Song:     Wouldn't It Be Nice (The Stereo Mix)[1997 Digital Remaster]
Artists:  The Beach Boys
Album:    The Pet Sounds Sessions (1997/1966)
URL:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULmiYdnU3Bc
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sounds 
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pet_Sounds_Sessions
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0spkrwl9Qk
          http://www.beachboysfanclub.com/ps-tracks.html   
Tempo:    Accelerando alternating to Adagio and back to accelerando
Tuning:   Standard


Capo 3

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D*        XX02

         
32 alternating

 with XX0032 D

3add4


INTRO:
Riff #1:(over)         DOWN UP
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(Lead Riff #1,

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 followed by D

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rums: Rimshot)

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VERSE 1:
             
Wouldn't it be

           
 nice if we we

re older,
              
Then we wouldn

             
't have to wai

             
t so long?
              
And wouldn't i

     
t be nice to l

ive together,
              
In the kind of

             
 world where w

            
e belong?

  
VERSE 2: (Horns: Low accent)
            
You know its g

             
onna make it t

hat much bette

r,(Oooh)
            
When we can sa

              
y goodnight an

         
d sleep togeth

         
er. 
              
Wouldn't it be

 
 nice if we co

uld wake up,(O

ooh-bupbup)
              
In the morning

             
 when the day 

           
is new? (Oooh-

bupbup)
              
And after havi

   
ng spent the d

ay together. (

Oooh-bupbup)
              
Hold each othe

             
r close the wh

             
ole night thro

    
ugh,
            
Happy times to

       
gether we've b

een spending.
            
I wish that ev

             
ery kiss was n

#         
everending
                  N/C
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?


INTERLUDE 1:
(Horns: Flourish upwards and downwards )
|D-D3add4  D-D3add4|


Tempo: Change to Adagio-style
 
CHORUS:(Intro lead line over)
        
Maybe if, we t

          
hink and wish 

              
and hope and p

          
ray it might c

           
ome true? (Run


, run, ooh)
        
Baby then ther

          
e wouldn't be 

              
a single thing

          
 we couldn't d

           
o! (ooh, ooh, 

                          
ooh)
              
We could be ma

     
rried? (We cou

ld be married)
          
And then we'd 

      
be happy! (And

 then we'd be 

happy)
             
Oh, wouldn't i

     
t be nice? (Ba

h-bup, pup-pup

, bah-bah-bah)

(Bah-pup, pup-

pup, bah-bah-b

ah)


INTERLUDE 2: (Keyboards: Descending riff)
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VERSE 3:
Bm                            C/G             (Mandolin: Trills)
You know it seems the more we talk about it,
            
It only makes 

            
it worse to li

             
ve without it.
         F#m        Em  (Drums: Accented roll)
But lets talk about it,

Tempo: Change to Accelerando-style
               D*                   
Wouldn't it be nice? (Ooh-bah-bup)(Bah-bup-bup)


CODA:
D*                    
Good night my baby, (Ooh-ooh-ooh)(Bah-bup-bup)
D*
Sleep tight my baby. (Ooh-ooh-ooh)(Bah-bup-bup)
D*
Good night my baby, (Ooh-ooh-ooh)(Bah-bup-bup)
D*
Sleep tight my baby. (Ooh-ooh-ooh)(Bah-bup-bup)
D*
Good night my baby, (Ooh-ooh-ooh)(Bah-bup-bup)
D*
Sleep tight my baby. (Ooh-ooh-ooh)(Bah-bup-bup)


[End]


NOTES:
1.  This my alternative take on the chords, to make it a little more accessible.
2.  "Wouldn't It Be Nice" introduces the album with a sound described by Nick Kent as "limpid harps 
imitating a teenage heartstrings in a tug of love" with it followed by "growling horns ... [and] 
harmonies so complex they seemed to have more in common with a Catholic Mass than any cocktail lounge 
acappella doo-wop." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sounds
3.”Well, the gist of it was that Carl [Wilson, Beach Boys guitarist and co-vocalist] and I wanted to 
bring some love to people, you know? 'Cause we figured the missing ingredient in life was love. 
So we said, "We want to create an album that has a lot of love-vibes in it, to make people feel loved.
" That's all we wanted to do. We weren't trying to prove anything musically. We just wanted to bring 
some love to people.”  http://www.avclub.com/article/brian-wilson-14013