«Wonderful» [SMILE version]
(Brian Wilson / Van Dyke Parks)
Verse 1:
C# [L.H: B A# G#] B/F# G#m7
She be—longs there left with her liberty
Fm7-5 C#m6 F#m7 B7sus4 B7
Never known as a non-believer
G#m7 C#m7 G#/D# C#/F G#/D# C#/F G#/D#
She laughs and stays in the Won- won-won-wonderful
[L.H: E F# G# A# B]
Verse 2:
C# [L.H: B A# G#] B/F# G#m7
She knew how to gather the forest when
Fm7-5 C#m6 F#m7 B7sus4 B7
God reached softly and moved her body
E/G# Fm7-5 B/F# F#/A#
One golden locket, quite young and loving
E/B C#m E/B C#m
Her mother and father
Verse 3:
Farther down the path was a mystery
Through the recess, the chalk and numbers
A boy bumped into her wonderful
Verse 4:
All fall down and lost in her mystery
Lost it all to a non-believer
And all that’s left is a girl who’s loved by
Her mother and father
Verse 5:
She’ll return in love with her liberty
Just away from the non-believer
She’ll sigh and thank God for wonderful
N.B.: I suspect that this is actually played in D on a harpsichord tuned
Down a semi-tone (i.e., A=415):
D [D C B A] C/G Am7
/ / / / / / / /
F#m7-5 Dm6 Gm7 C7sus4 C7
/ / / / / / / /
Am7 Dm7 A/E D/F# A/E D/F# A/E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[L.H: F G A B C]
D [D C B A] C/G Am7
/ / / / / / / /
F#m7-5 Dm6 Gm7 C7sus4 C7
/ / / / / / / /
F/A F#m7-5 C/G G/B
/ / / / / / / /
F/C Dm F/C Dm
/ / / / / / / /
…but to further confound the issue, it’s in C on the «I Just Wasn’t
Made For These Times» soundtrack:
C [C Bb A G] Bb/F Gm7
/ / / / / / / /
Em7-5 Cm6 Fm7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
/ / / / / / / /
Gm7 Cm7 G/D C/E G/D C/E G/D
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[L.H: Eb F G A Bb]
C [C Bb A G] Bb/F Gm7
/ / / / / / / /
Em7-5 Cm6 Fm7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
/ / / / / / / /
Eb/G Em7-5 Bb/F F/A
/ / / / / / / /
Eb/Bb Cm Eb/Bb Cm
/ / / / / / / /
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
