«Please Let Me Wonder»
(Brian Wilson / Mike Love)
Intro:
(guitar doubled w/piano):
V v
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(wordless vocals enter)
F Gm7
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(guitar doubled w/piano and bass):
C7 F
V v v v v
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F Gm7 C7
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Verse 1:
F [Fmaj7] F7 [2: Fmaj7 implied by harmonies]
Now here we are together
Bb C7
This would have been worth waiting forever
F Dm7 Gm7 C7 [1: w/intro riff]
I always knew it’d feel this way
F [Fmaj7] F7 [2: Fmaj7 implied by harmonies]
And please forgive my shaking
Bb Gm A7
Can’t you tell my heart is breaking
Dm Dm/maj7 Dm7 Am Bb
Can’t make myself say what I plan to say
Chorus:
Gm7/C F [harmonies imply F9]
(Baby, please let me wonder)
D7
If I’ve been the one you love
(please let me wonder)
Gm7 Gm7/C
If I’m who you’re dreaming of
(please let me wonder…
[1, 2: Fmaj7 Gm7/C]
[3, 4: Cm7/F Fmaj7]
…love) [3: (spoken) I love you]
Verse 2:
I built all my goals around you
That someday my love would surround you
You’ll never know what we’ve been through
For so long I’ve thought about it
And now I just can’t live without it
This beautiful image I have of you
Instrumental break (organ and guitar):
A7 Dm
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A7 Dm
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Dm7/G G7
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Gm7/C
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[repeat chorus to fade (instrumental on repeat)]
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
