You’re back again, you still have all your friends
And they used to ask me why’d you go away Deirdre
What could I say, that you ran away
Don’t you think it’s time that you stayed right near me

These nights, pretty nights, that were meant to be
With you and me, it’s the way that we
Always had our love, Deirdre I love your red hair
[Am/C]Deirdre, do do do do do do
[Gm/Bb]Dear dear dear Deirdre
I’m glad you’re home again
[Am/C]Oo ooo ooo [Gm/Bb]

Baby 1 2 3 and you’re back with me
Tomorrow at ten, I’ll wake you and then
We’ll take a bath and then I’ll laugh again with Deirdre

You may not live with me every day
All that I care is that we find a way
To stay together with Deirdre

[Bbm/Db]Deirdre, do do do do do do
[Abm/C]Dear dear dear Deirdre

(Outro)
Meant for you

And for the “do do do…” part go from
Db to Ab

------------------------------..................

from ‘Pet Sounds’ (1966)

(modified from Andrew Roger’s original tab)

CAPO 3rd FRET

(Original Key: Bb)

Intro:

G D7 (x4)

Verse 1:

I know so many people who think they can do it a-lone.
They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zones.

Bridge 1:

Now what can you tell them?
And what can you say that won’t make them de-fensive?

Chorus 1:

I know there’s an answer,
I know now, but I have to find it by myself.[C/D]

Verse 2:

They come on like they’re peaceful,
But inside they’re so up-tight.
They trip through their day,
And waste all their thoughts at night.

Bridge 2:

Now how can I come on,
And tell them the way that they live could be better?

Chorus 2:

I know there’s an answer,
I know now, but I have to find it by myself.[C/D]

Break: (Wind)

e|-------|-----------|---------|
B|--9----|--7----6---|--5---4--|
G|--10---|--8----7---|--6---5--|
D|--10---|--8----7---|--6---5--|
A|-------|-----------|---------|
E|-------|-----------|---------|

Sax Solo: (with Banjo)

G D7 G, F C7 F

Bridge 3:

Now how can I come on,
And tell them the way that they live could be better?

Chorus 3:

I know there’s an answer,
I know now, but I have to find it by myself.[C/D]
[(C/D)] Dooby-dooby, doo…

Break: (Wind)

e|-------|-----------|---------|
B|--9----|--7----6---|--5---4--|
G|--10---|--8----7---|--6---5--|
D|--10---|--8----7---|--6---5--|
A|-------|-----------|---------|
E|-------|-----------|---------|

Outro:

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

---------------

320003 xx0212 x13331 131211 133211 022000

[C/D]
x32010 x02013 xx0010 x68686 x32310
”

INTRO: E..E A B E..E A B E

#1.
Well, I’m gonna raise a fuss, I’m gonna raise a holler..
about a workin’ all summer just to try to earn a dollar.
Every time I call my baby, and ask to get a date..
my boss says, ‘No dice son, you gotta work late.’
Sometimes I wonder what I’m a gonna do..but there ain’t
no cure for the summertime blues.

#2.
Well, my mom and pop told me, ‘Son, you gotta make some money..
if you want to use the car to go ridin’ next Sunday.
Well, I didn’t go to work, told the boss I was sick..
‘Well, you can’t use the car cause you didn’t work a lick!’
Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do..but there ain’t no
cure for the summertime blues.

#3.
I’m gonna take the weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.
I’m gonna take my problem to the United Nations.
Well, I called my Congressman and he said, ‘Whoa!’
I’d like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote.’
Sometimes I wonder what I’m a gonna do..but there ain’t no
E…
cure for the summertime blues.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Ed McMahon comes on and says “Here’s Johnny”[Gm7/A][Gm7/Bb][Gm7/B]
Every night at eleven thirty he’s so funny
It’s (nice) to (have) you (on) the (show) tonight
I’ve seen (your) act (in) Vegas out of sight

[Verse 2]
When [Bb/C]guests are boring he [Bb/C]fills up the slack[Bb/C][Bb/C]
Jo[Bb/F]hn – ny Car[Bb/F] – son
The network makes him break his back
Jo[Bb/F]hn – ny Car[Bb/F] – son

Ed McMahon comes on and says “Here’s Johnny”[Gm7/A][Gm7/Bb][Gm7/B]
Every night at eleven thirty he’s so funny
Don’t (you) think (he’s) such (a) natural guy?
The way (he) kept (it) up (could) make you cry

[Instrumental break]




Who’s a man that we admire?
Johnny Carson is a real live wire
Who’s a man that we admire?
Johnny Carson is a real live wire
Who’s a man that we admire?
Johnny Carson is a real live wire
Who’s a man that we admire?
Johnny Carson is a real live wire

“Good Vibrations”
(Brian Wilson – Mike Love)

Verse 1:

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):

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:

v v [Cb/Gb] v v [Dbm/Gb] v v [Cb/Gb] v v

-----------------|-----------------
-----4---2---1---|-----------------
-----------------|---------2---4---
-2---------------|-2---4-----------

I’m pickin’ up good vibrations

She’s[Cb/Gb] givin’ me th[Dbm/Gb]e excit[Cb/Gb]ations
I’m[Cb/Gb] pickin’ up[Dbm/Gb] good v[Cb/Gb]ibrations
(mmm, bop-bop good vibrations)
She’s [Cb/Gb]givin’ me the[Dbm/Gb] excita[Cb/Gb]tions
(bop-bop excitations)

bass:

v v [Db/Ab] v v [Ebm/Ab] v v [Db/Ab] v v

-----------------|-----------------
-----6---4---3---|-----------------
-----------------|---------4---6---
-4---------------|-4---6-----------

I’m pickin’ up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)

She’s[Db/Ab] givin’ m[Ebm/Ab]e the e[Db/Ab]xcitations
(bop-bop excitations)

bass:

v v [Eb/Bb] v v [Fm/Bb] v v [Eb/Bb] v v

-----------------|-----------------
-----8---6---5---|-----------------
-----------------|---------6---8---
-6---------------|-6---8-----------

I’m pickin’ up good vibrations
(good, good, good, good vibrations)

She’s [Eb/Bb]givin’ me[Fm/Bb] the e[Eb/Bb]xcitations
(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

[repeat chorus]

Bridge 1:

tack piano w/bass [half notes]:

Fm/Bb Eb/Bb Bb Eb/Bb
[/] 1[/]: (.[/]..ta[/]tions[/])[/][/][/]
3: [theremin enters]
5: aaaaaahhhhhh
6: My, my, my what elation

I [Bbm/Eb]don’t know [Ab/Eb]where but she sends me [Ab/Eb]there
[Bbm/Eb] (My, [Ab/Eb] my, my, [Ab/Eb]what a)

[Fm/Bb] Oh, [Eb/Bb] my, my, [Eb/Bb] what
(sensation)
[Fm/Bb]Elatio[Eb/Bb]n[Eb/Bb]
(my, my, my, what)

Bridge 2:

organ (sustained chords) w/tambourine:

[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/][/][/][/]
[repeat 4X; bass enters 2nd time, harmonica 3rd, vocals fade 3rd]:

Gotta keep those lovin’ good
Vibrations a-happenin’ with her

F Cm7/F [N.C.]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / . . .
aaaaahhhhh

Coda [bass lines as per chorus]:

Good, [Eb/Bb]good, [Fm/Bb]good, [Eb/Bb]good vibrations[Eb/Bb][Fm/Bb][Eb/Bb]

Good, [Db/Ab]good, [Ebm/Ab]good, [Db/Ab]good vibrations[Db/Ab][Ebm/Ab][Db/Ab]

[Cb/Gb] [Dbm/Gb] [Cb/Gb]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
acapella w/fuzz bass [half notes] and tambourine:

La-da-da-da-da da-da-da

La-da-da-da-da da-da-da

La-da-da-da-da da-da-da

La-da-da-da-da da-da-da

theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:

[(Ab)]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:

Ab Db/Ab Ebm/Ab Db/Ab [repeat to fade]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]

— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers

——————

So hard to answer future’s riddle
When ahead is seeming so far behind
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle
When the tears start to torture my mind
So hard to shed the life of before
To let my [F7/C]soul automatically [F7/C]soar

But I hit hard at the battle that’s confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are [F/D#]binding me down[F6/9][F7/C]

Sew up the wounds of evolution
And the now starts to get in my way
So what if life’s a revelation
If the mind speaks of only today
So real, the pain of growing in soul
Of climbing [F7/C]up to reality’s [F7/C]goal

But I hit hard at the battle that’s confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roaddblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Long promised road, trail starts at dawn
Carries on to the season’s ending
Long promised road, flows to the source,
gentle force, never ending, never ending[Em7/H]

So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre
When the weight turns a smile to a frown
So hard to drink of passion nectar
When the taste of life’s holding me down
So hard to plant the seed of reform
To set my [F7/C]sights on defeating the [F7/C]storm

So I hit hard at the battle that’s confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Am G6 Em7 F (c h)

Hit hard at the battle that’s confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah

Hit hard at the battle that’s confronting me, yeah
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down
I’d love to see you
I’d love to see you
I’d love to see you
I’d love to see you
I’d love to see you
I’d love to see you

[–]

The Beach Boys – Isn’t It Time

------------------------------

Key of A, tabbed by ear on a ukulele

------------------------------

This tab was rejected upon first submission, as there is already another chord
sheet for this song. I’ve added an explanation this time, as this version is
very different from the other existing tab.

This is not a correction of Version 1, as I made this from scratch before
Version 1 was posted, but this is still a massive improvement:

– Chord timing lines up with lyrics now
– Many wrong lyrics are fixed
– D is actually Bm in verses and chorus
– Chords at the end of Chorus 1 were wrong – now fixed
– Bridge was completely wrong – now fixed

------------------------------

VERSE 1:
After it’s all been said
The music spinning in our head
Can’t forget the feeling of
The magic of that summer love
Ooh, I wanna take you there
Do you wanna turn back the pages?
Memories and photographs
The world is changed
And yet the game is still the same

CHORUS:
Isn’t it time we danced the night away
How about doing it just like yesterday?
Every time I think of you
All of those things we used to do

Remember those nights we spent, just you and I
Little did we know how the time will fly
Isn’t it time, oh, oh
Isn’t it time
Oh, oh

VERSE 2:
The good times never have to end
Now’s the time to let them happen again
We can have ourselves a blast
The good times, they aren’t only in the past

CHORUS:
Isn’t it time we danced the night away
How about doing it just like yesterday?
Every time I think of you
All of those things we used to do

Remember those nights we spent, just you and I
Little did we know how the time will fly
Isn’t it time, oh, oh
Isn’t it time
Oh, oh

BRIDGE:
And as the sun goes down we raise a glass to kindness
To all the good times we share
Isn’t it time we get ready again
Isn’t it time we go steady again?

CHORUS: (acapella first 2 lines, then repeat chorus)
Isn’t it time we danced the night away
How about doing it just like yesterday?
Every time I think of you
All of those things we used to do

Remember those nights we spent, just you and I
Little did we know how the time will fly
Isn’t it time, oh, oh
Isn’t it time

-----------------..................

from ‘Surfer Girl’ (1963)

CAPO 2nd FRET

(Original Key: D)

Intro:

C Em Am Em,
F Dm, G7 (n.C)

Verse 1:

Little surfer,
Little one,
Made my heart,
Come all un-done.
Do you love me,
Do you surfer girl?
Surfer girl my,
Little surfer girl.

Verse 2:

I have watched you,
On the shore,
Standing by,
The ocean’s roar.
Do you love me,
Do you surfer girl?
Surfer girl,
Surfer girl.

Bridge:

We could ride,
The surf to-gether,
While our love,
Would grow.
In my Woodie,
I would take you,
Everywhere I go.

KEY CHANGE

------------

Verse 3:

So I say,
From me to you;
I will make your,
Dreams come true.
Do you love me,
F# G#7 (n.C)
Do you surfer…

Coda:

Girl?
Surfer girl my,
Little surfer girl,
(Little one).
Surfer girl my,
Little surfer girl,
(Little one).

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

---------------

x32010 022000 x02210 133211 xx0231 323000 x32000

x32310 1x011x xx0211 xx0212 320003 466544 x46664

x13321 244322 464544 x46564 x46464 242224 2x332x

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

——————-………………

from ‘Pet Sounds’ (1966)

(modified from Andrew Roger’s original tab)

CAPO 2nd FRET

(Original Key: A)

Verse 1:

I had to prove that I could,
Make it alone now,
But that’s not me.
I wanted to show,
How independent I’d grown now,
But that’s not me.

Bridge 1:

I could try to be big,
In the eyes of the world.
What matters to me,
Is what I could be,
To just one girl.[F#m7/E]

Chorus 1:

I’m a little bit scared,
‘Cos I [F#m7/E]haven’t been home,
In a long time.[F#m7/E]

You needed my love,
And I know that I left,
At the wrong time.

Verse 2:

My folks when I wrote them,
Told ‘em what I was up to said;
That’s not me.
I went through all kinds of changes,
Took a look at myself and said;
That’s not me.

Bridge 2:

I miss my pad,
And the places I’ve known,
And every night,
As I lay there alone;
I would dream.[F#m7/E]

Chorus 2:

I once had a dream,
So I [F#m7/E]packed up and split,
For the city.[F#m7/E]
I soon found out,
That my lonely life,
Wasn’t so pretty.

I’m glad I went,
Now I’m that much more sure,
That we’re ready.

Coda:

I once had a dream,
So I [F#m7/E]packed up and split,
For the city.[F#m7/E]
I soon found out,
That my lonely life,
Wasn’t so pretty.

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

—————

320003 xx0213 xx0212 x02210 x24232 021100

[F#m/E]
002222 x02220 x02223 xx0232 x03210 355333

x13331 x13131 x68886 x68686

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)