   -6 7 -6 6
Softly smile, I know she must be kind--
-11  11 -10  9  -9  -7 7 6
When I- look in her eyes--
 7   -7  <-7  8  7 -7  <-7 -7 7 -6 7 -6 6
She goes with me to a blossom world------

-6  <-5 <-5 -5  -2  3  <-3  4
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 -6   <-5 <-5 -5 -2 3 <-3 4
She's giving- me excitations
-6  <-5 <-5 -5  -2  3  <-3  4
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 -6   <-5 <-5 -5 -2 3 <-3 4
She's giving me excitations
 7   -6 -6  6   3   -3  4  -5
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 7    -6 -6  6   3 -3 4 -5
She's giving me excitations
-7   7  7  <-6  -3  -4 -5  6
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
 -7    7  7 <-6 -3 -4 -5 6
She's giving me excitations

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