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 .