This guitar lesson shows how to play California Girls by the Beach Boys. If you have any questions please message me. I have just created a new website with all my 50 guitar videos on it ( lessons and performance ). Here it is: http://bobsguitarlesso

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Hi, I am Bob from Toronto, Canada. This guitar lesson is about how to play “California Girls” by the Beach Boys. Start with something preposition, The top string B, that is E. [Demonstration] And then its B. [Demonstration] And you play this notes E, E#, B, C#, and you get. [Demonstration] E, B, E, E#, B, C#, [Demonstration] Do that four times and move it down to the fifth preposition. An A little to the top, [Demonstration] D, A, then you put the notes D, C#, A, C# for the bass line. You want to throw it in to the VII fret top string. [Demonstration] F#, G#, F#, [Demonstration] Do the chords for the Verse are B, [Demonstration] And it is A with the B bass line. [Demonstration] And the way you play that chord is second string, V fret; third string, VI fret; fourth string, II fret and the top string, VII fret. [Demonstration] And then it is E. [Demonstration] And then it is F#. [Demonstration] Then you are going to add the -- the way you do that is the second string, IV fret. Do it right there. [Demonstration] And just lift your finger, pinkie finger. [Demonstration] Once again, first beat. [Demonstration] A/B, [Demonstration] E, [Demonstration] F#, [Demonstration] For the Chorus is B, [Demonstration] C#m7, [Demonstration] A. [Demonstration] Em7. [Demonstration] G, [Demonstration] Am7. [Demonstration] And B, [Demonstration] And then we repeat the Verse again. Now to get the notes in the keyboard notes, [Demonstration] You want to throw in as well. Let us play that the VII fret, top string. [Demonstration] Second string; VII fret and IX fret, [Demonstration] So once again, [Demonstration] And then it is at the top bottom string IX fret. [Demonstration] And the same two notes on the second string. [Demonstration] So once again, [Demonstration] And the song repeats and fades with the following chords B, [Demonstration] C#m7, [Demonstration] And so on. I hope this lesson has been helpful and if you have any questions. Please message me.