Biography:
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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Other songs:
- Barbara Ann
- California Girls
- Catch A Wave
- Don't Talk (put Your Head On My Shoulder)
- Forever (the Beach Boys)
- Girl Don't Tell Me
- Help Me Rhonda
- I Get Around
- Kokomo
- Sloop John B
- Surfer Girl
- Surfin' Usa
- Then I Kissed Her
- Wendy
- Wonderful
- Wouldn't It Be Nice
- 409
- God Only Knows
- Surfin’ USA
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- A Day In The Life Of A Tree
- A Thing Or Two
- Add Some Music To Your Day
- Airplane
- All I Wanna Do
- All Summer Long
- Alley
- Angel Come Home
- At My Window
- Ballad Of Ole Betsy
- Barbie
- Be Here In The Morning
- Be Still
- Be True To Your School
- Be With Me
- Break Away
- Brians Back
- Busy Doin Nothin
- Cabinessence
- California Calling
- California Dreamin
- Cant Wait Too Long
- Caroline No
- Christmas Day
- Chug
- Come And Go With Me
- Cottonfields
- County Fair
- Cuckoo Clock
- Dance Dance Dance
- Darlin
- Daybreak Over The Ocean
- Deep Purple
- Deirdre
- Ding Dang
- Disney Girls
- Disney Girls 1957
- Do It Again
- Do You Remember
- Do You Wanna Dance
- Do You Want To Dance
- Dont Back Down
- Dont Go Near The Water
- Dont Hurt My Little Sister
- Dont Talk
- Dont Talk Put Your Head On My Shoulder
- Dont Worry Baby
- Farmers Daughter
- Feel Flows
- Forever
- Friends
- From There To Back Again
- Fun Fun Fun
- Games Two Can Play
- Getcha Back
- Gettin Hungry
- Girl Dont Tell Me
- Girls On The Beach
- Good Time
- Good Timin
- Good Vibrations
- Had To Phone Ya
- Hang On To Your Ego
- Hawaii
- Heads You Win Tails I Lose
- Here Today
- Hey Little Tomboy
- Honkin Down The Highway
- How She Boogalooed It
- Hushabye
- I Can Hear Music
- I Do
- I Just Wasnt Made
- I Just Wasnt Made For These Times
- I Know Theres An Answer
- I Wanna Pick You Up
- Id Love Just Once To See You
- Ill Bet Hes Nice
- Im Waiting For The Day
- In My Room
- In The Back Of My Mind
- In The Parkin Lot
- Isnt It Time
- Its Over Now
- Its Trying To Say
- Johnny Carson
- Keep An Eye On Summer
- Kiss Me Baby
- Kona Coast
- Lady Lynda
- Lana
- Leaving This Town
- Let Him Run Wild
- Let The Wind Blow
- Let Us Go On This Way
- Lets Go Away For Awhile
- Lets Put Our Hearts Together
- Life Is For The Living
- Lines
- Little Bird
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Little Girl I Once Knew
- Little Girl Youre My Miss America
- Little Honda
- Little Pad
- Little Saint Nick
- Lonely Sea
- Long Promised Road
- Long Tall Texan
- Love Is A Woman
- Marcella
- Match Point Of Our Love
- Meant For You
- Merry Christmas Baby
- Mona
- Monster Mash
- Mountain Of Love
- My Diane
- Oh Darling
- Only With You
- Orange Crate Art
- Pacific Coast Highway
- Papa
- Please Let Me Wonder
- Roller Skating Child
- Sail On Sailor
- Salt Lake City
- San Miguel
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Santas Beard
- She Knows Me Too Well
- Shelter
- Sherry She Needs Me
- Shes Goin Bald
- Shes My Lady
- Shut Down
- Slip On Through
- Solar System
- Somewhere Near Japan
- Soulful Old Man Sunshine
- Spring Vacation
- Strange World
- Student Demonstration Time
- Summers Gone
- Summertime Blues Acoustic
- Surfers Rule
- Surfin
- Surfin Safari
- Surfin Usa
- Surfs Up
- Tears In The Morning
- Thats Not Me
- Thats Why God Made The Radio
- The Girl From New York City
- The Loco
- The Lonely Sea
- The Man With All The Toys
- The Monkeys Uncle
- The Night Was So Young
- The Private Life Of Bill And Sue
- The Shift
- The Surfer Moon
- The Trader
- Theres No Other Like My Baby
- This Whole World
- Til I Die
- Vegatables
- Wake The World
- Warmth Of The Sun
- Well Run Away
- What Is A Young Girl Made Of
- When I Grow Up
- When I Grow Up To Be A Man
- Whistle In
- Wild Honey
- Wouldnt It Be Nice
- You Still Believe In Me
- Your Summer Dream
- Youre So Good To Me
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From the first Beach Boys album, "Surfin' Safari". Pretty easy song, but the vocal
melody is nice. The song is in G, with the chord progression I, vi, IV, V. So G
Major, Em, C, D, like so:
G
This time each year in our hometown
Em
The county fair comes our way
C D
Where the folks gather round to be happy and spend their day
And that chord progression is used the entire song. At the very end,"Yeah the big
strong guy knocked the bell in the sky", it just bounces back between G Major and E minor
every two measures.
The guitar lick played occasionally (intro of the song and before verses come in) is the
4th, 3rd,and 2nd of the scale, so:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------7-7-----5-5--------------------------------------------------------|
For bassists (or guitarists too, I guess) that want to walk the bassline and play as
Brian does in the song:
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-9-5---5-9-5------2-5-2---2-5-2-----4-7-4---4-7-4----|
A|---2-5-2---2-5-2---7-------7----------3-------3---------5-------5----------|
E|-3-------3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Which is just the standard 1st, 3rd, and 5th of each chord. Doubling each to play it as
8th notes would sound great here.
And that's it! Very simple song, but a fun one nonetheless.
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