The Beach Boys – The Little Girl I Once Knew (Guitar Tab)

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(Brian Wilson) Intro: 12-string:
              B/F#               C#
               v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
              -----7---2-------|---1---2---4-----|
              -----7---2-------|---2---4---6-----|
              -----------------|-----------------|
              -----------------|-----------------|
              -----------------|-----------------|
              -----------------|-----------------|

              G#m7               E
               v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
              -----7---2-------|---0---2---4-----|
              -----7---4-------|---0---4---5-----|
              -----------------|-----------------|
              -----------------|-----------------|
              -----------------|-----------------|
              -----------------|-----------------|
bass:
              B/F#               C#
         v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----|-----------------|-----------------|
        -----|-----------------|-----------------|
        --(2)|---------------6-|-4-------------6-|
        -----|-2---------------|-----------------|

              G#m7               E
               v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
              -----------------|-----------------|
              -----------------|-----------------|
              ---------------2-|---------------2-|
              -4---------------|-0---------------|
organ (eighth-note triplets) [2nd time]:
              B/F#                 C#
               v     v   v   v     v     v   v   v
              -14----------------|-13----------------|
              ---16--------------|---14--------------|
              -----16--%---%---%-|-----13--%---%---%-|
              -------------------|-------------------|
              -------------------|-------------------|
              -------------------|-------------------|

              G#m7                 E
               v     v   v   v     v     v   v   v
              -14----------------|-16----------------|
              ---16--------------|---17--------------|
              -----16--%---%---%-|-----16--%---%---%-|
              -------------------|-------------------|
              -------------------|-------------------|
              -------------------|-------------------|
Verse 1: 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
        -----------------|---------|---------|
        -----------------|-4-------|---------|
        -4-----4-------4-|---------|---------|
        ------------646--|---------|---------|
                     ^^^ 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
        -----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|
        -----------------|-----------------|-4-------|---------|
        -4-----4---------|-6---4---------46|---------|---------|
        -----------------|---------4-6-----|---------|---------|
[spoken] Split, man [repeat chorus] Break: organ (eighth-note triplets):
         B                             E
         v     v   v   v     v v v v   v     v   v   v     v v v v
        -14----------------|---------|-16----------------|---------|
        ---16--------------|---------|---17--------------|---------|
        -----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-|-----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-|
        -------------------|---------|-------------------|---------|
        -------------------|---------|-------------------|---------|
        -------------------|---------|-------------------|---------|
bass (doubled w/saxes):
        B/F#
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-------4---------|
        -----4-----4-6-4-|---4-6-----4-6---|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
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