Beach Boys - County Fair

tabbed by : billy
email : ngamer9@gmail . com

from the first beach boys album , “surfin’ safari” . pretty easy song , but the vocal
melody is nice . the song is in G , with the chord progression i , vi , iv , v . so G
major , Em , C , D , like so :

G
this time each year in our hometown

Em
the county fair comes our way

C D
where the folks gather round to be happy and spend their day

and that chord progression is used the entire song . at the very end , “yeah the big
strong guy knocked the bell in the sky” , it just bounces back between G major and E minor
every two measures .

the guitar lick played occasionally ( intro of the song and before verses come in ) is the
4th , 3rd , and 2nd of the scale , so :

E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – 3 – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – 7 – 7 – – – – – 5 – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

for bassists ( or guitarists too , i guess ) that want to walk the bassline and play as
brian does in the song :

G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 – 9 – 5 – – – 5 – 9 – 5 – – – – – – 2 – 5 – 2 – – – 2 – 5 – 2 – – – – – 4 – 7 – 4 – – – 4 – 7 – 4 – – – – |
A | – – – 2 – 5 – 2 – – – 2 – 5 – 2 – – – 7 – – – – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

which is just the standard 1st , 3rd , and 5th of each chord . doubling each to play it as
8th notes would sound great here .

and that’s it! very simple song , but a fun one nonetheless .