Beach Boys – Little Girl I Once Knew tab

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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-----|	      -----------------|-----------------|	      -----------------|-----------------|	      -----------------|-----------------|	      -----------------|-----------------|

	      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