The Beach Boys – California Girls (Guitar Tab)

(Brian Wilson / Mike Love) Intro: Electric 12-string [measures 1-4]:

	[B]
	 v   v   v   v   v
	----------------------
	-----9---7------------
	-----9---8---9-8------
	-9---9--99--9----9-11-
	----------------------
	----------------------

Bass [enters on measure 2]:

	 v   v   v   v   v
	-----1----------------
	---------4---2-1------
	-2------2---2----2-4--
	----------------------

Electric 12-string [measure 5]:

	[A]
	 v   v   v   v   v
	----------------------
	-----7---5------------
	-----7---6---7-6---6--
	-7---7--77--7----7----
	----------------------
	----------------------

Bass [measure 5]:

	 v   v   v   v   v
	----------------------
	-----4---2---0--------
	-0------0---0--4-0-4--
	----------------------

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 B9 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 B9 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 [repeat chorus] 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-----
	-----------------|------------------
	-----------------|------------------
	-----------------|------------------
	-----------------|------------------

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) -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers ====