Caroline No - The Beach Boys

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With respect to all those who have tabbed this song in the past in the key of Fm,
this is actually closer to the real thing. Originally it was recorded in a kind of
G, before the whole mix was
sped up one semitone to G# to make the vocals sound 'younger and more innocent'.
However, the song only really works in the key described below which is, to all
intents and purposes, G.

(A note on how the chords are formed)

When played on the piano, the opening chord is constructed of an Em7 with a G bass,
followed by a Dm7 with a C bass. Towards the end of the verse there is more of this
trickery, involving a Gm7 with a C bass and an Fmaj7 also with a C bass. The G9 in the
bridge can be played as A G7, A G6 or A G13,
depending on how you play and what your ear tells you.

What I've called Em7/G is similar to the open G shape, the notes being G, (A muted), E, G, D, E.

What I've done below is the best I can for a song that was designed for piano and not guitar.

[Verse 1]

         
        Where 

          
 did your long


 hair go
         
        Where 

              
 is the girl I

 
 used to know
         
        How   

           
could you lose

         
 that happy  g


low
              
        Oh Car

       
oline, No

[Verse 2]

         
        Who to

        
ok that look a

way
         
        I reme

             
mber how you u


sed to say
         
        You'd 

           
never change, 

         
but that's not

 
 true
              
        Oh Car

       
oline, you

[Bridge]

              
        Break 

         
my heart, I wa

      
nt to go and c

ry
              
        It's s

       
o sad to watch

              
 a sweet thing

 
 die
              
        Oh Car

       
oline, why

[Verse 3]

         
        Could 

              
I ever find in

 
 you again
         
        Things

              
 that made me 

         
love you so mu

ch then
         
        Could 

              
we ever bring 

           
them back once

    
 they had gone
              
        Oh Car

       
oline, no

[repeat verse chords to fade]

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