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"The Little Girl I Once Knew"
(Brian Wilson)
Intro:
12-string:
B/F# C#
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-----7---2-------|---2---4---6-----|
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G#m7 E
v v v v v v v v
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bass:
B/F# C#
v v v v v v v v v
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-----|-----------------|-----------------|
--(2)|---------------6-|-4-------------6-|
-----|-2---------------|-----------------|
G#m7 E
v v v v v v v v
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organ (eighth-note triplets) [2nd time]:
B/F# C#
v v v v v v v v
-14----------------|-13----------------|
---16--------------|---14--------------|
-----16--%---%---%-|-----13--%---%---%-|
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G#m7 E
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Verse 1:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/beach-boys/1001.html ]
G#m7 C#7
We met when she was younger
G#m7 C#7
Then I had no eye for her
D#m7 G#7
A few years went by and I saw her
D#m7 G#7
Now I'm gonna try for her
bass:
(C#) (F#)
v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-4-----4-------4-|---------|---------|
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^^^ triplet
[spoken] Look out, babe
Chorus:
B F#7/C# B
She's not the little girl I once knew
E
She's not the little girl I once knew
D A7/E D
She's not the little girl I once knew
E/F#
She's not the little girl I once knew
Verse 2:
How could I ever have known that
She'd be what she is today
And look at how her boyfriend holds her
I'll be movin' in one day
bass:
(C#) (F#)
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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[spoken] Split, man
[repeat chorus]
Break:
organ (eighth-note triplets):
B E
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bass (doubled w/saxes):
B/F#
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E B
La-do-day (bow-bow-bow) la-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
E
La-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
D A7/E D
She's not the little girl I once knew
G D
She's not the little girl I once knew
A7/E D
She's not the little girl I once knew
E/F#
She's not the little girl I once knew
[repeat intro (1X, with organ)]
Coda (repeat to fade):
B F#7/C# B
She's not the little girl I once knew
E
She's not the little girl I once knew
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
