THEN I KISSED HER: BEACH BOYS (Spector/Greenwich/Barry) (4/4 - 126)
The original recording is in: Db (C#), place a Capo on the 1st Fret.
This song was twice a world wide hit record. First in 1963 as
'Then He Kissed Me', by The Crystals, produced by Phill Spector.
The Beach Boys's version scored big in 1967.
* : 2nd Guitar, Repeat lick
|./. |: Repeat previous measure of 4-counts
Intro:
d | 2 3 2|* |* * * *
a |3 | |C |./. |./. |./.
Verse 1:
* * *
|C |G |C |./.
WELL I WALKED UP TO HER AND I ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED TO DANCE
* * *
|./. |G |C |./. |
SHE LOOKED AWFUL NICE AND SO I HOPED SHE MIGHT TAKE A CHANCE.
F |C |F |C
WHEN WE DANCED I HELD HER TIGHT. THEN I WALKED HER HOME THAT NIGHT.
* *
|./. |G |C |./.
AND ALL THE STARS WERE SHINING BRIGHT AND THEN I KISSED HER.
Verse 2:
* * *
C |G |C |./.
EACH TIME I SAW HER I COULDN’T WAIT TO SEE HER A-GAIN.
* * *
|./. |G |C |./. |
I WANTED TO LET HER KNOW THAT I WAS MORE THAN A FRIEND.
F |C |F |C
I DIDN’T KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO. AND SO I WHISPERED I LOVE YOU.
* *
|./. |G |C |./.
AND SHE SAID THAT SHE LOVED ME TOO AND THEN I KISSED HER.
Chorus:
|F |./. |./. |./.
I KISSED HER IN A WAY THAT I’D NEVER KISSED A GIRL BE-FORE.
// // // //
|D |D7 |G7 |G- G7-G6-G7|
I KISSED HER IN A WAY THAT I HOPE SHE LIKED FOR EVER MO- RE.
Verse 3 + Outro:
* * *
|C |G |C |./.
I KNEW THAT SHE WAS MINE SO I GAVE HER ALL THE LOVE THAT I HAD.
* * *
|./. |G |C |./.
THEN ONE DAY SHE’LL TAKE ME HOME TO MEET HER MOM AND HER DAD.
F |C |F |C
THEN I ASKED HER TO BE MY BRIDE. AND ALWAYS BE RIGHT BY MY SIDE,
|./. |G
I FELT SO HAPPY THAT I ALMOST CRIED,
* * * *
|C |./. |./. |./.
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* *
|./. |C (: Fade Out)
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