Then I Kissed Her (Cifras)

THEN I KISSED HER: BEACH BOYS (Spector/Greenwich/Barry) (4/4 - 126)

The original recording is in: Db, place a Capo on the 1st Fret.

This song was twice a world wide hit record. First in 1963 as
'Then He Kissed Me', by The Crystals, produced by Phill Spector. 
The Beach Boys's version scored big in 1967. 

To Download the Free (Hobby) Backing Track that I made in the C-key, see further under.

*        : 2nd Guitar, Repeat lick
|./.    |: Repeat previous Measure with Chord of 4-counts

[Intro]

d |   2 3 2|*     |*      *      *      *
a |3       |      |C     |./.   |./.   |./.

[Verse 1]
       *                                                 *      * 
      |C                     |G                         |C     |./.
WELL I WALKED UP TO HER AND I ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED TO DANCE
    *                                                 *      *
   |./.                       |G                     |C     |./.    |
SHE LOOKED AWFUL NICE AND SO I HOPED SHE MIGHT TAKE A CHANCE.

F                 |C              |F                  |C
  WHEN WE DANCED I HELD HER TIGHT.   THEN I WALKED HER HOME THAT NIGHT.
                                                 *          *
   |./.               |G                        |C         |./.
AND ALL THE STARS WERE SHINING BRIGHT AND THEN I KISSED HER.

[Verse 2]
*                                                *     *
C                    |G                         |C    |./.
EACH TIME I SAW HER I COULDN’T WAIT TO SEE HER A-GAIN.
  *                                             *     *
 |./.              |G                          |C    |./.    |  
I WANTED TO LET HER KNOW THAT I WAS MORE THAN A FRIEND.

F                   |C          |F                     |C    
  I DIDN’T KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO.   AND SO I WHISPERED I LOVE YOU.  
                                               *        *
   |./.              |G                       |C       |./.
AND SHE SAID THAT SHE LOVED ME TOO  AND THEN I KISSED HER.

[Chorus]

 |F                           |./.                   |./.    |./.
I KISSED HER IN A WAY THAT I’D NEVER KISSED A GIRL BE-FORE.
                                                            // // // //
 |D                         |D7                     |G7    |G  G7 G6 G7|
I KISSED HER IN A WAY THAT I HOPE SHE LIKED FOR EVER MO- RE.

[Verse 3/Outro]
  *                                                        *     *
 |C                          |G                           |C    |./.
I KNEW THAT SHE WAS MINE SO I GAVE HER ALL THE LOVE THAT I HAD.
     *                                                   *     *
    |./.                   |G                           |C    |./.
THEN ONE DAY SHE’LL TAKE ME HOME TO MEET HER MOM AND HER DAD.

F                    |C           |F                    |C
  THEN I ASKED HER TO BE MY BRIDE.   AND ALWAYS BE RIGHT BY MY SIDE,

 |./.                 |G
I FELT SO HAPPY THAT I ALMOST CRIED,
           *           *              *           *
          |C          |./.           |./.        |./.
AND THEN I KISSED HER.      AND THEN I KISSED HER.
           *          *
          |./.       |C (: Fade Out)
AND THEN I KISSED HER.


Tab by: DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
DAIRYBEAT Originals and Backing Tracks on:
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