"The Little Girl I Once Knew"

Brian Wilson

Intro:

        12-string:

              B/F#               C#
               v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
              -----7---2-------|---1---2---4-----
              -----7---2-------|---2---4---6-----
              -----------------|-----------------
              -----------------|-----------------
              -----------------|-----------------
              -----------------|-----------------

              G#m7               E
               v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
              -----7---2-------|---0---2---4-----
              -----7---4-------|---0---4---5-----
              -----------------|-----------------
              -----------------|-----------------
              -----------------|-----------------
              -----------------|-----------------

        bass:

              B/F#               C#
         v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----|-----------------|-----------------
        -----|-----------------|-----------------
        --(2)|---------------6-|-4-------------6-
        -----|-2---------------|-----------------

              G#m7               E
               v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
              -----------------|-----------------
              -----------------|-----------------
              ---------------2-|---------------2-
              -4---------------|-0---------------

        organ (eighth-note triplets) [2nd time]:

              B/F#                 C#
               v     v   v   v     v     v   v   v
              -14----------------|-13----------------
              ---16--------------|---14--------------
              -----16--%---%---%-|-----13--%---%---%-
              -------------------|-------------------
              -------------------|-------------------
              -------------------|-------------------

              G#m7                 E
               v     v   v   v     v     v   v   v
              -14----------------|-16----------------
              ---16--------------|---17--------------
              -----16--%---%---%-|-----16--%---%---%-
              -------------------|-------------------
              -------------------|-------------------
              -------------------|-------------------

Verse 1:

        G#m7        C#7
        We met when she was younger
        G#m7          C#7
        Then I had no eye for her
        D#m7            G#7
        A few years went by and I saw her
        D#m7          G#7
        Now I'm gonna try for her

        bass:

        (C#)              (F#)
         v   v   v   v     v v v v   v v v v
        -----------------|---------|---------
        -----------------|-4-------|---------
        -4-----4-------4-|---------|---------
        ------------646--|---------|---------
                     ^^^ triplet

        [spoken] Look out, babe

Chorus:

        B              F#7/C#             B
        She's not the little girl I once knew
                        E
        She's not the little girl I once knew
        D              A7/E               D
        She's not the little girl I once knew
                       E/F#
        She's not the little girl I once knew

Verse 2:

        How could I ever have known that
        She'd be what she is today
        And look at how her boyfriend holds her
        I'll be movin' in one day

        bass:

        (C#)              (F#)
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v v v v   v v v v
        -----------------|-----------------|---------|---------
        -----------------|-----------------|-4-------|---------
        -4-----4---------|-6---4---------46|---------|---------
        -----------------|---------4-6-----|---------|---------

        [spoken] Split, man

        (repeat chorus)

Break:

        organ (eighth-note triplets):

         B                             E
         v     v   v   v     v v v v   v     v   v   v     v v v v
        -14----------------|---------|-16----------------|---------
        ---16--------------|---------|---17--------------|---------
        -----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-|-----16--%---%---%-|-%-%-%-%-
        -------------------|---------|-------------------|---------
        -------------------|---------|-------------------|---------
        -------------------|---------|-------------------|---------

        bass (doubled w/saxes):

        B/F#
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-------4---------
        -----4-----4-6-4-|---4-6-----4-6---
        -----------------|-----------------
        -----------------|-----------------

        E                       B
        La-do-day (bow-bow-bow) la-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
        E
        La-do-day (bow-bow-bow)
        D              A7/E               D
        She's not the little girl I once knew
                        G                 D
        She's not the little girl I once knew
                       A7/E               D
        She's not the little girl I once knew
                       E/F#
        She's not the little girl I once knew

        (repeat intro [1X, with organ])

Coda (repeat to fade):

        B              F#7/C#             B
        She's not the little girl I once knew
                        E
        She's not the little girl I once knew

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