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Beach Boys : 20-20
1969

  1. Do It Again
  2. I Can Hear Music
  3. Bluebirds Over The Mountain
  4. Be With Me
  5. All I Want To Do

  6. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
  7. I Went To Sleep
  8. Time To Get Alone
  9. Never Learn Not To Love
  10. Cabinessence

Do It Again

D
It's automatic when I talk with old friends The conversation turns to girls we knew
G
A
When their hair was soft and long
D
And the beach was the place to go
D
Suntanned bodies and waves of sunshine California girls and a beautiful coastline
G
A
D
Warmed up weather let's get together and do it again
G
Bm7
Em7
With a girl the lonely sea looks good in moonlight
G
F#m7
Em7/a
A
Makes your night times warm and out of sight
A
Dit, dit, dit-dit-dit, dit, dit, dit-dit-dit
D
Been so long, (hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now)
G
A
D
(Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now)
D
Well I've been thinking 'bout All the places we've surfed and danced and
G
All the faces we've missed so let's get
A
D
Back together and do it again

I Can Hear Music

<Barry/Greenwich/Spector>
D
F#m
G
A
This is the way I always dreamed it would be
D
F#m
G
A
The way that it is, oh oh when you are holding me
G
I never had a love of my own
A
Maybe that's why when we're all alone
D
Bm7
Em7
A7
I can hear music, I can hear music
D
Bm7
Em7
A7
The sound of the city, baby, seems to disappear
D
D7
G
Gm6
I can hear music, sweet sweet music
D
Bm7
Em7
A7
D
Whenever you touch me, baby, whenever you're near Lovin' you, it keeps me satisfied And I can't explain, oh no, the way I'm feeling inside You look at me, we kiss and then I close my eyes and here it comes again I can hear music, I can hear music The sound of the city, baby, seems to disappear I can hear music, sweet sweet music Whenever you touch me, baby, whenever you're near
D
I hear the music all the time, yeah I hear the music, hold me tight now baby
A7
I hear the music all the time
D
I hear the music, I hear the music (baby) ahhhhh I can hear music, I can hear music The sound of the city, baby, seems to disappear I can hear music, sweet sweet music Whenever you touch me, baby, whenever you're near

Bluebirds Over The Mountain

<Ersel Hickey>
A
D
E
Bluebirds over the mountain, seagulls over the sea
A
D
E
A
E
Bluebirds over the mountain, bring my baby to me
D
Dm
A
A7
A boy and a girl they once found love
D
Dm
A
A7
To each it seemed like heaven above
D
Dm
A
F#m7
He looked into her eyes and said
B7
E7
Ooh wee baby you're so good for my head Bluebirds over the mountain, seagulls over the sea Bluebirds over the mountain, bring my baby to me Oh everyone in every land Please give me a helping hand If you see her all alone Oh tell my baby, "Won't you please come home?" Bluebirds over the mountain, seagulls over the sea Bluebirds over the mountain, bring my baby to me
A
Oh bring my baby back I don't know why she's been so long But all I know is that she's gone Oh bring my baby back to me
Bb
Well I'm in pain, can't you see?
Eb
Ebm
Bb
Bb7
A boy and a girl they once found love
Eb
Ebm
Bb
Bb7
To each it seemed like heaven above
Eb
Ebm
Bb
Gm7
I guess that's why we fell in love
C7
F7
And now she's gone and all I've got to say is
Bb
Eb
F
Bluebirds over the mountain, seagulls over the sea yeah
Bb
Eb
F
Bb
Bluebirds over the mountain, bring my baby to me
Eb
F
Bring my baby
Ab/bb
Ebmaj7
Ebm6
Bb
Ooh baby, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Be With Me

Gm7
You're going out tonight
Gm7/c
You put your real cool looking clothes on
Cm7/f
You're getting uptight about some little thing I said
Gm7
All that I said
Gm7/c
I couldn't play the game
Cm7/f
Bb
It shouldn't make any difference to you
Gm7
Go walking around night
Gm7/c
The wind's really blowing
Cm7/f
It's too cold to talk, I wonder if she's knowing
Bb
She should be with me, it could set her free
Eb/bb
Cm7/bb
Come with me, be with me, a part of me
G
F/g
G
F/g
Free... free...
Cm
Bb/c
Everything we will see
Cm
Cm7
Everything we will be, we will be
Gm7
A new child is born
Gm7/c
The mother is still waiting
Cm7/f
Father's over there anticipating
Bb
Won't you be with me, it could set you (us) free
Eb/bb
Cm7/bb
Come with me, be with me, a part of me
G
F/g
G
F/g
Free... free...

All I Want To Do

D
G
You ain't got time for diamonds
A
D
And you pay no mind to gold
D
G
You gave up everything you had
A
D
But there's one thing I want you to hold
A
Come let the power through you
C
Come on and let me thrill you mama now
D
G
D
G
Baby, come on baby
D
G
A
C
Come on baby I just want to do it with you Well I don't care where you want to go Just so you go with me And I don't care what you want to do But make sure you do it with me All I want to do with you Well I just wanna make a-some love to you
D
G
D
G
Come on baby, come on baby
D
G
A
I said baby, I just want to do it to you
C
D
E
F
G
A
C
All night long
D
G
D
G
Baby, come on baby
D
G
A
C
D
I said baby, I just want to make it with you all night long
D
Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on baby

Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)

<Lead Belly>
Capo:
I
G
When I was a little bitty baby My mama done rock me in the cradle
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
In them old cotton fields back home
G
C
G
It was back in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
G
Am7
D
G
In them old cotton fields back home
G
Let me tell you now well got me in a fix I caught a nail in my tire doing lickety-split
G
D
I had to walk a long long way to town
G
G7
Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on
C
G
Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions
G
Am7
D
G
G7
I gonna wanna be right off for home
C
Don't care if them cotton bolls get rotten
G
When I got you baby, who needs cotton
Am7
D7
In them old cotton fields back home
G
Brother only one thing more that's gonna warm you
C
/b
Am7
A summer's day out in California
G
Am7
D
G
It's gonna be those cotton fields back home
G
Am7
D
G
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C
G
Em
Well it was back in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
G
Em
Give me them cotton fields
G
Em
Let me hear it for the cotton fields
G
Em
Am7
D7
You know that there's just no place like home
G
Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home
C
/b
Am7
You should've seen their faces when they seen how I grown
G
Am7
D
G
In them old cotton fields back home

I Went To Sleep

A
Em7
A
Em7
A
F#9/a#
Bm7
F#9/c#
I took a walk and sat down in a park
Bm7/a
Dmaj9
Gmaj9
Dmaj9
The gardener walked out and the sprinklers went on
Gmaj9
Dmaj9
C#m7
F#7+
Bm7
E7
They watered the lawn and I went to sleep
A
F#9/a#
Bm7
F#9/c#
Ten thirty I turned my radio on
Bm7/a
Dmaj9
Gmaj9
Dmaj9
Some group was playing a musical song
Gmaj9
Dmaj9
C#m7
F#7+
Bm7
E7
It wasn't too long and I went to sleep
A
Em7
A
Em7
A
D
F#m7/c#
Bm7
F#9
Bm7
Cdim
C#
E7
A
F#9/a#
Bm7
F#9/c#
Again at the park on a nice summer day
Bm7/a
Dmaj9
Gmaj9
Dmaj9
High up above me the trees gently sway
Gmaj9
Dmaj9
C#m7
F#7+
Bm7
E7
A bird flew away and I went to sleep
A
Em7
A
Em7

Time To Get Alone

D
G
I looked at you baby and what did I see?
Em
A7
I saw love in your eyes, made me feel so warm inside
D
G
Now look at me baby and what do you see?
Em
A7
You see love in my eyes, gleaming just for you and now we know it's
D
F#m7/c#
Bm7
D7/a
G
Time to get alone to get alone and just be together
Dm7
G
We'll only be together
D
F#m7/c#
Bm7
D7/a
G
Come and do a couple days, just a ways away from the people
Dm7
G
And safe from the people The pine-scented air smells so good in the snow In our toboggan we'll go, screaming down the mountainside The touch of your cheeks when they're rosy and cold Feels so cosy to hold, just to take you close and make you warmer Time to get alone to get alone and just be together We'll only be together Come and do a couple days, just a ways away from the people And safe from the people
C
G
C
F
Lyin' down on our backs lookin' at the sky
C
G
C
F
Looking down through the valley so deep and wide
Am7
Dm7
Aren't you glad we finally got away?
Am7
Dm7
Glad we finally got away?
Am7
Dm7
Aren't you glad we finally got away? Now I look around baby and what do I see? I see love in your eyes and I'm so glad that we finally had some Time to get alone to get alone and just be together We'll only be together Come and do a couple days, just a ways away from the people And safe from the people

Never Learn Not To Love

E
F#m7/e
E
Cease to resist, come on say you love me
E
F#m7/e
E
Give up your world, come on and be with me
G
A
E
I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see Come on come on, ooh I love you pretty girl My life is yours, and you can have my world I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
A7
Never had a lesson, I ain't ever learned
E
I know I could never learn not to love you
G
A
Come in now closer
C
F
G
E
D
E
Come in closer closer closer ahhhh Submission is a game given to another Love and understanding is for one another I'm your kind, I'm your kind, and I see
E
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhhhhh

Cabinessence

Ebmaj7/bb
Eb7/bb
Light the lamp and fire mellow
Ab
Gm7
Cm7
Cabin essence timely hello
Bb
Bdim
Cm7
Welcomes the time for a change
Ebmaj7/bb
Eb7/bb
Lost and found, you still remain there
Ab
Gm7
Cm7
You'll find a meadow filled with grain there
Bb
Dm7/g
C
Cmaj7
C7
I'll give you a home on the range
F
Who ran the iron horse? Who ran the iron horse? Who ran the iron horse? Who ran the iron horse?
Bb
Who ran the iron horse? Who ran the iron horse? Who ran the iron horse? Who ran the iron horse?
F
Who ran the iron horse? Who ran the iron horse?
Ebmaj7/bb
Eb7/bb
I want to watch you windblown facing
Ab
Gm7
Cm7
Waves of wheat for your embracing
Bb
Bdim
Cm7
Folks sing a song of the grange
Ebmaj7/bb
Eb7/bb
Nestle in a kiss below there
Ab
Gm7
Cm7
The constellations ebb and flow there
Bb
Dm7/g
C
Cmaj7
C7
And witness our home on the range
C
Eb
F
Ab
Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?
Bb
Db
Eb
Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?
C7
Over and over the crow cries, "Uncover the cornfield" Over and over the thresher and hover the wheat field