Getcha Back
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Original Album
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Beach Boys (1985 album)
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Written By
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Mike Love/Terry Melcher
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Produced By
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Steve Levine
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Lead Vocals
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Mike and Brian
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Recorded On
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Late 1984/Early 1985
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Length
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2:59
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Notes
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- Surely the finest hour of the Mike Love/Terry Melcher songwriting team. A catchy tune, reasonable production and Brian's falsetto seem to revive ,albeit fleetingly, former glories. The tune achieved reasonable chart success.
- Lyrics
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Bow bow bow bow oop
Ahh ooo oohh waaa oooo
Bow bow bow bow oop
Ahh ooo oohh waaa oooo
The other night they were playing our song
Hadn't heard it for oh so long
Took me back darlin' to that time in my car
When you cried all night cause we'd gone too far
Can I ever getcha back
Getcha back baby
Gonna getcha back getcha back
Getcha back getcha back baby
Gonna getcha back getcha back
Can I ever getcha back
I'm getting tired laying around here at night
Thinkin' 'bout some other guy holding you tight
He may have money and a brand new car
May even treat you like a movie star
And no matter what he ever do for you
He can never love you like I can do
So if I leave her and you leave him
Can we ever get it back again
Getcha back getcha back baby
Gonna getcha back getcha back
Getcha back getcha back baby
Gonna getcha back getcha back
Can I ever getcha back
Bow bow bow oop
Bow bow bow oop
(Getcha back) IÕll leave her
(Getcha back) and you leave him
(Getcha back) can we baby
(Getcha back) get it back again
(Getcha back) IÕll leave her
(Getcha back) and you leave him
(Getcha back) can we baby
(Getcha back) get it back again
(Getcha back) IÕll leave her
(Getcha back) and you leave him
- Chords
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intro: A....F#m7....Bm7....Bm7/E.... (repeat)
.....................A........................F#m7
The other night they were playing our song
Bm7.........................Bm7/E
Hadn't heard it for oh so long
A...............................................F#m7
Took me back darlin' to that time in my car
.....................Bm7.....................................Bm7/E
When you cried all night cause we'd gone too far
...................................A..........................F#m7..............Bm7...........................Bm7/E
Can I ever getcha back, getcha back baby, getcha back, getcha back, ahh
................A..........................F#m7..............Bm7.....................Bm7/E
Getcha back getcha back baby, getcha back, getcha back
...................................F..........................G
Can I ever getcha back, oh woah, woah
.....................A..............................F#m7
I'm getting tired laying around here at night
Bm7..............................................Bm7/E
Thinkin' 'bout some other guy holding you tight
A.............................................F#m7
He may have money and a brand new car
Bm7......................................Bm7/E
May even treat you like a movie star
A...............................................F#m7
And no matter what he ever do for you
Bm7.......................................Bm7/E
He can never love you like I can do
.........A........................F#m7
So if I leave her and you leave him
Bm7......Bm7/E....................A
Can we ever get it back again
A....................F#m7.............Bm7..........................Bm7/E
Getcha back baby, getcha back, getcha back, ahh
...............A...........................F#m7..............Bm7....................Bm7/E
Getcha back getcha back baby, getcha back, getcha back
..................................A..................................B....G#m7....C#m7....C#m7/F#
Can I ever getcha back (bow bow bow oop) ahhh
B....G#m7....C#m7....C#m7/F#
Ahhh
B.............G#m7.C#m7.........C#m7/F#..B...G#m7..C#m7.......C#m7/F#
I'll leave her, and you leave him, can we baby get it back again
Chart prepared by Francis Greene