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/ The Beach Boys / Still Cruisin' (1989) / California Girls bass tab

CALIFORNIA GIRLS (Bassline)
As recorded by Beach Boys
(From the 1999 Album VOL. 1 - GREATEST HITS)
Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Mike Love



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderate Pop/Rock Q=116
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx2          Q.   E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  Q
|------------|-----------------|--------------|
|------------|------6-(6)------|--------------|
|------------|--------------9--|---7--6-------|
|------------|-7----------7----|-7------7--9--|


  Q.   E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  Q
|-----------------|----------------|
|------6-(6)------|----------------|
|--------------9--|---7--6---------|
|-7----------7----|-7------7--9----|


  Q.   E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  Q    Q.   E +E  E Q    E Q  E Q  Q
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------||
|------6-(6)------|--------------|------4-(4)------|--------------||
|--------------9--|---7--6-------|--------------7--|---5--4----4--||
|-7----------7----|-7------7--9--|-5----------5----|-5------5-----||


  Slightly Faster Q=120(8=s8)
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|
|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|
|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|


   1st, 2nd Verses
    $
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6----|
||o---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9--|
||--7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7--------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---2-4-2---2-4-2-|---2-4-2---2-4-2-|---4-6-4---4-6-4-|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|


  1.                  2.
  E E E E E E E E     Q  E E Q
|------------------||-----------||
|-----------------o||-----------||
|---4-6-4---4-6-4-o||-----------||
|-2-------2--------||-2----2-2--||


 Chorus
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-9--9--9--9--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7--7--7--|


                  To Coda                         D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---||
|-------------|-------------|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-||
|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------||


  &
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          E  E E E  E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-------------------||
|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|----------|---11---8----------||
|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|----------|----------11-9-7-6-||
|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|----------|-------------------||


   Chorus
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|
||o---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|
||--7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|


  E E  E E E E  E E   E  E E E  E E E E   3x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---11---8-----------o||
|---9-11-9---9-11-9-|----------11-9-7-6--o||
|-9--------9--------|-9-------------------||




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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


The Beach Boys albums
1989 Still Cruisin'
1979 L.A. (Light Album)
1973 Holland
1971 Surf's Up
1970 Sunflower
1969 20/20
1968 Friends
1967 Wild Honey
1967 Smiley Smile
1966 Pet Sounds
1965 Beach Boys' Party!
1965 Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
1965 Today!
1964 All Summer Long
1964 Shut Down, Vol.2
1963 Little Deuce Coupe
1963 Surfer Girl
1963 Surfin' U.S.A.
1962 Surfin' Safari
Still Cruisin' tabs
05Kokomo tabbass tab
06Wipe Out tabbass tab
08I Get Around tabbass tab
09Wouldn't It Be Nice tabbass tab
10California Girls tabbass tab

 

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