California Girls(Bass guitar)

	        

 (Bassline)
As recorded by 
(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-------------------||
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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

	        

Written by Mike Love/Brian Wilson