The Beach Boys – Girls On The Beach (Bass Tab)

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GIRLS ON THE BEACH (Bassline) As recorded by The Beach Boys (From the 1964 Album ALL SUMMER LONG) Words and Music by Brian Wilson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ray Pohlmann - Bass' Intro Q=70(8=s8) 4/4 Gtr I |-3--|
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q  +E  E E Q  Q
|---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
|------3-5------|--------3--3--|-3----3----3--|--------3-6--------||
|-6---------5---|-3----3-------|--------3-----|-4--(4)-----7------||
|-------------6-|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
    Q.   E Q  +E  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  +E  E E   Q  +E  E E Q  Q
||--------------------|--------3--3---|-------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|-3----3--------|-------------------|-3--(3)------------||
||o-6----5-3--(3)-5-6-|-------------5-|-6----5-3--(3)-5-6-|--------3----------||
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------6-4--4---||
Chorus |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
  Q  +E  E E Q  +E  E E   Q  +E  E E Q  +E  E E   Q  +E  E E Q.   E
|----------4-6--(6)-4---|----------4-6--(6)-4---|--------------------|
|--------6------------6-|--------6------------6-|-7--(7)-7-6-4----4--|
|-7--(7)----------------|-7--(7)----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
Interlude 1. 2. |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  E E E E E E E E     Q  E E Q  Q     Q  E E E E E E E E
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3--3-3-3--3--||---------------------|
|--------------------o||--------------||----5---6-6-6-6-6-8--|
|--------------------o||--------------||-6----6--------------|
|---------------------||--------------||---------------------|
Bridge |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E    Q  +E  E E Q  +E  E E   Q  +E  E E Q  +E  E E
|-------------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------||-5--(5)----------------|-5--(5)----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||--------5------------6-|--------5--------------|
|-------------------------||----------6-8--(8)-8---|----------6-8--(8)-8-8-|
3rd Verse |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  +E  E E Q  E E    Q.   E Q  +E  E E   Q  +E  E E Q  E E
|-------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------7-8--8-8-||-------------------|-3--(3)------------|
|-------8--8--|-8--(8)-8----------||-6----5-3--(3)-5-6-|--------5-3--------|
|-8--8--------|-------------------||-------------------|------------6--6-6-|
Chorus |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
  Q.   E Q  +E  E E   Q  +E  E E Q  E E    Q  +E  E E Q  +E  E E
|-------------------|-------------------||----------5-7--(7)-5---|
|-------------------|-4--(4)------------||--------7------------7-|
|-7----6-4--(4)-6-7-|--------4----------||-8--(8)----------------|
|-------------------|----------7-5--5-5-||-----------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
  Q  +E  E E Q  +E  E E   Q  +E  E E Q.   E   Q  E E Q  Q
|----------5-7--(7)-5---|-------------------|-4--4-4-4--4--|
|--------7------------7-|-8--(8)-8-7-5----5-|--------------|
|-8--(8)----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------|

                               Outro
                 ritardando Q=60in tempo Q=70
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  H        Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    3x
|--------------|------------||--------------|---------------||
|--------------|-7--7-------||o-------6--6--|----------4---o||
|-7--7-6-4--4--|-------8----||o-7--7--------|-4--4--2------o||
|--------------|------------||--------------|---------------||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths