The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: No capo
BPM: 200
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Intro
N A E A E A A
e|--0---------0----0----|0---------0---------|--------------------|0----|--------------------|
B|--2---------0----2----|0---------2---------|--------------------|2----|2---------2----4----|
G|--2---------1----2----|1---------2---------|--------------------|2----|2---------2----4----|
D|--2---------2----2----|2---------2---------|--------------------|2----|--------------------|
A|--0---------2----0----|2---------0---------|--------------------|0----|--------------------|
E|------------0---------|0-------------------|--------------------|-----|--------------------|
I may not always love you
1st Verse But long as there are stars above you
N F#m
e|-------|--------------------|--------------------|2-------------------|--------------------|
B|--5----|--------------------|--------------------|2-------------------|--------------------|
G|--5----|--------------------|--------------------|2-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------|--------------------|--------------------|4-------------------|--------------------|
A|-------|--------------------|--------------------|4-------------------|--------------------|
E|-------|--------------------|--------------------|2-------------------|--------------------|
You never need to doubt it
(Cdim)
e|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----|
B|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----|
G|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----|
D|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----|
A|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----|
E|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----|
I'll make you so sure about it 2nd Verse
(A#m7-5) God only knows what I'd be without you
N A
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B|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
If you should ever leave me Though life would still go on believe me
N E F#m
e|----------------------|----------**--------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|
B|----------------------|----------**--------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|
G|----------------------|----------**--------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|
D|----------------------|----------**--------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|
A|----------------------|----------**--------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|
E|----------------------|----------**--------|--------------------|---------------|**------------------|
The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me
(Cdim) (A#m7-5)
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
Bridge
God only knows what I'd be without you
N A
e|----------------------|-----|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|-----|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|-----|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|-----|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|-----|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
N E
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B|-------**--------|----------**--------|---------------**---|**------------------|**-------------**---|
G|-------**--------|**------------------|-----**-------------|---------------**---|-----**---**--------|
D|-------**--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-------**--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-------**--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|------------**--------|----------**---**---|-----**-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--**------------------|-----**-------------|**--------**---**---|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(Fdim)
e|-----------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**---|--------------------|
B|-----------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**---|--------------------|
G|-----------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**---|--------------------|
D|-----------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**---|--------------------|
A|-----------------|----------**--------|----------**--------|-----|--------------------|
E|-----------------|----------**--------|**------------------|-----|--------------------|
3rd Verse
(D#m7-5) God only knows what I'd be without you
N D
e|----------------------|-----|**------------------|**--------**---|**------------------|
B|----------------------|-----|**--------**--------|**--------**---|**------------------|
G|----------------------|-----|**--------**--------|**--------**---|**------------------|
D|----------------------|-----|**--------**--------|**--------**---|**------------------|
A|----------------------|-----|**------------------|**-------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----|**--------**--------|**-------------|--------------------|
If you should ever leave me
N Bm
e|----------------------|---------------**---|-----|--------------------|---------------|
B|----------------------|---------------**---|-----|--------------------|---------------|
G|----------------------|---------------**---|-----|--------------------|---------------|
D|----------------------|---------------**---|-----|--------------------|---------------|
A|----------------------|---------------**---|-----|--------------------|---------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|-----|--------------------|---------------|
The world could show nothing to me
Though life would still go on believe me (Cdim)
N F#m
e|--**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
So what good would living do me Outro
(A#m7-5) God only knows what I'd be without you
N A
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B|-------|--------------------|--------------------|-----|**------------------|
G|-------|--------------------|--------------------|-----|**------------------|
D|-------|--------------------|--------------------|-----|**------------------|
A|-------|--------------------|--------------------|-----|**------------------|
E|-------|--------------------|--------------------|-----|--------------------|
Chords
God only knows what I'd be without you
N E A
e|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|--------------------|--------------------|
(Repeat x times; Fade Out)
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
N A E
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B|--**--------**--------|--------------------|-----|**--------**--------|**--------**---|
G|--**--------**--------|--------------------|-----|**--------**--------|**--------**---|
D|--**--------**--------|--------------------|-----|**--------**--------|**--------**---|
A|--**--------**--------|--------------------|-----|**--------**--------|---------------|
E|------------**--------|--------------------|-----|----------**--------|**--------**---|
(Cº) (A#m7-5)
N F#m
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B|----------------------|**-------------|**--------**--------|**---|--------------------|
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D|----------------------|**-------------|**------------------|**---|--------------------|
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A|----------------------|----------|**-------------**---|-----**--------**---|--------------------|
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B|----------------------|---------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**---|
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D|----------------------|---------------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|**---|
A|----------------------|---------------|----------**--------|----------**--------|-----|
E|----------------------|---------------|----------**--------|**------------------|-----|
(Fdim) (D#m7-5)
N Bm
e|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**------------------|**--------**--------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|-----**--------|**------------------|**------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|---------------|**--------**--------|**------------------|
e|-------**-------------|
B|-------**-------------|
G|-------**-------------|
D|-------**-------------|
A|-------**-------------|
E|----------------------|Details
- Instruments
- Guitar
- Genres
- Pop, Rock
- Tracks
- 1
- Tempo
- 200 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Tuning
- E A D G B E
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