Chug-A-Lug
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Original Album
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Surfin' Safari
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Written By
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Brian Wilson/Gary Usher
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Produced By
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Nick Venet
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Lead Vocals
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Mike
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Recorded On
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August 8, 1962
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Length
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2:02
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Notes
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- A song about root beer.
- Mentions many of the guys in the Beach Boys gang.
- Brian wanted it to be the follow up single to "Surfin' Safari"
- Domenic Priore said this track is filled with great bass vocals from Mike and a fun chorus... just the kind of record that could have been a hit had Capitol followed Brian's instincts. It also has a hot guitar solo, and the lyric really cues you into the personalities of the individual Beach Boys.""
- Lyrics
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Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
Gary likes a girl's tight black pants
Larry knows he doesn't stand a chance
Carl says hurry up and order it quick
Dave gets out to chase that chick
Dennis wonders what's under the hood
A big chrome tach and it sounds real good
I go down to the root beer stand
And drink up all that I can
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Cold beer, root beer
Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
Brian's still glued to the radio
Louie's lookin' out the rear window
Guy's got around to orderin' fries
But root beer's my best buy
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Cold beer, root beer
Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Cold beer, root beer
Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
Root beer, need another mug now
Root beer, chug-a-lug-a-lug now
Root beer, need another mug now
Root beer, chug-a-lug-a-lug now
Root beer, need another mug now
Root beer, chug-a-lug-a-lug now
- Chords
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E.....................................................................................B
Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug, here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
A.............................................................E
Gary likes a girl's tight black pants, Larry knows he doesn't stand a chance
A ..............................................................F#m...........................B
Carl says hurry up and order it quick, Dave gets out to chase that chick
A........................................................................E
Dennis wonders what's under the hood, a big chrome tach and it sounds real good
.......A................................................................F#m........................B
But I go down to the root beer stand and drink up all that I can
............................E
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
............................A
Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug), Cold beer, root beer
B
Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
A .....................................................E
Brian's still glued to the radio, Louie's lookin' out the rear window
A................................................................F#m.............................B
Guy's got around to orderin' fries but root beer's my best buy
A.............................................................E
Root beer, need another mug now, Root beer, chug-a-lug-a-lug now
Chart prepared by Francis Greene