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I Get Around

Beach Boys

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                             "I Get Around"
                       (Brian Wilson / Mike Love)

Intro:

	G                        (E7)
	Round, round, get around, I get around
	        (Am)       (F)      (D)
	Yeah, I get around, I get around

Chorus:

	        G 
	I get around (get around, round, round, I get around)
	              E7
	From town to town (get around, round, round, I get around)
	                 Am
	I'm a real cool head (get around, round, round, I get around)
	                      F                               D
	I'm makin' real good bread (get around, round, round, I get around)

Verse 1: [slide chromatically up to chords]

	             A5            D5               A5       D5
	I'm gettin' bugged drivin' up and down the same old strip
	         A5         D5              A5      D5
	I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip

	guitar [doubled with organ]:

	              G
	    v        v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v
	-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
	-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
	-----------|--------------------------|-------9-------------------
	-----------|----------------9---------|-12-9-----12----9----------
	-------9---|-10----12-10-12-------10--|-------------------12-10---
	-10-12-----|--------------------------|---------------------------

	    A5         D5             A5         D5
	My buddies and me are gettin' real well known
	          A5        D5               A5       D5
	Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone

[repeat chorus]

Link:

	        E7                                   A
	I get around, round, get around, round, wah-ooo

Guitar solo:

	A                  D
	/ / / /  / / / /   / / / /  / / / /

	A                  E7       F7
	/ / / /  / / / /   / / / /  / / / /

[key changes to Ab]

Verse 2:

	   Bb5            Eb5              Bb5       Eb5
	We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat
	          Bb5          Eb5           Bb5     Eb5
	And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet

	[guitar/organ - same fingerings as before, transposed up one fret]

	              Ab
	    v        v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v
	-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
	-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------
	-----------|--------------------------|-------10------------------
	-----------|----------------10--------|-13-10----13----10---------
	-------10--|-11----13-11-13-------11--|-------------------13-11---
	-11-13-----|--------------------------|---------------------------

	            Bb5      Eb5              Bb5         Eb5
	None of the guys go steady 'cause it wouldn't be right
	              Bb5       Eb5         Bb5       Eb5
	To leave your best girl home now on Saturday night

Chorus, in Ab:

	        Ab
	I get around (get around, round, round, I get around)
	              F7
	From town to town (get around, round, round, I get around)
	                Bbm
	I'm a real cool head (get around, round, round, I get around)
	                      Gb                             Eb
	I'm makin' real good bread (get around, round, round, I get around)

	       F7                             Eb
	I get around, round, ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh

[repeat intro, in Ab]:

	Ab                       (F7)
	Round, round, get around, I get around
	        (Am)       (Gb)     (Eb)
	Yeah, I get around, I get around

[repeat chorus (w/wordless vocal) to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers