The Shift


Original Album
Surfin' Safari
Written By
Brian Wilson/Mike Love
Produced By
Nick Venet
Lead Vocals
Mike
Recorded On
August 8, 1962
Length
1:55
Notes
  • A song about a dress.
  • Might be the first song where Mike made substantial lyrical contributions.
  • Do they really say "She'll ball it with her shift on and we'll have a good time"?
Lyrics
Check out the chick with the new dress on
(Wearin' a shift and it looks real fine)
The call it a shift and it comes on strong
(Wearin' a shift and it looks real fine)
When she's got it on, well she can't do no wrong
(Wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

You may think a dress can't do very much
(Wearin' a shift really turns me on)
With the slit up the side, you can't resist that touch
(Wearin' a shift really turns me on)
It's tighter than a moo-moo and it's just too much
(Wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
(Can't go wrong now) (go wrong now)
(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
(Turns me on now) (turns me on now)

Get your girl a shift and she'll look real fine
(Wearin' a shift and it's just too much)
It fits like a glove and drives you outta your mind
(Wearin' a shift and it's just too much)
She'll ball it with her shift on and we'll have a good time
(Wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
(Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
Chords
intro: C...D

G..............................................................................A
Check out the chick with the new dress on, (wearin' a shift and it looks real fine)
............D.................................................................A
They call it a shift and it comes on strong, (wearin' a shift and it looks real fine)
..............E.........................................D.................................A.......................D
When she's got it on, well she can't do no wrong, (wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

.........G....................................................................A
You may think a dress can't do very much, (wearin' a shift really turns me on)
...................D...........................................................................A
With the slit up the side, you can't resist that touch, (wearin' a shift really turns me on)
.........E.....................................................D...........................A
It's tighter than a moo-moo and it's just too much, (wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

D.............................................................A
Turns me on now, get a shift now, can't go wrong now, go wrong now
D.............................................................E.............................D
Turns me on now, get a shift now, turns me on now, turns me on now

G..............................................................................A
Get your girl a shift and she'll look real fine, (wearin' a shift and it's just too much)
.....D.....................................................................................A
It fits like a glove and drives you outta your mind, (wearin' a shift and it's just too much)
............E.......................................................D...............................A.......................D
She'll ball it with her shift on and we'll have a good time, (wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

D.............................................................A
Turns me on now, get a shift now, turns me on now, get a shift now
D.............................................................E
Turns me on now, get a shift now, turns me on now, get a shift now


Chart prepared by Francis Greene

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