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Part three of Brian's beautiful suite at the end of That's Why God Made the Radio. Really short song, but it 
carries a lot of weight. Conveniently, the capo can be put on the same fret as "From There to Back Again"! 
I struggled to name the parts of the song because it doesn't repeat, but at the end of the "chorus" 
there is a key change into "verse 2" down from D to C. 
In the pre-chorus I have that last chord written as Bm/G rather than Gmaj7 because the important thing about 
that portion of the song is the descending bassline, and it really comes through with this shape on guitar. 
You can use a straight Gmaj7 but it doesn't sound as good to me. I use my thumb for the bass only on Bm/G.
Capo 1
Intro
D
Verse 1
DSometimes I realize my Adays are gettin' onA  Bsus4  C  
CSometimes I realize it's Gtime to move alongG  D/F#  Em7  
             Em7  A9sus4 A  
Then I wanna go home
Pre-chorus
BmSunlight's Bm/Afading and there's Bm/G#not much left to Bm/Gsay
Chorus
GMy D/F#life, I'm Em7better off Dalone
GMy D/F#life, I'm Em7better on my Bbsus2/CownC  
C
Verse 2
              C              G/  D/ E  F  
Driving down Pacific Coast, out on Highway 1
The C/Gset - Gting sun
GoodCbye
Chords
Verse 1
            DX00232
            AX02220
        Bsus4X24400
            CX32010
            G320003
         D/F#2X0232
          Em7022030
A9sus4       5X543X
Pre-chorus/Chorus
           BmX24432
         Bm/AX04432
        Bm/G#4XX432
         Bm/G3X4432
     Bbsus2/CX33322
Verse 2
            F133211
          C/G3X2010
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Pacific Coast Highway

by The Beach Boys

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Bsus4

D/F#

Em7

Bm/A

Bm/G#

Bm/G

Bbsus2/C

C/G

Part three of Brian's beautiful suite at the end of That's Why God Made the Radio. Really short song, but it

carries a lot of weight. Conveniently, the capo can be put on the same fret as "From There to Back Again"!

I struggled to name the parts of the song because it doesn't repeat, but at the end of the "chorus"

there is a key change into "verse 2" down from D to C.

In the pre-chorus I have that last chord written as Bm/G rather than Gmaj7 because the important thing about

that portion of the song is the descending bassline, and it really comes through with this shape on guitar.

You can use a straight Gmaj7 but it doesn't sound as good to me. I use my thumb for the bass only on Bm/G.

Capo 1

Intro

Verse 1

D A A Bsus4 C

Sometimes I realize my days are gettin' on

C G G D/F# Em7

Sometimes I realize it's time to move along

Em7 A A

9sus4

Then I wanna go home

Pre-chorus

Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G

Sunlight's fading and there's not much left to say

Chorus

G D/F# Em7 D

My life, I'm better off alone

G D/F# Em7 Bbsus2/C C

My life, I'm better on my own

Verse 2

C G D E F

/ /

Driving down Pacific Coast, out on Highway 1

C/G G

The set - ting sun

Goodbye

Chords

Verse 1

X00232

X02220

Bsus4

X24400

X32010

320003

D/F#

2X0232

Em7

022030

9sus4 5X543X

Pre-chorus/Chorus

X24432

Bm/A

X04432

Bm/G#

4XX432

Bm/G

3X4432

Bbsus2/C

X33322

Verse 2

133211

C/G

3X2010

Previous song:

From There to Back Again:

Next song:

Summer's Gone

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