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/ The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds (1966) / Wouldn't It Be Nice guitar tab

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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                         "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
                      (Brian Wilson / Tony Asher)

Intro:

	(A)        (F#m)         (Bm)         (D)
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------17----------------|-------17----------------|
	----------17-------17----|----------19-------19----|
	----18-------18-19----18-|----19-------19-21----19-|
	-19----------------------|-21----------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|

	(A)        (F#m)          (C)
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------17----------------|-------17----------------|
	----------17-------17----|----17----17-------17----|
	----18-------18-19----18-|-17----------17-19----17-|
	-19----------------------|-------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|

Verse 1:

	                F
	Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
	                 Bb             Gm7
	And we wouldn't have to wait so long
	    C7              F
	And wouldn't it be nice to live together
	                Bb              Gm7   C7
	In the kind of world where we belong

	Dm7/A                      Cm7/F
	You know it's gonna make it that much better
	Dm7/A                         Am7     Gm7    C7
	When we can say goodnight and stay together

Verse 2:

	Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
	In the morning when the day is new
	And after having spent the day together
	Hold each other close the whole night through

	What happy times together we'd be spending
	I wish that every kiss was never ending

	                    F
	Oh, wouldn't it be nice

	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|---------------|
	-----------------|---------------|
	-----2-----2-3-2-|---------------|
	-----------------|-------3---3---|
	-----------------|---3-5-------5-|
	-----------------|---------------|

Bridge (guitar repeats first two bars of intro):

	Dmaj7       Gmaj7                                F#m7           Bm7
	Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true
	Dmaj7            Gmaj7                          F#m7       Bm7
	Maybe then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
	             F#m7                 Bm7
	We could be married (we could be married)
	                 F#m7                C7
	                 - last two bars of intro -
	And then we'd be happy (then we'd be happy)
	                  F
	Oh, wouldn't it be nice

Coda:

	(slow down)

	Dm7/A                         Cm7/F
	You know it seems the more we talk about it
	Dm7/A                     Am7      Gm7
	It only makes it worse to live without it
	         Am7    Gm7       C7
	But lets talk about it

	(resume original tempo)

	                F
	Wouldn't it be nice

	Good night, baby
	Sleep tight, baby... [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers


The Beach Boys albums
1989 Still Cruisin'
1979 L.A. (Light Album)
1973 Holland
1971 Surf's Up
1970 Sunflower
1969 20/20
1968 Friends
1967 Wild Honey
1967 Smiley Smile
1966 Pet Sounds
1965 Beach Boys' Party!
1965 Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
1965 Today!
1964 All Summer Long
1964 Shut Down, Vol.2
1963 Little Deuce Coupe
1963 Surfer Girl
1963 Surfin' U.S.A.
1962 Surfin' Safari
Pet Sounds tabs
01Wouldn't It Be Nice tabbass tab
02You Still Believe in Me tabbass tab
03That's Not Me tabbass tab
04Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) tabbass tab
06Let's Go Away for Awhile tabbass tab
07Sloop John B tabbass tab
08God Only Knows tabbass tab
09I Know There's an Answer tabbass tab
10Here Today tabbass tab
11I Just Wasn't Made for These Times tabbass tab
13Caroline No tabbass tab

 

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