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The Little Girl I Once Knew
(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-----
-----------------|-----------------
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Gm7 E
v v v v v v v v
-----7---2-------|---0---2---4-----
-----7---4-------|---0---4---5-----
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bass:
B/F C
v v v v v v v v v
-----|-----------------|-----------------
-----|-----------------|-----------------
--(2)|---------------6-|-4-------------6-
-----|-2---------------|-----------------
Gm7 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--%---%---%-
-------------------|-------------------
-------------------|-------------------
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Gm7 E
v v v v v v v v
-14----------------|-16----------------
---16--------------|---17--------------
-----16--%---%---%-|-----16--%---%---%-
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Verse 1:
Gm7 C7
We met when she was younger
Gm7 C7
Then I had no eye for her
Dm7 G7
A few years went by and I saw her
Dm7 G7
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-|---------|---------
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^^^ triplet
[spoken] Look out, babe
Chorus:
B F7/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
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-----------------|-----------------|-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--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-
-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------
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bass (doubled w/saxes):
B/F
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-------4---------
-----4-----4-6-4-|---4-6-----4-6---
-----------------|-----------------
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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 F7/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
