The Beach Boys - Girls on the beach
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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
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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
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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
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| - 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