WENDY
As recorded by The Beach Boys
(From the 1964 Album ALL SUMMER LONG)
Words and Music by Mike Love & Brian Wilson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Al Jardine - Electric Guitar '
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Wilson - Organ'
Intro
Q=134
Dm G Dm Bb
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-5--------|----------|-5--------|------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-6----|
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| Gtr II
| W W W W
|-5--------|-3--------|-5--------|-6----|
|-6--------|-3--------|-6--------|-6----|
|-7--------|-4--------|-7--------|-7----|
|-7--------|-5--------|-7--------|-8----|
|-5--------|-5--------|-5--------|-8----|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-6----|
N.C. F Gm7
W W W
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|----------|-3--------|-5----||
|----------|----------|------||
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| W W W
|----------|-5--------|-6----||
|----------|-6--------|-8----||
|----------|-5--------|-7----||
|----------|----------|------||
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1st - 3rd Verses
$
F Gm7
/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
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||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
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||--3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|-5---(5)-5-5---(5)-5-5-5-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
||--5-----------------------|-6-----------------------|
||o-6-----------------------|-8-----------------------|
||--5-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
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F Bb
/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3--|
|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-5-----------------------|-6------------------------|
|-6-----------------------|-6------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-7------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
F Bb
/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|
|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-5-----------------------|-6-----------------------|
|-6-----------------------|-6-----------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb A
/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7---(7)-7-7---(7)-7-7-7-|
|-6---(6)-6-6---(6)-6-6-6-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-3-----------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-6-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Dm G
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-5-------------------|-7-------------------|
|-6-------------------|-8-------------------|
|-7-------------------|-7-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Dm Bb
E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-5-------------------|-6--------------------|
|-6-------------------|-6--------------------|
|-7-------------------|-7--------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
To Coda
F Gm7 C7
/1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E E E E +E Q E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------5-(5)-5---5--|
|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|-5-5-5--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q Q Q
|-5-----------------------|-6--------8---------|
|-6-----------------------|-8--------8---------|
|-5-----------------------|-7--------9---------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
1.
F Bb
/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3--||
|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-5-----------------------|-6------------------------||
|-6-----------------------|-6-----------------------o||
|-5-----------------------|-7------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
2.
F
/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
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|-------------------------|-------------------------||
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|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-6---(6)-6-6---(6)-6-6-6-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-5-----------------------|-3-----------------------||
|-6-----------------------|-4-----------------------||
|-5-----------------------|-3-----------------------||
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| Gtr III (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
| W W
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Organ Solo
Dm G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-5-5---5---5--5--5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5-|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-----5---------------|-------7---------------|
|-----6---------------|-------8---------------|
|-----7---------------|-------7---------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
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| |---3---| |---3---|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q +H
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------5---6---|-5---------------------|
|---------7-----------|-----7---7---(7)-------|
|-----5---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
Dm Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-3-3----3---3-3-3---3---3-|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|-------5-----------|-------10-----------------|
|-------6-----------|-------11-----------------|
|-------7-----------|-------10-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |---3---|
| +Q. E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------6---|-5----------------6---8---|
|-(7)-------7-9-----|-----7----7---7---7---9---|
|---------7---------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
F Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3--3-3----3----3-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|--5--5-5--5--5-5----5----5--|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
|--8----------------------|-10-------------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10-------------------------|
|-10----------------------|-10-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
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| |----3----| |----3----|
| H Q Q Q Q. E Q Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10------------10---12---|-13---------13---12---10----|
|-10------------10---12---|-14---------14---12---10----|
|----------10-------------|---------10-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
Gm7 C7 F
/1\ /1\
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
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|-------------------------|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--||-------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5--5-5----5----5-|---------------------||-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
|-10----------------------|-------12------------||-5-----------------------|
|-11----------------------|-------13------------||-6-----------------------|
|-12----------------------|-------12------------||-5-----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|
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| |----3----|
| H Q Q Q H. Q W
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|-12-------12---12---12---|-12------------------||-------------------------|
|-12------------12---10---|--9------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------||-------------------------|
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Gm7
q Q H W W
|------------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|------||
|-3----------|-3--------|-5----||
|------------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|------||
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| q Q H W W
|-5----------|-5--------|-6----||
|-6----------|-6--------|-8----||
|-5----------|-5--------|-7----||
|------------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|------||
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Outro
F Gm7
/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E
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||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
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||--3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|-5---(5)-5-5---(5)-5-5-5-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Q Q H Q Q H
||--5-----------------------|-6-----------------------|
||o-6-----------------------|-8-----------------------|
||--5-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
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/1\ /1\ /1\ /1\
E +E E E +E E E E E +E E E +E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3---||
|-3---(3)-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
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| Q Q H Q Q H 4x
|-5-----------------------|-6-------------------------||
|-6-----------------------|-6------------------------o||
|-5-----------------------|-7-------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths