Bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
Ebm V v v v v v v v ----15-------13----------|------------------------- -------13-------------13-|-15----16---------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- I I love the colorful
Db6 V v v v v v v v ----13-------13----------|-------10---------------- -------11-------------11-|-13---------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- Clothes she wears and the
Cb6 V v v v v v v v ----11-------11----------|-------8----------------- -------9--------------9--|-11---------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- Way the sunlight plays upon her
Bb V v v v v v v v ----10-------10----------|-------7----------------- -------8--------------8--|-10---------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- Hair
Bass 1 continues as above; bass 2 enters:
Bass 2:
Ebm V v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -1-----------------------|-1-----------------X----- [drum accent] -------------------1-----|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- I hear the sound of a
Db6 V v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|-------------------X----- -4-----------------------|-4----------------------- -------------------4-----|------------------------- Gentle word on the
Cb6 V v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|-------------------X----- -2-----------------------|-2----------------------- -------------------2-----|------------------------- Wind that lifts her perfume through the
Bass 1:
Bb Db V v v v v v v v ----10-------10----16----|-15----13---------------- -------8-----------------|-------------16----15---- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|-------------------------
Bass 2:
V v v v v v v v -------------------4-----|-3-----1----------------- -------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3----- -1-----------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- Air
Chorus:
[R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson Play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):
Gb: Gb Bb Db Gb Cb/Gb: Gb Cb Eb Gb Dbmadd11/Gb: Ab Db Fb Gb
Ab: Ab Bb Db Ab Db/Ab: Ab Db F Ab Ebmadd11/Ab: Bb Eb Gb Ab
Bb: Bb D F Bb Eb/Bb: Bb Eb G Bb Fmadd11/Bb: C F Ab Bb
N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.]
Bass:
Gb Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb V v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----4---2---1---|----------------- -----------------|---------2---4--- -2---------------|-2---4----------- I'm pickin' up good vibrations
Gb Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb She's givin' me the excitations Gb Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb I'm pickin' up good vibrations (mmm, bop-bop good vibrations) Gb Cb/Gb Dbm/Gb Cb/Gb She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop excitations)
Bass:
Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab V v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----6---4---3---|----------------- -----------------|---------4---6--- -4---------------|-4---6----------- I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good, good, good, good vibrations)
Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop excitations)
Bass:
Bb Eb/Bb Fm/Bb Eb/Bb V v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----8---6---5---|----------------- -----------------|---------6---8--- -6---------------|-6---8----------- I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good, good, good, good vibrations)
Bb Eb/Bb Fm/Bb Eb/Bb She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop exci...)
Verse 2:
Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now (...tations) Softly smile, I know she must be kind When I look in her eyes She goes with me to a blossom world