Chords for Dennis Wilson & Al Jardine Interview by Ida "B" Blackburn 1964.
Tempo:
112.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Eb
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Fm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
You've already met two of the brothers and this is Dennis Wilson who is the drummer and you were doing a magnificent job tonight.
Thank you, not really too well.
I don't feel so good tonight.
Well, I understand you got the Oklahoma bug.
I've got the Oklahoma bug.
Well, I'm sorry about that.
I heard you and Al mentioning a minute ago that there was a, we were talking about a little old lady from Pasadena.
There was an elderly lady in the audience.
Very old lady out there, yes there was.
And that she seemed to enjoy, did she?
This is Al.
She was clapping her hands and playing with it.
Hi, very glad to know you all.
Al, I've got to look at your, Jardine.
Jardine, right.
It's kind of English or French.
Now you're one of the not kin folks in the group, aren't you?
I'm the un-kin.
Were you a friend before you got together?
We all went to school together at the same school, except for Mike.
How did you assemble the group?
Well, one day as we were walking down the street, we [Cm] all bumped heads.
[Db] Well, really, seriously, Dennis got the idea that we should write something about surfing because he was a big avid surfer then.
Very good surfer, I might add.
And, that's quite all right.
[Gb] And Brian having the talent to be able to write [Fm] songs, and Mike got together and wrote some lyrics,
and then we all got together and wrote the songs.
After we met beforehand, for instance in school, Brian and I went to El Camino Coyotes together.
And we all got together at his house one day and [E] did it.
What was the first song that you did?
Surfing.
Surfing.
You're a surfer.
[F] Yes, ma'am.
Well, this is something we don't have much of in Oklahoma.
I know.
We do have a lot of water skiing.
I'm taking up water skiing now.
I just bought a new boat.
I love [Bb] it.
Water skiing in the ocean?
The lakes and the ocean, all around.
Let me ask you something about surfing.
Is it mostly balance?
Three-fourths of it is balance.
And the other quarter is guts.
When you see a wave coming up behind you, unless you have the right mental attitude, you're going to get, what do they call it, wiped out.
Well, what's the first thing [Eb] you do when you want to learn to surf?
Oh, you start going to church.
No.
No.
[G] Oh, I don't know.
I just bought a board and went down to the beach and practiced.
That's all you can do.
There's not much [C] preparing you can do besides [F] wax your board down.
Where do you boys go from here?
Back to Los Angeles.
We get three days off and then we go back to New York.
[Gb] Oh, good.
You're going to be doing some television this fall, I understand now.
[F] We're [Eb] going to do the Ed Sullivan Show on the [Fm] 27th of September.
A really big show.
A really big show.
Right.
[N] And we're looking very much forward to that show.
Fine.
And Europe is in the offing later, I understand?
Around October 19th, I believe.
[Bb] Exactly.
Exactly.
[F] It should be too much.
Well, thanks so much for stopping by.
May I compliment you on your beautiful dress?
It is beautiful.
Thank you.
Is it a gown or a dress?
Well, actually, it's sort of a beach girl [Eb] type.
I like that.
I wanted to be in style [Bm] when I talked to the beach boys.
[Eb] Thank you very much for having us on your program.
Thank you.
[C]
Thank you, not really too well.
I don't feel so good tonight.
Well, I understand you got the Oklahoma bug.
I've got the Oklahoma bug.
Well, I'm sorry about that.
I heard you and Al mentioning a minute ago that there was a, we were talking about a little old lady from Pasadena.
There was an elderly lady in the audience.
Very old lady out there, yes there was.
And that she seemed to enjoy, did she?
This is Al.
She was clapping her hands and playing with it.
Hi, very glad to know you all.
Al, I've got to look at your, Jardine.
Jardine, right.
It's kind of English or French.
Now you're one of the not kin folks in the group, aren't you?
I'm the un-kin.
Were you a friend before you got together?
We all went to school together at the same school, except for Mike.
How did you assemble the group?
Well, one day as we were walking down the street, we [Cm] all bumped heads.
[Db] Well, really, seriously, Dennis got the idea that we should write something about surfing because he was a big avid surfer then.
Very good surfer, I might add.
And, that's quite all right.
[Gb] And Brian having the talent to be able to write [Fm] songs, and Mike got together and wrote some lyrics,
and then we all got together and wrote the songs.
After we met beforehand, for instance in school, Brian and I went to El Camino Coyotes together.
And we all got together at his house one day and [E] did it.
What was the first song that you did?
Surfing.
Surfing.
You're a surfer.
[F] Yes, ma'am.
Well, this is something we don't have much of in Oklahoma.
I know.
We do have a lot of water skiing.
I'm taking up water skiing now.
I just bought a new boat.
I love [Bb] it.
Water skiing in the ocean?
The lakes and the ocean, all around.
Let me ask you something about surfing.
Is it mostly balance?
Three-fourths of it is balance.
And the other quarter is guts.
When you see a wave coming up behind you, unless you have the right mental attitude, you're going to get, what do they call it, wiped out.
Well, what's the first thing [Eb] you do when you want to learn to surf?
Oh, you start going to church.
No.
No.
[G] Oh, I don't know.
I just bought a board and went down to the beach and practiced.
That's all you can do.
There's not much [C] preparing you can do besides [F] wax your board down.
Where do you boys go from here?
Back to Los Angeles.
We get three days off and then we go back to New York.
[Gb] Oh, good.
You're going to be doing some television this fall, I understand now.
[F] We're [Eb] going to do the Ed Sullivan Show on the [Fm] 27th of September.
A really big show.
A really big show.
Right.
[N] And we're looking very much forward to that show.
Fine.
And Europe is in the offing later, I understand?
Around October 19th, I believe.
[Bb] Exactly.
Exactly.
[F] It should be too much.
Well, thanks so much for stopping by.
May I compliment you on your beautiful dress?
It is beautiful.
Thank you.
Is it a gown or a dress?
Well, actually, it's sort of a beach girl [Eb] type.
I like that.
I wanted to be in style [Bm] when I talked to the beach boys.
[Eb] Thank you very much for having us on your program.
Thank you.
[C]
Key:
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You've already met two of the brothers and this is Dennis Wilson who is the drummer and you were doing a magnificent job tonight.
Thank you, not really too well.
I don't feel so good tonight.
Well, I understand you got the Oklahoma bug.
I've got the Oklahoma bug.
Well, I'm sorry about that.
I heard you and Al mentioning a minute ago that there was a, we were talking about a little old lady from Pasadena.
There was an elderly lady in the audience.
Very old lady out there, yes there was.
And that she seemed to enjoy, did she?
This is Al.
She was clapping her hands and playing with it.
Hi, very glad to know you all.
Al, I've got to look at your, Jardine.
Jardine, right.
It's kind of English or French.
Now you're one of the not kin folks in the group, aren't you?
I'm the un-kin.
Were you a friend before you got together?
We all went to school together at the same school, except for Mike.
How did you _ assemble the group?
Well, one day as we were walking down the street, we [Cm] all bumped heads.
_ [Db] _ _ Well, really, seriously, Dennis got the idea that we should write something about surfing because he was a big avid surfer then.
Very good surfer, I might add.
And, that's quite all right.
[Gb] And Brian having the talent to be able to write [Fm] songs, and Mike got together and wrote some lyrics,
and then we all got together and wrote the songs.
After we met beforehand, for instance in school, Brian and I went to El Camino Coyotes together.
And we all got together at his house one day and [E] did it.
What was the first song that you did?
Surfing.
Surfing.
You're a surfer.
[F] Yes, ma'am.
Well, this is something we don't have much of in Oklahoma.
I know.
We do have a lot of water skiing.
I'm taking up water skiing now.
I just bought a new boat.
I love [Bb] it.
Water skiing in the ocean?
_ The lakes and the ocean, all around.
Let me ask you something about surfing.
Is it mostly balance?
_ Three-fourths of it is balance.
And the other quarter is guts.
_ When you see a wave coming up behind you, unless you have the right mental attitude, you're going to get, what do they call it, wiped out.
Well, what's the first thing [Eb] you do when you want to learn to surf?
Oh, you start going to church.
No. _
No.
[G] Oh, I don't know.
I just bought a board and went down to the beach and practiced.
That's all you can do.
There's not much [C] preparing you can do besides [F] wax your board down.
Where do you boys go from here? _
Back to Los Angeles.
We get three days off and then we go back to New York.
[Gb] Oh, good.
You're going to be doing some television this fall, I understand now.
_ [F] We're [Eb] going to do the Ed Sullivan Show on the [Fm] 27th of September.
A really big show.
A really big show.
Right.
[N] And we're looking very much forward to that show.
Fine.
And Europe is in the offing later, I understand?
Around October 19th, I believe.
[Bb] Exactly.
Exactly.
[F] _ It should be too much.
_ Well, thanks so much for stopping by.
May I compliment you on your beautiful dress?
It is beautiful.
Thank you.
Is it a gown or a dress?
Well, actually, it's sort of a beach girl [Eb] type.
I like that.
I wanted to be in style [Bm] when I talked to the beach boys.
[Eb] Thank you very much for having us on your program.
Thank you.
[C] _
Thank you, not really too well.
I don't feel so good tonight.
Well, I understand you got the Oklahoma bug.
I've got the Oklahoma bug.
Well, I'm sorry about that.
I heard you and Al mentioning a minute ago that there was a, we were talking about a little old lady from Pasadena.
There was an elderly lady in the audience.
Very old lady out there, yes there was.
And that she seemed to enjoy, did she?
This is Al.
She was clapping her hands and playing with it.
Hi, very glad to know you all.
Al, I've got to look at your, Jardine.
Jardine, right.
It's kind of English or French.
Now you're one of the not kin folks in the group, aren't you?
I'm the un-kin.
Were you a friend before you got together?
We all went to school together at the same school, except for Mike.
How did you _ assemble the group?
Well, one day as we were walking down the street, we [Cm] all bumped heads.
_ [Db] _ _ Well, really, seriously, Dennis got the idea that we should write something about surfing because he was a big avid surfer then.
Very good surfer, I might add.
And, that's quite all right.
[Gb] And Brian having the talent to be able to write [Fm] songs, and Mike got together and wrote some lyrics,
and then we all got together and wrote the songs.
After we met beforehand, for instance in school, Brian and I went to El Camino Coyotes together.
And we all got together at his house one day and [E] did it.
What was the first song that you did?
Surfing.
Surfing.
You're a surfer.
[F] Yes, ma'am.
Well, this is something we don't have much of in Oklahoma.
I know.
We do have a lot of water skiing.
I'm taking up water skiing now.
I just bought a new boat.
I love [Bb] it.
Water skiing in the ocean?
_ The lakes and the ocean, all around.
Let me ask you something about surfing.
Is it mostly balance?
_ Three-fourths of it is balance.
And the other quarter is guts.
_ When you see a wave coming up behind you, unless you have the right mental attitude, you're going to get, what do they call it, wiped out.
Well, what's the first thing [Eb] you do when you want to learn to surf?
Oh, you start going to church.
No. _
No.
[G] Oh, I don't know.
I just bought a board and went down to the beach and practiced.
That's all you can do.
There's not much [C] preparing you can do besides [F] wax your board down.
Where do you boys go from here? _
Back to Los Angeles.
We get three days off and then we go back to New York.
[Gb] Oh, good.
You're going to be doing some television this fall, I understand now.
_ [F] We're [Eb] going to do the Ed Sullivan Show on the [Fm] 27th of September.
A really big show.
A really big show.
Right.
[N] And we're looking very much forward to that show.
Fine.
And Europe is in the offing later, I understand?
Around October 19th, I believe.
[Bb] Exactly.
Exactly.
[F] _ It should be too much.
_ Well, thanks so much for stopping by.
May I compliment you on your beautiful dress?
It is beautiful.
Thank you.
Is it a gown or a dress?
Well, actually, it's sort of a beach girl [Eb] type.
I like that.
I wanted to be in style [Bm] when I talked to the beach boys.
[Eb] Thank you very much for having us on your program.
Thank you.
[C] _