The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Guitar Tab) lyrics
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# Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 19:20:49 -0500 From: Andrew Rogers Subject: REVISED: b/beach_boys/i_just_wasnt_made.crd "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" (Brian Wilson / Tony Asher) Verse 1: Bass 1 (electric): Gm7/C Bbadd9 v v v v v v v v -------15----------------|-------15---------------- ----------17-15----15-17-|----------17-15----15-17- ----------------17-------|---17-----------17------- -------------------------|------------------------- Bass 2 (acoustic): v v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -3--------------------3--|-1--------------------1-- -------------------------|------------------------- I keep looking for a place to fit in Bass 1: Ab9 Dm7/G v v v v v v v v -------15----------------|-------14---------------- ----------18-16----16-18-|----------17-15----15-17- ---18-----------18-------|---17-----------17------- -------------------------|------------------------- Bass 2: v v v v v v v v -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -------------------------|------------------------- -4--------------------4--|-3--------3--3--------3-- Where I can speak my mind Gm7/C Bbadd9 I've been trying hard to find the people Ab9 Dm7/G G7-9 That I won't leave behind Eb Eb/F They say I got brains Dm7 Gm7 Dm7/G But they ain't doin' me no good G7-9 I wish they could Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Dm7/C (chords implied by BG vocals) Each time things start to happen again Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 Dm7/C F7 I think I got something good goin' for myself but what goes wrong Chorus: Cm7/G /C F Sometimes I feel very sad Cm7/G /C F Sometimes I feel very sad * Cm7/G /C F Sometimes I feel very sad * Harpsichord and flute: Eb Ab7+5 Dm7/G G7-9 / / / / / / / / Cm7 Dm7/C Cm7 F Bb/C /Bb /Ab /G I guess I just wasn't made for these times Verse 2: Every time I get the inspiration To go change things around No one wants to help me look for places Where new things might be found Where can I turn When my fair-weather friends cop out What's it all about Each time things start to happen again I think I got something good goin' for myself and what goes wrong (repeat chorus) Theremin/winds break (arranged for four guitars): Bb/F C/D C/D D F/G Eb5 Bb Bb Bb G/A v v v v v v v v top line: theremin ---6---8---6-8-6-|---15--13--------- -6---------------|-15--------1513--- -----------------|---------------15- -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ v v v v v v v v -------0-----0---|---7---5---------- ---3-------3---3-|-7-----------4---- -3---------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ v v v v v v v v -----------------|------------------ -----------------|---3---1---------- -----0-------0---|-2---------------- -0-3-------3---3-|-------------1---- -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ v v v v v v v v -----------------|------------------ -----------------|------------------ -----------------|---2---0---------- -------0-----0---|-0-----------1---- ---1-------1---1-|------------------ -1---------------|------------------ Theremin solo: Gm7/C Bbadd9 Ab9 Dm7/G G7-9 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Coda: Cm7 F6 Cm7 F6 Cm7 I guess I just wasn't made for these times [2x] Cm7 F6 Dm7-5/Ab G7 Cm7-5/Gb I guess I just wasn't made for these times F6 (I guess I just wasn't made for these times) Cm7 F6 Cm7 F6 Cm7 I guess I just wasn't made for these times [repeat; fade] * according to Mark Linett (Endless Summer Quarterly, 12/94), the layered vocal parts on these lines are: (lead vocal): Sometimes I feel very sad Ain't found the right thing I can put my heart and soul into People I know don't want to be where I'm at O quando per e, un dia per e [Italian? Portuguese?] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers