California Girls
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Original Album
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Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
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Single
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California Girls / Let Him Run Wild
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Also Appeared On
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Written By
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Brian Wilson
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Produced By
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Brian Wilson
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Lead Vocals
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Mike
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Recorded On
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April 6, 1965
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Length
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2:34
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Notes
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- Probably the trademark "fun in the sun" Beach Boys song
- Brian has said that the intro to this song is the greatest piece of music that he's ever written. He said he was looking for an introduction which would be totally different to the rest of the song, but would lead into it.
- Mike got co-lyricist credits for this song after his suit against Brian.
- David Lee Roth massacred this song in 1985.
- On the soundtrack of the film "Soul Man."
- Lyrics
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Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there
The Midwest farmer's daughters
Really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls
The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island dolls
By a palm tree in the sand
I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
- Chords
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B.E/B.B
B.E/B.B
A/B.E/B.B
E/B.E/B.B
Em/A.D/A.A B
...........B................................................A/B
Well East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear
.................E
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
...........................F#7
They knock me out when I'm down there
.........B.........................................................A/B
The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright
.................E
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
............................F#7
They keep their boyfriends warm at night
....B...........................C#m7
I wish they all could be California
....A...........................Bm7
I wish they all could be California
....G...........................Am7.................B
I wish they all could be California girls
...........B.......................................................A/B
The West coast has the sunshine and the girls all get so tanned
................E...............................................................F#7
I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island dolls by a palm tree in the sand
....B.................................................................A/B
I been all around this great big world and I seen all kinds of girls
................E
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
......................F#7
Back to the cutest girls in the world
.....B...................................................C#m7
I wish they all could be California Girls
.....B...................................................C#m7
I wish they all could be California Girls
Chart prepared by Francis Greene
- Sheet Music
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