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Alan Jardine/Mike Love (Original Key: Eb) D Don't go near the water G......................D Don't you think it's sad D What's happened to the water G..............A....D Our water's going bad D.........D/C#....D/B.........D/A Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams G..........................D Have all been touched by man D.............D/C#....D/B....D/A The poison floating out to sea G................A.......D Now threatens life on land D Don't go near the water G..........D Ain't it sad D What's happened to the water G............D It's going bad G............................D...................Bm Don't go near the water. don't go near the water D.......................................Bm Toothpaste and soap will make our oceans a bubble bath D........................Bm So let's avoid an ecological aftermath D................Bm....................D Beginning with me, beginning with you D..........D/C#......D/B...D/A Don't go near the water G...............D To do it any wrong D...........D/C#.......D/B...D/A To be cool with the water ....G...........A.........D Is the message of this song D Let's all help the water G.........D Right away D Do what we can and ought to G...............D Let's start today Transcibed by Francis Greene
Long Promised Road
Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley Cmaj7................Em.......................F So hard to answer future's riddle when ahead is seeming so far behind Cmaj7.................Em............................F So hard to laugh a child-like giggle when the tears start to torture my mind Em/G...................Dm................F So hard to shed the life of before, to let my soul automatically soar ........C..................F But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah C.......................F Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me C....................Dm...............C/E.........F Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down Cmaj7..................Em...................F Sew up the wounds of evolution and the now starts to get in my way Cmaj7..........Em.......................F So what if life's a revelation if the mind speaks of only today Em/G.................Dm.....................F So real, the pain growing in my soul of climbing up to reality's goal ........C................F But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah C........................F Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me C....................Dm................C/E.........F Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down F/C Long promised road Dm6/F........................Em7....................Am7/E..Em7/A..Am7 Trail starts at dawn carries on to the season's ending F/C Long promised road Dm6/F.........................Em7...........Am7/E..Em7/A..Am7 Flows to the source, gentle force, never ending, never ending Cmaj7........Em..................................F So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre when the weight turns a smile to a frown Cmaj7.........Em.................................F So hard to drink of passion nectar when the taste of life's holding me down Em/G..................Dm.................F So hard to plant the seed of reform to set my sights on defeating the storm .......C................F So I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah C.........................F Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me C....................Dm................C/E.......F Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down C..................F Hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah C.......................F Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me C....................Dm.................C/E.......F Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down Transcibed by Francis Greene
Take A Load Off Your Feet
Alan Jardine/Gary Winfrey C..F....................C..........F I do them when I'm down in the tub C.........F.............C.............F With avocado cream they'll take a rub ........C...............F............C.........F They wrinkle like a-raisins if I stay too long ......C...............G.......C I wouldn't want to do it wrong C.........F................C.......F They'll put you in the driver's seat C.............F................C.........F And to the table when you want to eat C.............F...........C............F But when you go to sit down in your chair G7(+Bb) Something else has got to put you there F.............G............C Take good care of your feet, Pete ......F.............G.............C You better watch out what you eat, Pete F............Em.............D7.....................G7 Better take care of your life 'cause nobody else will C..........F................C.......F They'll twinkle when you fall in love C..............F...............C.........F And put you there when you jump up above .......C................F..............C...........F When you're on the spot, get them right under you C................G......C One, then the other too .........Am.........................Em If you want to do the right thing for them .......Am..................Em Just take a walk in the grass .....Am........................Em But don't you catch yourself fallin' .......Dm7...................G7 Or steppin' on a piece of glass C.......F...............C..........F Pete knows all the treacherous foes C............F................C............F The fallen arches and the cramp in the toes C.............F..........................C......F He went to H. E. L. P. and got some sandals new ......C............G......C And dusty old saunas too F.........G...........C Take a load of your feet Pete .......F.............G...........C You better watch out what you eat F............Em............D7......................G7 Better take care of your life 'cause nobody else will Transcibed by Francis Greene
Disney Girls (1957)
Bruce Johnston (Original Key: Gb) F.....................Fmaj7/E..........Gm7/D..........Gm7 Clearing skies and drying eyes now I see your smile Gm7/C................C7................Fmaj7........F.Bb/F.Fdim Darkness goes and softness shows a changing style F...............Fmaj7/E...............Gm7/D..........Gm7 Just in time words that rhyme well bless your soul ..........Gm7/C...................C7..........Fmaj7.........F6 Now I'll fill your hands with kisses and a Tootsie Roll ......Eb...........Bb/D...............F/C...........F7 Oh reality, it's not for me and it makes me laugh .......Eb7...............Bb/D.............F/C......F.Fdim.C7.Gm7/D.C7/E Oh, fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back F.................Fmaj7/E........Gm7/D........Gm7. Patti Page and summer days on old Cape Cod Gm7/C..........C7...........Fmaj7..........F.Bb/F.Fdim Happy times making wine in my garage F....................Fmaj7/E..........Gm7/D........Gm7 Country shade and lemonade Guess I'm slowing down .........Gm7/C....................C7...............Fmaj7........F6 It's a turned back world with a local girl in a smaller town Eb................Bb/D................F/C............F7 Open cars and clearer stars that's what I've lacked .......Eb7................Bb/D...........F/C........A7 But fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back Dm............................................Gm7 Love...Hi Rick and Dave Hi Pop...Well good morning mom C7............................................Fmaj7.......F6 Love...get up guess what I'm in love with a girl I found Bb.............C7 She's really swell 'cause she likes Gdim/A.A7......D7+5.D7 Church, bingo chances ....Fdim/G.G7.C7+5.C7...Gm7/C...C7 And old time dances F...............Fmaj7/E...............Gm7/D.......Gm7 All my life I spent the night with dreams of you ..........Gm7/C........................C7 And the warmth I missed and for the things I wished ...............Fmaj7.....F.Bb/F.Fdim They're all coming true ..............F...................Fmaj7/E...........Gm7/D..........Gm7 I've got my love to give and a place to live guess I'm gonna stay .............Gm7/C................C7...............Fmaj7.........F6 It'd be a peaceful life with a forever wife and a kid someday .......Eb................Bb/D.............F/C............F7 It's early nights and pillow fights and your soft laugh Eb7..................Bb/D.............F/C Fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back Transcibed by Francis Greene
Student Demonstration Time
Based on "Riot in Cell Block Number 9" by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller New lyrics by Mike Love ..........A Starting out with Berkeley Free Speech And later on at People's Park The winds of change fanned into flames Student demonstrations spark Down to Isla Vista where police felt so harassed They called the special riot squad of the L. A. County Sheriff ..................D..........................A Well there's a riot going on, there's a riot going on ............E................D....................A........E There's a riot going on, student demonstration time A The violence spread down South to where Jackson State brothers Learned not to say nasty things about Southern policemen's mothers Nothing much was said about it and really next to nothing done The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for a gun .................D...........................A Well there's a riot going on, there's a riot going on .................E.............D...................................A...E Well there's a riot going on 'cause it's student demonstration time A America was stunned on May 4, 1970 When rally turned to riot up at Kent State University They said the students scared the Guard Though the troops were battle dressed Four martyrs earned a new degree The Bachelor of Bullets I know we're all fed up with useless wars and racial strife But next time there's a riot, well, you best stay out of sight .................D...........................A Well there's a riot going on, there's a riot going on .................E...............D....................A.......E Well there's a riot going on, student demonstration time A........D.................A..........D Stay away when there's a riot going on Student demonstration A........D.................A...........D Stay away when there's a riot going on Student demonstration Transcibed by Francis Greene
Feel Flows
Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley C...........Em7..........F...............C...G............F Unfolding enveloping missiles of soul recall senses sadly C.............Em7............F...............C....G.............F Mirage like soft blue like lanterns below to light the way gladly C/E.........Em7/D.............F/C Whether whistling heaven's clouds disappear C...........G/B...........F/A Where the wind withers memory C...........G......................F Whether whiteness whisks soft shadows away Cm7/Eb Feel flows (White hot glistening shadowy flows) F Feel goes (Black hot glistening shadowy flows) C............Em7............F..............C.....G............F Unbending never ending tablets of time record all the yearning C...........Em7............F..............C...G.......F Unfearing all appearing message divine eases the burning C/E..........Em7/D........F/C Whether willing witness waits at my mind C.........G/B............F/A Whether hope dampens memory C..........G.....................F Whether wondrous will stands tall at my side Cm7/Eb Feel flows (White hot glistening shadowy flows) F Feel goes (Black hot glistening shadowy flows) (break) Cm..F/C..Cm..F/C..Cm..F/C..Cm7..F/C (repeat - a lot) C...........Em7...........F................C....G.............F Encasing all embracing wreath of repose engulfs all the senses C...........Em7.........F....................C....G........F Imposing, unclosing thoughts that compose retire the fences C/E.......Em7/D............F/C Whether wholly heartened life fades away C.........G/B............F/A Whether harps heal the memory C..........G.................F Whether wholly heartened life fades away C..........G......................F Whether wondrous will stands tall at my side C...........G.......................F Whether whiteness whisks soft shadows away Cm7/Eb Feel goes (White hot glistening shadowy flows) F Feel flows (Black hot glistening shadowy flows) Cm7/Eb Feel goes (White hot glistening shadowy flows) F Transcibed by Francis Greene
Looking At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
Alan Jardine/Gary Winfrey (original key: Fm) ..............Em.........Em(maj7)/D# I've been laying on my back ..........Em7/D................C#m7(b5) Like a freight train off a track Cmaj7.............C#m7(b5).......Em7/D.....C#m7(b5) Trying to find a job to fit my trade ............Em................Em(maj7)/D# With the morning sun come 'round ...............Em7/D................C#m7(b5) Well I'll be covering plenty of ground .....C7..............B7................Em And I don't need nobody to pay my aid A.....Em.......A Mmmm pay my aid ..............Em..............Em(maj7)/D# Now Bess and me were feeling bad ..............Em7/D................C#m7(b5) And all the good jobs they were had ...Cmaj7...........C#m7(b5)..........Em7/D.....C#m7(b5) I had to take to sweeping up some floors .........Em.................Em(maj7)/D# Well I don't mind that so much ..........Em7/D............C#m7(b5) Or the changing of my luck ...........C7.............B7...............Em...A...Em...A But you know I could be doing so much more .........Em................Em(maj7)/D# Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba .........Em7/D..............C#m7(b5) Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ....Cmaj7............C#m7(b5)........Em7/D.....C#m7(b5) Bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip ................Em............Em(maj7)/D# Well I'll be coming home tonight .......Em7/D...............C#m7(b5) Everything will be all right ................C7..........B7.........Em6 And we'll be looking at tomorrow Transcibed by Francis Greene
A Day In The Life Of A Tree
Brian Wilson/Jack Rieley (Original Key: Db) D..........F#m/D........Em7/D......D7 Feel the wind burn through my skin .....Em7/D.....A7/D...........D The pain, the air is killing me .......D........F#m/D..........Em7/D....D7 For years my limbs stretched to the sky ....Em7/D....A7/D.............D A nest for birds to sit and sing ......G......A7.....A#dim..Bm.......D7...................Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't bear the glow F#m...Em7/G...A7...D They did so long ago D........F#m/D....Em7/D....D7 One day I was full of life ....Em7/D....A7/D..............D My sap was rich and I was strong ........D......F#m/D...Em7/D...D7 >From seed to tree I grew so tall ..........Em7/D.....A7/D.............D Through wind and rain I could not fall .....G........A7.....A#dim..Bm......D7...............Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't offer F#m..Em7/G..A7......D Poetry to men of song D...........F#m/D.................Em7/D...D7.................Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this world can give ........A7/D.............D Is pollution and slow death .....F#m/DF.........Em7/D....D7...............Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down no life's left to be found ...........A7/D............D There's nothing left for me (D).........F#m/D................Em7/D...D7..................Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this earth can give .......A7/D......D Is pollution ....F#m/D..........Em7/D.....D7.............Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down my branches to the ground ..........A7/D.............D There's nothing left for me Transcibed by Francis Greene
'Til I Die
Brian Wilson Abmaj7..............Cm/Bb..Bb I'm a cork on the ocean C....................Cm/Bb..Bb Floating over the raging sea Cmaj7.............Fmaj7/C..F6/C How deep is the ocean? Bm..................Cmaj7 How deep is the ocean? Em.........................Gmaj7 I lost my way, hey, hey, hey Abmaj7..............Cm/Bb..Bb I'm a rock in a landslide C....................Cm/Bb..Bb Rolling over the mountainside Cmaj7..............Fmaj7/C..F6/C How deep is the valley? Bm.................Cmaj7 How deep is the valley? Em............................Gmaj7 It kills my soul, hey, hey, hey Abmaj7............Cm/Bb..Bb I'm a leaf on a windy day C.....................Cm/Bb..Bb Pretty soon I'll be blown away Cmaj7...............Fmaj7/C..F6/C How long will the wind blow? Bm...................Cmaj7 How long will the wind blow? Em.........................................G Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo ..........Bb....Eb..D..G Until I die, until I die G..................Bb....Eb..D..G These things I'll be until I die Transcibed by Francis Greene
Surf's Up
Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks Gm7/D A diamond necklace played the pawn Hand in hand some drummed along, oh Dm7/G To a handsome man and baton Gm7/D A blind class aristocracy Back through the opera glass you see Dm7/G The pit and the pendulum drawn Bb.....Gm7.......F/C.C7.D/C Columnated ruins domino G/D................................A9/G Canvass the town and brush the backdrop ............D/A Are you sleeping? Gm7/D Hung velvet overtaken me Dim chandelier awaken me Dm7/G To a song dissolved in the dawn Gm7/D The music hall a costly bow The music all is lost for now Dm7/G To a muted trumperter swan Bb.....Gm7.......F/C.C7.D/C Columnated ruins domino G/D................................A9/G Canvass the town and brush the backdrop ............D/A..............D.Em7.Gm7/F.D/F# Are you sleeping, Brother John? Fm7/Ab Dove nested towers the hour was Cm7/Bb Strike the street quicksilver moon Fm7/Ab Carriage across the fog Cm7/Bb Two-Step to lamp lights cellar tune ......Dm7................Gm7/C..C7..F The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne ......Dm7 The glass was raised, the fired rose .......Gm7/C..........C7.................Edim.F The fullness of the wine, the dim last toasting Dm7..............Gm7/C..C7..F While at port adieu or die ....Dm7 A choke of grief hard hardened I ..Gm7/C............C7............Edim....F Beyond belief a broken man too tough to cry Fm7/Ab.......Cm7/Bb Surf's Up mmmmmmmm Aboard a tidal wave Fm7/Ab Come about hard and join ......Cm7/Bb The young and often spring you gave ....Dbmaj9 I heard the word ...Cm7 Wonderful thing .....Fm7........Cm7...Bb...Cm7 A children's song Fm7/Ab...Cm7...Bb...Cm...(repeat) Child, child, child, child, child A child is the father of the man Child, child, child, child, child A child is the father of the man A children's song Have you listened as they played Their song is love And the children know the way That's why the child is the father to the man Child, child, child, child, child Child, child, child, child, child Na na na na na na na na Child, child, child, child, child That's why the child is the father to the man Child, child, child, child, child Transcibed by Francis Greene