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

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I                            I love the colorful

v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v

----13-------13----------|-------10----------------

-------11-------------11-|-13----------------------

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clothes she wears                         and the

v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v

----11-------11----------|-------8-----------------

-------9--------------9--|-11----------------------

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way the sunlight plays upon her

v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v

----10-------10----------|-------7-----------------

-------8--------------8--|-10----------------------

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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-----|-------------------------

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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----

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bass 2:

v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v

-------------------4-----|-3-----1-----------------

-------0-----3-----------|-------------4-----3-----

-1-----------------------|-------------------------

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air

[R.H. keyboard voicings for chorus chords (from watching Brian Wilson

play it on a portable keyboard on some TV special):

N.B.: I've omitted the "add11" notation below for legibility.]

bass:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

-----------------|-----------------

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

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

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

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

She's givin' me the excitations

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

(mmm, bop-bop             good vibrations)

She's givin' me the excitations

(bop-bop             excitations)

bass:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

-----------------|-----------------

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

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

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

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

(good, good, good, good vibrations)

She's givin' me the excitations

(bop-bop                  excitations)

bass:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

-----------------|-----------------

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

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

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

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

(good, good, good, good vibrations)

She's givin' me the excitations

(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]:

1: (...tations)

3: [theremin enters]

5: aaaaaahhhhhh

6: My, my, my what elation

I don't know where but she sends me there

(My,   my,   my, what a)

Oh,  my,  my,  what

(sensation)

Elation

(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,  good,  good,  good vibrations

Good,  good,  good,  good vibrations

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

theremin and cellos [quarter-note triplets]:

bass [as per chorus], keyboard, drums re-enter:

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