The Shift
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Original Album
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Surfin' Safari
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Written By
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Brian Wilson/Mike Love
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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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1:55
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Notes
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- 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
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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
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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