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"I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"
(Brian Wilson / Tony Asher)
Verse 1:
Bass 1 (electric):
Gm7/Cv v v v Bbadd9v v v v
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Bass 2 (acoustic):
v v v v v v v v
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I keep looking for a place to fit in
Bass 1:
Ab9v v v v Dm7/Gv v v v
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Bass 2:
v v v v v v v v
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Where I can speak my mind
Gm7/CI've been trying hard to Bbadd9find the people
That Ab9I won't leave beDm7/GhindG7-9  
Eb  Eb/F  
They say I got brains
But they Dm7ain't doin' Gm7me no Dm7/Ggood
I wish they couldG7-9  
Cm7  Dm7/ C   Cm7  Dm7/ C(chords implied by BG vocals)
Each time things start to happen again
Cm7  Dm7/ C   Cm7  Dm7/ C  F7  
I think I got something good goin' for myself but what goes wrong
Chorus:
Cm7/ G/ C  F  
Sometimes I feel very sad
Cm7/ G/ C  F  
Sometimes I feel very sad *
Cm7/ G/ C  F  
Sometimes I feel very sad *
Harpsichord and flute:
Eb/ / Ab7+5/ / Dm7/G/ / G7-9/ /
Cm7  Dm7/ C   Cm7   F  Bb/ C/ Bb/ Ab/G  
I guess I just wasn't made for these times
Verse 2:
Every time I get the inspiration
To go change things around
No one wants to help me look for places
Where new things might be found
Where can I turn
When my fair-weather friends cop out
What's it all about
Each time things start to happen again
I think I got something good goin' for myself and what goes wrong
(repeat chorus)
Theremin/winds break (arranged for four guitars):
Bb/F C/D C/D D F/G Eb5
v Bbv v Bbv Bbv G/Av v v top line: theremin
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v v v v v v v v
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v v v v v v v v
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v v v v v v v v
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Theremin solo:
Gm7/C/ / / / Bbadd9/ / / / Ab9/ / / / Dm7/G/ / G7-9/ /
Coda:
Cm7I guess F6I just wCm7asn't made F6for these tCm7imes [2x]
Cm7   F6  Dm7-5/ Ab   G7  Cm7-5/ Gb  
I guess I just wasn't made for these times
(I guess I just wF6asn't made for these times)
Cm7I guess F6I just wCm7asn't made F6for these tCm7imes [repeat; fade]
* according to Mark Linett (Endless Summer Quarterly, 12/94), the
layered vocal parts on these lines are:
(lead vocal): Sometimes I feel very sad
Ain't found the right thing I can put my heart and soul into
People I know don't want to be where I'm at
O quando per e, un dia per e [Italian? Portuguese?]
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