Wouldnt It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

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                         "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
                      (Brian Wilson / Tony Asher)

[Intro:]

             
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[Verse 1:]

              
        Wouldn

          
't it be nice 

if we were old

er
              
        And we

            
 wouldn't have

            
 to wait so lo


ng
            
        And wo

              
uldn't it be n


ice to live to

gether
              
        In the

            
 kind of world

            
 where we belo

   
ng

         
        You kn

              
ow it's gonna 

        
make it that m

uch better
         
        When w

              
e can say good

           
night and stay

        
 together


[Verse 2:]
              
        Wouldn

          
't it be nice 

if we could wa

ke up
              
        In the

            
 morning when 

           
the day is new
            
        And af

             
ter having spe

              
nt the day tog

         
ether
              
        Hold e

            
ach other clos

              
e the whole ni

                    
ght through
 
         
        What h

              
appy times tog

         
ether we'd be 

                    
spending
         
        I wish

              
 that every ki

           
ss was never e

         
nding

              
        Oh, wo

              
uldn't it be n


ice

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[Bridge] (guitar repeats first two bars of intro):

         
        Maybe 

         
if we think an

              
d wish and hop

              
e and pray it 

          
might come tru

  
e
         
        Baby t

          
hen there woul

             
dn't be a sing

            
le thing we co

        
uldn't do
              
        We cou

          
ld be married 

              
(we could be m


arried)
              
              

           
           - l

             
ast two bars o

   
f intro -
        And then we'd be happy (then we'd be happy)
              
        Oh, wo

            
uldn't it be n

ice


[Coda:]

        (slow down)

         
        You kn

              
ow it seems th

          
e more we talk


 about it
         
        It onl

              
y makes it wor

           
se to live wit

 
hout it
              
        But le

        
ts talk about 

      
it

        (resume original tempo)

              
        Wouldn

          
't it be nice

        Good night, baby
        Sleep tight, baby... [fade]