bass 1 w/organ [chords as indicated; quarter-notes]:
v v v v v v v v ----15-------13----------|------------------------- -------13-------------13-|-15----16---------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- I I love the colorful
v v v v v v v v ----13-------13----------|-------10---------------- -------11-------------11-|-13---------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- clothes she wears and the
v v v v v v v v ----11-------11----------|-------8----------------- -------9--------------9--|-11---------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- way the sunlight plays upon her
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:
v v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -1-----------------------|-1-----------------X----- [drum accent] -------------------1-----|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- I hear the sound of a
v v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|-------------------X----- -4-----------------------|-4----------------------- -------------------4-----|------------------------- gentle word on the
v v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|-------------------X----- -2-----------------------|-2----------------------- -------------------2-----|------------------------- wind that lifts her perfume through the
bass 1:
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):
: /: madd11/:
: /: madd11/:
: /: madd11/:
N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.]
bass:
v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----4---2---1---|----------------- -----------------|---------2---4--- -2---------------|-2---4----------- I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's givin' me the excitations
I'm pickin' up good vibrations (mmm, bop-bop good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop excitations)
bass:
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)
She's givin' me the excitations (bop-bop excitations)
bass:
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)
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
