The Beach Boys

Released: July 29, 1993

Songwriter: Tony Asher Brian Wilson

Producer: Brian Wilson

Two, one, two, top
Top

Let's, let's make one more please, huh?
Brian
Yeah
Why don't we do it short like this?
Let's get to that part second time through way, right?
Guys, hold it, hold it, keep it down one time please
Let's try when we get to that part instead of playing like the quarter note full make it like a stacatto note, bop-bop, bop-bop-bop, bop-bop-bop-bop-bop
Short, everything short
We'd like to try it this way
Somethin's burning up here, I smell something, oh, Kyle what are you doing?
Take it from that spot please
Letter "A" second time
No
No, no
No, no, no, just that spot
That spot
Take it two bars ahead
Two bars ahead
Hey, no, just that one spot, right dad?
No, just that one spot, drrreeew
Brian, do you want those little things on your snare
Try tom tom once, let me hear it right now
Do snare once
That's it, OK, let's, let’s go
OK, let's make it one more
We all could be a little closer in the spots where he's going naauhhh, that little moving part
Alright, let's play it strong, let's go
Move in closer, flutes, at the fade out
One, two
Here we go
One
And also bass clarinet move in a little bit at the fadeout
One, two, one, two, three

We got it, thank you very much
You wanna hear it, come on

I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You’ll never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it

God only knows what I'd be without you

If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

God only knows what I'd be without you

God only knows what I'd be without you

If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

God only knows what I'd be without you

God only knows what I'd be without you
(God only knows what I'd be without you)
God only knows what I'd be without you
(What I'd be without you)
(God only knows what I'd be without you)
(God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you
(What I'd be without you)
(God only knows what I'd be without you)
(God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you
(What I'd be without you)
(God only knows what I'd be without you)
(God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you
(What I'd be without you)
(God only knows what I'd be without you)
(God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you
(What I'd be without you)
(God only knows what I'd be without you)
(God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you
(What I'd be without you)

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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