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California Girls

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The Beach Boys is an iconic American rock band, frequently cited as one of the most influential and commercially successful groups in the history of popular music due to their intricate vocal harmonies, studio experiments, and novel approaches to pop songwriting. Rooted in doo-wop and rock and roll, their early string of vocal surf hits defined the '60s California Sound. For a period afterward, they notably delved into progressive pop styles. often combining elements from classical and jazz in innovative ways.

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"California Girls"
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)

[Intro:]

Electric 12-string [measures 1-4]:

[B]
v v v v v
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-----9---7------------|
-----9---8---9-8------|
-9---9--99--9----9-11-|
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Bass [enters on measure 2]:

v v v v v
-----1----------------|
---------4---2-1------|
-2------2---2----2-4--|
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Electric 12-string [measure 5]:

[A]
v v v v v
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-----7---5------------|
-----7---6---7-6---6--|
-7---7--77--7----7----|
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Bass [measure 5]:

v v v v v
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-----4---2---0--------|
-0------0---0--4-0-4--|
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Horns [arr. for guitar]:

measures 1,2: tacit
measure 3: B (octaves) x2x4xx
measure 4: E/B x2210x
measure 5: Em/A x0200x

[Verse 1:]

B A/B
Well, East Coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear
E
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
F#
They knock me out when I'm down there
B A/B
The midwest farmers' daughters really make you feel alright
E
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
F#
They keep their boyfriends warm at night

[Chorus:]

B C#m7
I wish they all could be California,
A Bm7
I wish they all could be California,
G Am7 B
I wish they all could be California Girls

[Verse 2:]

The West coast has the sunshine, and the girls all get so tanned
I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls
By a palm tree in the sand
I been all around this great big world and I've seen
all kinds of girls
But I couldn't wait to get back in the states,
Back to the cutest girls in the world

[Chorus:]

B C#m7
I wish they all could be California,
A Bm7
I wish they all could be California,
G Am7 B
I wish they all could be California Girls

Organ break [arr. for guitar]

v v v v v v v v
-7-------7------7|-9-------9---9----|
----79--7---79---|----79--7--79-----|
-----------------|------------------|
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bass:

v v v v v v v v
-----------------|----6-------------|
-----------------|--------86--42----|
-----------------|----------------4-|
-----------------|------------------|

Coda [repeat to fade]:

B C#m7
I wish they all could be California girls
(wish they all could be California)