SUNFLOWER

        The Beach Boys

        Producer: The Beach Boys
        Released August 31, 1970
        Reprise RS-6382
        Charted: 9/26/70
        Highest chart position: 151
        Spent 4 weeks on the charts
        Album Archive entry
        Guitar tabs

        1. Slip On Through
        2. This Whole World
        3. Add Some Music
        4. Got To Know The Woman
        5. Deirdre
        6. It's About Time
        7. Tears In The Morning
        8. All I Wanna Do
        9. Forever
        10. Our Sweet Love
        11. At My Window
        12. Cool, Cool Water


        1. "Slip On Through"
        Time: 2:19 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        A side with "This Whole World"
        Dennis Wilson

        Lots of people with no place to go
        I know a place where you can go
        You've got the ticket, come on slip inside
        And let my song take you for a ride

        (Baby)
        Come on won't you let me be
        By your side from now and eternity
        'Cause I love you
        Baby I do and now

        Can't you see
        What has come over me
        Oh my life is growing like a big oak tree
        'Cause I love you
        Baby I do and now

        Can't you see

        Why don't you come and let me kiss and make it better
        I'm not the one who came and left it later
        Now you relax, let your mind go free
        You won't regret the feeling you receive

        (Baby)
        Come on won't you let me be
        By your side for now and eternity
        'Cause I love you
        Baby I do and now

        Can't you see
        What has come over me
        For my life is growing like a big oak tree
        'Cause I love you
        Baby I do and now

        Can't you see
        My love is growin'
        Your heart is knowin'
        Our love is growin'

        Mama, oh can't you see
        What has come over me
        For my li-i-ife
        Can't you see
        What has come over me
        For my li-i-i-i-fe



        2. "This Whole World"

        Time: 1:59 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        B side with "Slip On Through"
        Brian Wilson

        I'm thinking about a-this whole world
        Late at night I think about the love of this whole world
        Lots of different people everywhere
        And when I go anywhere I see love I see love I see love

        When girls get mad at boys and go
        Many times they're just putting on a show
        But when they leave you wait alone

        You are there like everywhere like everyone you see
        Happy cause your living and your free

        Now here comes another day for your love
        (I'm thinking about a-this whole world)
        (A-this whole world)
        Love

        Woo oo oo oo ooo ooo oo oo
        (Woo oo oo oo ooo ooo oo oo)

        Aummmmm wooo wooooo bop didit

        Late at night I think about the love of this whole world
        (This whole world)
        Oomm dot dit it
        Oomm dot dit it
        Oomm dot dit it



        3. "Add Some Music"
        Time: 3:38 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Brian Wilson/J. Knott/Mike Love

        The sunday mornin' gospel goes good with the soul
        There's blues, folk, and country, and rock like a rollin' stone
        The world could come together as one
        If everybody under the sun
        Add some music to your day
        (Add some music add some add some music to your day)
        A bob didit a bop didit

        You'll hear it while you're walkin' by a neighbor's home
        You'll hear it faintly in the distance when you're on the phone
        You're sittin' in a dentist's chair
        And they've got music for you there
        To add some music
        (Add some music add some add some music to your)
        To your day
        A bob didit a bop didit

        Add some music music everywhere (add some music)
        Add some add some add some add some music (add some music)
        Your doctor knows it keeps you calm
        Your preacher adds it to his psalms
        So add some music
        (Add some music add some add some music to your)
        To your day

        Music
        (Add some music add some music)
        When you're alone
        (Add some music add some music)
        Is like a companion
        (Add some music add some music)
        For your lonely soul
        Oo oo oo woo oo woo oo oo oo oooo

        When day is over (when day is over)
        I close my tired eyes (I close my tired)
        Music is in my soul

        At a movie you can feel it touching your heart
        And on every day of the summertime
        You'll hear children chasing ice cream carts
        They'll play it on your wedding day
        There must be 'bout a million ways
        To add some music
        (Add some music add some add some music to your)
        To your day

        Add some music to your day
        Add some music to your day
        Add some music to your day
        Add some music to your day
        Add some music to your day



        4. "Got To Know The Woman"

        Time: 2:45 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Dennis Wilson

        I just met a woman on my way home
        She just blew my mind
        My heart was a-pumpin'
        I mean all the way home
        Got to know the woman
        Whoa I got to know the woman

        I love the way you move
        You make-a make me feel like a man
        (You know you make me make me feel like a man)
        Love the way you're lookin'
        You look like you like it, too
        (You know you look like you like it, too)

        Got to know the woman
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        Got to know the woman
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        Ooooooooooo
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to got to got to got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to got to got to got to know the woman
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)

        If you feel the feel I feel
        Haha you dig the feel of me
        (You know you look like you dig feelin' me)
        Love the way you feel dear
        Ah, you make a make a man out of me
        (You make you make a man out of me)
        Come on
        Come on come on and do the chicken

        I mean ah ha ha ha ha ha
        Baby, I'm gonna tell you somethin' right now
        You got so much soul you blow my mind
        Oh baby
        There's just one thing I want to say

        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        Ooooooooooo
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to got to got to got to know the woman
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to got to got to got to know the woman
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)
        (Got to know the woman)
        (Mama mama mama mama oom mow mow)

        (Oh yeah! Yeah!)



        5. "Deirdre"
        Time: 3:32 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Bruce Johnston/Brian Wilson

        Deirdre

        The trouble you had
        It wasn't so bad
        It's only life and what you're livin' for

        Sit down right here
        I'll send away your tears
        Well we don't have to talk about it much more

        Good things turn bad but it's over now
        So don't look sad 'cause you're older now
        Lots of people miss Deirdre

        You're back again
        You still have all your friends
        And they used to ask me why'd you go away Deirdre

        Oo hoo hooo

        What could I say
        That you ran away
        Don't you think it's time that you stayed right near me

        These nights, pretty nights, that were meant to be
        With you and me
        It's the way that we
        Always had our love, Deirdre

        I love your red hair

        Deirdre
        Do do do do do do
        Dear dear dear Deirdre
        I'm glad you're home again
        Oo ooo ooo

        Ooo hoooo
        Oooo hoooo
        Baby 1 2 3 and you're back with me

        Ooo hooo

        Tomorrow at ten
        I'll wake you and then
        We'll take a bath and then I'll laugh again with Deirdre

        You may not live with me every day
        All that I care is that we find a way
        To stay together with Deirdre

        Deirdre
        Do do do do do do
        Dear dear dear Deirdre

        Ooo do do do do do do
        Ooo do do do do do do



        6. "It's About Time"

        Time: 2:58 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Dennis Wilson/B. Burchman/Al Jardine/Carl Wilson

        I used to be a famous artist
        Proud as I could be
        Struggling to express myself
        For the whole world to see
        I used to blow my mind sky high
        Searching for the lost elation
        Little did I know the joy I was to find
        In knowing I am only me

        I'm singin' in my heart
        I'm singin' in my heart
        I'm singin' love to sing
        I love to sing it from my heart

        Of the creation yeah
        Of which I'm doing my part
        With an open-hearted laugh of realization in my mind
        And now I'm but a child who art
        Erect in humility
        Serving out of love, everyone I meet
        In truth who are really me

        I'm singin' in my heart
        I'm singin' in my heart
        I'm singin' love to sing
        I love to sing it from my heart

        No-no-no no no
        Hoo no hey yeah no-no-no-no
        It's about time now it's about time now
        It's about time now don't you know now
        It's about time now it's about time now
        It's about time now don't you know now
        It's about time we get together
        To be out front and love one another
        Brothers sisters everybody
        We better start to help each other now
        We need it now

        When we're sharin' our love brother
        That's when we know we can shape another world

        Lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord lord
        Oooh lord
        Lord lord lord lord lord Oh Oh

        Oh no lord no no oh



        7. "Tears In The Morning"

        Time: 4:09 Artists Music, Inc. ASCAP
        Bruce Johnston

        Tears (I got tears I got tears) in the morning (in the mornin')
        They ain't gonna tell me what to do
        No no those tears (I got tears I got tears) I know they're just a warnin'
        (are a warnin')
        Reminding me I'm missing you

        So you moved out up to Europe
        You packed your warmth and you took your soul
        Well I hope you do what you're damn sure of
        A lonely bed here takes on the cold

        Lose a wife change my life we're not together
        A canceled future well it's hard on me
        Gone you're gone are you gone forever
        Hope you love the baby I'm never gonna see

        And I've got tears (I've got tears I've got tears) in the morning (in the
        mornin')
        They ain't gonna tell me what to do
        No no those tears (tears I got tears I got tears) I know they're just a
        warnin' (are a warnin')
        Reminding me I'm missing you

        Well you know I lit a candle
        It's in my heart now where it glows
        Day and night feel my light it's gonna stand till
        My heart believes in what you chose

        I won't let nobody
        Carry this load for me
        Guess I keep a hold on my sorrow
        I've got to feel now all that you see

        And I've got tears (I got tears I got tears) in the morning (in the mornin')
        They ain't gonna tell me what to do
        No no those tears (I got tears I got tears) I know they're just my
        warnin' (are a warnin')
        Reminding me I'm missing you
        I've still got tears (tears) tears (tears) in the mornin'
        (I got tears in the morning I got tears)
        They ain't gonna tell me what to do
        No no those tears (I got tears I got tears)
        I know they're just my warnin' (I got tears)
        Reminding me I'm missing you
        I'm missing you



        8. "All I Wanna Do"
        Time: 2:37 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        All I wanna do
        Is always bring good to you
        To give you all the love I can
        And help you in whatever you do

        Sure as the sun will come around again to start off another day
        You can be sure that in my heart and soul I'll love you in every way

        All I wanna do
        Is bring happiness to you
        I hope it makes you happy to know
        My love's with you wherever you go

        Oo when I sit and close my ey-eyes
        A gentle thought comes in my mind
        My love is burnin' brightly
        Lke the moon and stars shine nightly
        All I wanna do
        All I wanna do
        All I wanna do
        All I wanna do

        Oo let these little words of love
        Come romance and light your way
        My love is burnin' brightly
        Like the moon and stars shine nightly
        All I wanna do (lonely in the night I feel)
        All I wanna do
        All I wanna do
        My love is burnin' brightly
        All I wanna do
        Doo doo doo doo doo
        Like the moon and stars shine brightly
        All I wanna do
        My love is burnin' brightly
        All I wanna do
        Doo doo doo doo doo
        Kike the moon and stars shine brightly



        9. "Forever"
        Time: 2:43 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        B side with "Cool Cool Water"
        Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson

        If every word I said
        Could make you laugh
        I'd talk forever (together my love)
        I ask the sky just what we had
        Mmm It shone forever (together my love my my my my my my my my my my my
        my my)
        If the song I sing to you
        Could fill your heart with joy
        I'd sing forever (together my love my my my my)
        Forever
        Forever
        I've been so happy loving you

        Do do do do do do do do do together my love

        Let the love I have for you
        Live in your heart
        And beat forever (together my love)
        Forever
        Forever
        I've been so happy loving you

        Baby just let me sing it my baby
        I wanna be singin' my baby
        Baby baby baby my baby
        I wanna be singin'
        I wanna be singin' my baby
        Oh oh oh oh
        My my my my my my

        So I'm goin' away
        Mmm but not forever
        Na na na na
        I gotta love you anyway

        Forever



        10. "Our Sweet Love"
        Time: 2:40 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson/Al Jardine

        I thought about a summer day
        And how the time just floats away
        Pretty things like incense and flowers
        I wanna make them part of

        Our sweet love
        Could last forever
        (Our sweet love)
        Our sweet love
        Could last forever

        I thought about a winter night
        And how I'd like to hold you tight
        Candlelight the warmth of a fire
        We could make them part of

        Our sweet love
        Honey it's heaven
        (Our sweet love)
        Our sweet love
        Could last forever

        Sweet love sweet love

        Like a child with his new toy
        My heart is filled with joy for

        Our sweet love
        Honey it's heaven
        (Our sweet love)
        Our sweet love

        Lord knows I love her so
        I feel it down inside my soul
        A precious love like this can flower
        There's nothing in this world like

        Our sweet love
        Should last forever
        (Our sweet love)
        Our sweet love
        Could last forever
        Our sweet love
        Could last forever
        Our sweet love
        Could last forever
        (Our sweet love)
        Oh



        11. "At My Window"
        Time: 2:34 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Brian Wilon/Al Jardine

        Birds fly up
        And down spinnin' round
        Flyin' all around
        >From my window
        A little brown sparraw came
        Flutterin' down

        Le moineau est venu
        Se poser ma fenjtre

        He came to my window

        And as I watched him
        I found myself reelin' and turnin' around
        And the faster I ran
        I ran out of breath and I fell to the ground
        (Poof)

        Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

        He came to my window
        He came to my window
        He came to my window

        From their eyes
        The people must look like miniature toys

        Do do do do do
        Do do do do do do
        Fly away
        Fly away
        Fly away



        12. "Cool Cool Water"
        Time: 5:03 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Coolin' so coolin' coolin' me
        Coolin' so coolin' coolin' me
        Have some cool clear water
        (Drink a little drip drip drip drip drink a little)
        (Water coolin' me)

        Have some cool clear water
        (Drink a little drip drip drip drip drink a little)
        (Water coolin' me)

        Have some cool clear water
        Have some cool clear water
        Have some cool clear water
        (Drink a little drip drip drip drip drink a little)
        Have some water

        Coolin' so coolin' coolin' me
        Coolin' so coolin' coolin' me
        Have some cool clear water
        (Drink a little drip drip drip drip drink a little)
        (Water coolin' me)

        Have some cool clear water
        Have some cool clear water
        (Drink a little drip drip drip drip drink a little)
        Have some cool clear water
        Have some cool clear water
        (Drink a little drip drip drip drip drink a little)
        Have some water

        Water water water water water water
        Now now-now-now-now
        Now now-now-now-now
        Now now-now-now-now
        Now now-now-now-now
        Now now-now-now-now
        Now now-now-now-now
        Now now-now-now-now
        Ah ah ah ah
        Wa ah ah wa ah oo oo oo oo ah ah

        Coolin' so cool coolin' me
        Coolin' so cool coolin' me
        (Drip drip drip drip drink a little drip drip drip drip)
        Coolin' so cool coolin' me
        (Drip drip drip drip drink a little drip drip drip drip)
        Coolin' so cool coolin' me
        (Drip drip drip drip drink a little drip drip drip drip)
        Coolin' so cool coolin' me
        (Drip drip drip drip drink a little drip drip drip drip)

        When the heat's got you down
        Here's what you oughta
        Get yourself in that cool cool water
        (Coolin' so cool coolin' me)
        Cool cool water
        Get yourself in that cool cool water
        (Coolin' so cool coolin' me)
        Cool cool water

        When the heat's got you down
        Here's what you oughta
        Get yourself in that cool cool water
        (Coolin' so cool coolin' me)
        Cool cool water
        Get yourself in that cool cool water
        (Coolin so cool coolin' me)
        Cool cool water

        Ooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaooooooaaaaaaa

        Cool cool cool cool water water

        In an ocean or in a glass
        Cool water is such a gas

        Coolin' so coolin' coolin' me

        Ooooooooooooaaaaaaaaooooaaaaaaa

        From the mountains on down to the sea
        Cool water keeps on coolin' me
        When the nights are too hot to keep cool
        I keep on dreamin' 'bout a swimmin' pool

        When I'm just too hot to move
        Cool cool water is such a groove
        In a shady spot when I'm layin' down
        Only thing movin' are the ants on the ground

        When I'm thirsty and I reach for a glass
        Cool water tastes like such a gas
        From the mountains on down to the sea
        Cool cool water keeps on coolin' me
        Cool cool water keeps on coolin' me
        Get yourself in that cool cool water now
        Cool cool water keeps on coolin' me
        Cool cool water keeps on coolin' me




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