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The Beach Boys
Transcibed by Francis Greene
1. Do It Again
2. I Can Hear Music
3. Bluebirds Over The Mountain
4. Be With Me
5. All I Want To Do
6. The Nearest Faraway Place
7. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
8. I Went To Sleep
9. Time To Get Alone
10. Never Learn Not To Love
11. Our Prayer
12. Cabinessence
Do It Again
Brian Wilson/Mike Love
Eb
It's automatic when I talk with old friends
The conversation turns to girls we knew
............Ab.................Bb
When their hair was soft and long
........................Eb
And the beach was the place to go
Eb
Suntanned bodies and waves of sunshine
California girls and a beautiful coastline
Ab......................Bb...............Eb
Warmed up weather let's get together and do it again
Ab........................Cm7................Fm7
With a girl the lonely sea looks good in moonlight
Ab...........Gm7...............Fm7/Bb......Bb
Makes your nighttimes warm and out of sight
...........Eb
Been so long, (Hey now hey now hey now hey now hey now)
.......Ab...............Bb...............Eb
(Hey now hey now hey now hey now hey now)
Eb
Well I've been thinking 'bout
All the places we've surfed and danced and
......................Ab
All the faces we've missed so let's get
Bb.................Eb
Back together and do it again
Transcibed by Francis Greene
I Can Hear Music
Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector
D...........F#m..G..........A
This is the way I always dreamed it would be
D...............F#m.....G................A
The way that it is, oh oh when you are holding me
G
I never had a love of my own
A
Maybe that's why when we're all alone
D............Bm7..Em7.........A7
I can hear music I can hear music
D.................Bm7........Em7...........A7
The sound of the city baby seems to disappear
D............D7....G...........Gm6
I can hear music sweet sweet music
D...............Bm7.........Em7...A7..........D
Whenever you touch me baby, whenever you're near
D......F#m..G............A
Lovin' you it keeps me satisfied
D...............F#m......G...............A
And I can't explain, oh no the way I'm feeling inside
G
You look at me we kiss and then
A
I close my eyes and here it comes again
D...........Bm7...Em7.........A7
I can hear music I can hear music
D.................Bm7.........Em7..........A7
The sound of the city baby seems to disappear
D...........D7......G...........Gm6
I can hear music sweet sweet music
D..............Bm7..........Em7...A7..........D
Whenever you touch me baby, whenever you're near
D
I hear the music all the time, yeah
I hear the music, hold me tight now baby
A7
I hear the music all the time
..............D
I hear the music I hear the music (baby) ahhhhh
D...........Bm7...Em7.........A7
I can hear music I can hear music
D.................Bm7........Em7...........A7
The sound of the city baby seems to disappear
D............D7....G...........Gm6
I can hear music sweet sweet music
D..............Bm7..........Em7...A7..........D
Whenever you touch me baby, whenever you're near
Transcibed by Francis Greene
Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Ersel Hickey
A
Bluebirds over the mountain
D..................E
Seagulls over the sea-ea-ea
A
Bluebirds over the mountain
D.........E.......A....E
Bring my baby to me
...D.........Dm.........A.........A7
A boy and a girl they once found love
.....D........Dm.........A.......A7
To each it seemed like heaven above
.....D.......Dm......A.......F#m7
He looked into her eyes and said
B7.......................E7
Ooo wee baby you're so good for my head
A
Bluebirds over the mountain
D...................E
Seagulls over the sea-ea-ea
A
Bluebirds over the mountain
D..........E......A....E
Bring my baby to me
....D....Dm......A.....A7
Oh everyone in every land
D............Dm.....A......A7
Please give me a helping hand
D.......Dm......A.....F#m7
If you see her all alone
B7...........................E7
Oh tell my baby "won't you please come home?"
A
Bluebirds over the mountain
D..................E
Seagulls over the sea-ea-ea
A
Bluebirds over the mountain
D.........E.......A.....E
Bring my baby to me
A
Oh bring my baby back
I don't know why she's been so long
But all I know is that she's gone
Oh bring my baby back to me
.............................Bb
Well I'm in pain can't you see
...Eb........Ebm........Bb.........Bb7
A boy and a girl they once found love
....Eb.......Ebm.........Bb......Bb7
To each it seemed like heaven above
....Eb..........Ebm.....Bb......Gm7
I guess that's why we fell in love
C7...............................F7
And now she's gone and all I've got to say is
Bb
Bluebirds over the mountain
Eb..................F
Seagulls over the sea yeah
Bb
Bluebirds over the mountain
Eb.........F.......Bb
Bring my baby to me
Eb.........F
Bring my baby
Ab/Bb.......Ebmaj7....Ebm6.......Bb
Oooo Baby, Oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo
Transcibed by Francis Greene
Be With Me
Dennis Wilson
........Gm7
You're going out tonight
..............Gm7/C
You put your real cool looking clothes on
.........Cm7/F
You're getting uptight about some little thing I said
Gm7...................Gm7/C
All that I said "I couldn't play the game"
.....Cm7/F............................Bb
It shouldn't make any difference to you
.....Gm7.......................Gm7/C
Go walking around night, the wind's really blowing
......Cm7/F
It's too cold to talk, I wonder if she's knowing
Bb
She should be with me, it could set her free
Eb/Bb.........Cm7/Bb
Come with me, be with me, a part of me
G....F/G..G...F/G
Free Free
Cm.........Bb/C
Everything we will see
Cm......................Cm7
Everything we will be, we will be
..Gm7......................Gm7/C
A new child is born, the mother is still waiting
Cm7/F
Father's over there anticipating
Bb
Won't you be with me, it could set you (us) free
Eb/Bb.........Cm7/Bb
Come with me, be with me, a part of me
G....F/G....G....F/G
Free Free
Transcibed by Francis Greene
All I Want To Do
Dennis Wilson
.....D....................G
You ain't got time for diamonds
.........A...............D
And you pay no mind to gold
.....D.............G
You gave up everything you had
..............A.......................D
But there's one thing I want you to hold
A
Come let the power through you
C
Come on and let me thrill you mama now
D...G...........D...G
Baby, come on baby
..........D......G......................A
Come on baby I just want to do it with you
C.......D.....................G
Well I don't care where you want to go
A....................D
Just so you go with me
........D...................G
And I don't care what you want to do
.....A........................D
But make sure you do it with me
A
All I want to do with you
.........C
Well I just make-a some love to you
.........D...G..........D...G
Come on baby, come on baby
........D........G.....................A
I said baby, I just want to do it to you
.....C........D...E...F...G...A...C
All night lo-ong
D...G...........D...G
Baby, come on baby
.........D......G.........................A...C..........D
I said baby, I just want to make it with you all night long
D
Ohhhh come on come on come on come on baby
Transcibed by Francis Greene
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
Huddie Ledbetter
(recorded in Ab)
A
When I was a little bitty baby
..............D..............A
My mama done rock me in the cradle
................................Bm7...E7
In them old cotton fields back home
.........A
It was back in Louisiana
................D..............A
Just about a mile from Texarkana
..............E...................A
In them old cotton fields back home
A
Let me tell you now well got me in a fix
I caught a nail in my tire doing lickitey splits
..................................Bm7...E7
I had to walk a long long way to town
..............A................A7
Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on
D.............................Bm7
Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions
A...............E7.................A
I gonna want to be right off for home
A7....................D
Don't care if them cotton bolls get rotten
............A
When I got you baby, who needs cotton
................................Bm7...E7
In them old cotton fields back home
...............A.....................A7
Brother only one thing more that's gonna warm you
D......................Bm7
A summer's day out in California
A....................E7..................D...A
It's gonna be those cotton fields back home
.........D
It was back in Louisiana
..............A..............F#m
Just about a mile from Texarkana
...............A............F#m
Give me them cotton fields
.........................A...........F#m
Let me hear it for the cotton fields
A......................F#m................Bm7...E7
You know that there's just no place like home
..............A.............................A7
Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home
..............D.........................Bm7
You shoulda seen their faces when they seen how I grown
.........A....E7.................D...A
In them old cotton fields back home
Transcibed by Francis Greene
I Went To Sleep
Brian Wilson
A...Em7...A...Em7
A........F#9/A#........Bm7......F#9/C#
I took a walk and sat down in a park
......Bm7/A.........Dmaj9.........Gmaj9.........Dmaj9
The gardener walked out and the sprinklers went on
......Gmaj9......Dmaj9......C#m7..F#7(+5)..Bm7..E7
They watered the lawn and I went to sleep
A..........F#9/A#.......Bm7..F#9/C#
Ten thirty I turned my radio on
Bm7/A............Dmaj9....Gmaj9...Dmaj9
Some group was playing a musical song
....Gmaj9......Dmaj9.....C#m7..F#7(+5)..Bm7..E7
It wasn't too long and I went to sleep
A...Em7...A...Em7
A...D...F#m7/C#...Bm7
F#9...Bm7...Cdim...C#...E7
..A..........F#9/A#.....Bm7.........F#9/C#
Again at the park on a nice summer day
Bm7/A......Dmaj9......Gmaj9........Dmaj9
High up above me the trees gently sway
...Gmaj9.....Dmaj9.....C#m7..F#7(+5)..Bm7..E7
A bird flew away and I went to sleep
A...Em7...A...Em7
Transcibed by Francis Greene
Time To Get Alone
Brian Wilson
.....D.....................G
I looked at you baby and what did I see
........Em........................A7
I saw love in your eyes made me feel so warm inside
......D...................G
Now look at me baby and what do you see
..........Em.......................A7
You see love in my eyes gleaming just for you
.......................D............F#m7/C#
And now we know it's time to get alone
....Bm7............D7/A......G
To get alone and just be together
.......Dm7........G
We'll only be together
D...............F#m7/C#
Come and do a couple days
Bm7..........D7/A...........G
Just a ways away from the people
......Dm7............G
And safe from the people
......D..........................G
The pine-scented air smells so good in the snow
...........Em...............A7
In our toboggan we'll go screaming down the mountainside
......D.................................G
The touch of your cheeks when they're rosy and cold
...........Em...................A7
Feels so cozy to hold just to take you close and make you warmer
D...........F#m7/C#...Bm7
Time to get alone to get alone
......D7/A......G
And just be together
......Dm7........G
We'll only be together
D...............F#m7/C#
Come and do a couple days
Bm7...........D7/A..........G
Just a ways away from the people
.....Dm7............G
And safe from the people
C.......G............C...........F
Lyin' down on our backs lookin' at the sky
C.........G................C.........F
Looking down through the valley so deep and wide
............Am7...................Dm7
Aren't you glad we finally got away
Am7...................Dm7
Glad we finally got away
.............Am7....................Dm7
Aren't you glad we finally got away
.........D.....................G
Now I looked around baby and what do I see
........Em.......................A7
I see love in your eyes and I'm so glad that we finally had some
D.............F#m7/C#..Bm7
Time to get alone to get alone
.....D7/A........G
And just be together
.......Dm7........G
We'll only be together
D..............F#m7/C#
Come and do a couple days
Bm7...........D7/A..........G
Just a ways away from the people
.....Dm7............G
And safe from the people
Transcibed by Francis Greene
Never Learn Not To Love
Dennis Wilson/(Charles Manson uncredited lyricist)
E..................F#m7/E..........E
Cease to resist, come on say you love me
E..................F#m7/E........E
Give up your world, come on and be with me
G...............A..............E
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
E................F#m7/E...........E
Come on come on, ooo I love you pretty
E.................F#m7/E..............E
My life is yours, and you can have my world
G...............A..............E
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
A7
Never had a lesson I ever learned
....................................E
I know I could never learn not to love you
G..............A
Come in now closer
C..........F.....G.......E.....D...E
Come in closer closer closer ahhhh
E...................F#m7/E.......E
Submission is a game given to another
E.....................F#m7/E.........E
Love and understanding is for one another
G................A.............E
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
A7
Never had a lesson I ever learned
....................................E
I know I could never learn not to love you
G..............A
Come in now closer
C..........F.....G........E....D...E
Come in closer come in closer ahhhh
E
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh
Transcibed by Francis Greene
Cabinessence
Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks
Eb/Bb..............Eb7/Bb
Light the lamp and fire mellow,
Ab.........Gm.........Cm
Cabin essence timely hello,
Bb...........Bdim.........Cm7
Welcomes the time for a change.
Eb/Bb...........Eb7/Bb
Lost and found, you still remain there.
Ab.................Gm.............Cm
You'll find a meadow filled with grain there.
Bb................G7/B.........C..Cmaj7..C7
I'll give you a home on the range.
F
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Bb
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
F
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Eb/Bb..............Eb7/Bb
I want to watch you windblown facing
Ab.............Gm............Cm
Waves of wheat for your embracing.
Bb............Bdim.........Cm7
Folks sing a song of the grange.
Eb/Bb........Eb7/Bb
Nestle in a kiss below there.
Ab.............Gm............Cm
The constellations ebb and flow there.
Bb...............G7/B.........C..Cmaj7..C7
And witness our home on the range.
F
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Bb
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
F
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
C...................Eb............F..............Ab
Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?
Bb..................Db...........Eb
Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?
C7
Over and over, the crow cries uncover the cornfield.
Over and over, the thresher and hover the wheat field.
Transcibed by Francis Greene
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