Big Sur
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Original Album
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Holland
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Also Appeared On
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Written By
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Mike Love
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Produced By
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The Beach Boys
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Lead Vocals
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Mike
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Recorded On
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1972
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Length
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3:55
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Notes
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- Part one of the three part "California Saga" suite that's meant to evoke the earliest discovery of California (like much of the album, i.e. "Trader" and "Leaving This Town")
- Originally recorded for LANDLOCKED/SURF'S UP in 4/4 time with a more "Beach Boys" feel than the folkier, 3/4 version on HOLLAND.
- Lyrics
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Cashmere hills filled with evergreens
Flowin' from the clouds down to meet the sea
With the granite cliff as a referee
Crimson sunsets and golden dawns
Mother deer with their newborn fawns
Under Big Sur skies and that's where I belong.
Big Sur I've got plans for you
Me and mine are going to
Add ourselves to your lengthy list of lovers
And live in canyons covered with a springtime green
While birds and flowers to be heard and seen
And on my old guitar I'll make up songs to sing.
Sparklin' springs from the mountainside
Join the Big Sur river rushing to the tide
Where my kids can search for sea shells at low tide
Big Sur my astrology it says that I am meant to be
Where the rugged mountain meets the water
And so while stars shine brightly and up above
Fog rolls in through a redwood grove
And to my dying fire I think I'll add a log.
- Chords
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C...............C/B....................C/A.........C/B
Cashmere hills filled with evergreens
................C............C/B...................C/A.........C/G
Flowin' from the clouds down to meet the sea
....................F.................G.............C....C/B....C/A....C/B
With the granite cliff as a referee
C..............C/B............C/A........C/B
Crimson sunsets and golden dawns
C............C/B....................C/A........C/G
Mother deer with their newborn fawns
.............F....................G....................................C....C/B....C/A....C/G
Under Big Sur skies and that's where I belong.
F............G..........Am......................C.........C/B..........C/A....C/B
Big Sur I've got plans for you, me and mine are going to
C............C/B....................C/A.....C/G.......F.......G
Add ourselves to your lengthy list of lovers
.....................C..............C/B.....................C/A............C/B
And live in canyons covered with a springtime green
.............C...............C/B.................C/A..........C/G
While birds and flowers to be heard and seen
.......................F..............G....................................C....C/B....C/A....C/B
And on my old guitar I'll make up songs to sing
C..............C/B.....................C/A..........C/B
Sparklin' springs from the mountainside
................C..........C/B..............C/A.....C/G
Join the Big Sur river rushing to the tide
.....................F.........................G..................................C....C/B....C/A....C/G
Where my kids can search for sea shells at low tide
F............G.......Am............C.........C/B.....C/A......C/B
Big Sur my astrology it says that I am meant to be
C.................C/B........C/A...........C/G............F.......G
Where the rugged mountain meets the water
..........................C...............C/B............C/A...C/B
And so while stars shine brightly and up above
C.............C/B.................C/A..........C/G
Fog rolls in through a redwood grove
.......................F............G...........................C....C/B....C/A....C/B....Cm
And to my dying fire I think I'll add a log.
Chart prepared by Francis Greene