The First Class - Beach Baby

Beach Baby:The First Class.

#13 in UK and #4 in USA in 1974.



INTRO:

C               G               Am              G

Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..

C               G               Am              G

Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..



#1.

C                       G                     Am

Do you remember back in old L.A. (whoa, whoa, whoa.)

                       E                       F

when everybody drove a Chevrolet? (whoa, whoa, whoa.)

                         C

Whatever happened to the boy next door,

    D                         G

the sun-tanned, crew-cut, All-American male?



#2.

C                       G                            Am

Remember dancin' at the High School hop,(whoa, whoa, whoa.)

                            E                      F

the dress I ruined with the soda-pop? (whoa, whoa, whoa.)

                       C

I didn't recognize the girl next door,

    D                        G         G7

the beat up sneakers and the pony-tail.



CHORUS:

C                       F

Beach baby, Beach Baby, give me your hand,

        G                      C

give me somethin' that I can remember.

F                        G       

Just like before, we can walk by the shore, 

           C    G7

in the moonlight.

C                       F

Beach baby, Beach baby, there on the sand,

     G                        C

from July 'till the end of September.

Am                       E                     A

Surfin' was fun, we'd be out in the sun, every day.



#3.

D       G                  A        D

Mmmm, I never thought that it would end.(Ooo,ooo.)

D         G     A           D

Mmmm, and I was everybody's friend.(Ooo, ooo.)

Am

Long hot days..blue sea haze..

                                     D      D7

Juke box plays..but now it's fading awaaaaay...



C               G               Am              G

Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..

C               G               Am              G

Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..



#4.

C                        G                       Am

We couldn't wait for Graduation Day,(whoa, whoa, whoa.)

                            E                     F

We took my car and drove to San Jose.(whoa, whoa, whoa.)

                                    C

That's where you told me that you'd wear my ring..

  D                        G        G7

I guess you don't remember anything.



CHORUS:

C                       F

Beach baby, Beach Baby, give me your hand,

        G                      C

give me somethin' that I can remember.

F                        G       

Just like before, we can walk by the shore, 

           C    G7

in the moonlight.

C                       F

Beach baby, Beach baby, there on the sand,

     G                        C

from July 'till the end of September.

Am                       E                     A

Surfin' was fun, we'd be out in the sun, every day.





C               G               Am              G

Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..

C               G               Am              G

Aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh, aaahhh..





OUTRO:

C                       G

Beach baby, Beach baby..Beach baby, Beach baby..

Am                      G

Beach baby, Beach baby..doo, doo, dood-doo-doo..(OUTRO x7.)





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