I Just Wasnt Made For These Times

Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:01:08 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: CORRECTION: ./b/beach_boys/*


                  "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"
                      (Brian Wilson / Tony Asher)

Verse 1:

        Bass 1 (electric):

        Gm7/C                    Bbadd9
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -------15----------------|-------15----------------| 
        ----------17-15----15-17-|----------17-15----15-17-| 
        ----------------17-------|---17-----------17-------| 
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 

        Bass 2 (acoustic):
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 
        -3--------------------3--|-1--------------------1--| 
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 

        I keep looking for a place to fit in

        Bass 1:

        Ab9                      Dm7/G
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -------15----------------|-------14----------------| 
        ----------18-16----16-18-|----------17-15----15-17-| 
        ---18-----------18-------|---17-----------17-------| 
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 

        Bass 2:
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 
        -------------------------|-------------------------| 
        -4--------------------4--|-3--------3--3--------3--| 

        Where I can speak my mind

        Gm7/C                   Bbadd9
        I've been trying hard to find the people
            Ab9              Dm7/G  G7-9
        That I won't leave behind

             Eb        Eb/F
        They say I got brains
                 Dm7        Gm7    Dm7/G
        But they ain't doin' me no good
                          G7-9
        I wish they could

        Cm7       Dm7/C           Cm7     Dm7/C (chords implied by BG vocals)
        Each time things start to happen again
        Cm7           Dm7/C          Cm7         Dm7/C               F7
        I think I got something good goin' for myself but what goes wrong

Chorus:

        Cm7/G /C          F
        Sometimes I feel very sad
        Cm7/G /C          F
        Sometimes I feel very sad *
        Cm7/G /C          F
        Sometimes I feel very sad *

        Harpsichord and flute:

        Eb   A7+5  Dm7/G  G7-9
        /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

        Cm7   Dm7/C    Cm7          F        Bb/C /Bb /Ab /G
        I guess I just wasn't made for these times

Verse 2:

        Every time I get the inspiration
        To go change things around
        No one wants to help me look for places
        Where new things might be found
        Where can I turn
        When my fair-weather friends cop out
        What's it all about

        Each time things start to happen again
        I think I got something good goin' for myself and what goes wrong

        (repeat chorus)

Theremin/winds break (arranged for four guitars):

        Bb/F  C/D   C/D    D    F/G   Eb5
           Bb      Bb  Bb   G/A
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v        top line: theremin
        ---6---8---6-8-6-|---15--13---------| 
        -6---------------|-15--------1513---| 
        -----------------|---------------15-| 
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|------------------| 

         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -------0-----0---|---7---5----------| 
        ---3-------3---3-|-7-----------4----| 
        -3---------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|------------------| 

         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|---3---1----------| 
        -----0-------0---|-2----------------| 
        -0-3-------3---3-|-------------1----| 
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|------------------| 

         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|------------------| 
        -----------------|---2---0----------| 
        -------0-----0---|-0-----------1----| 
        ---1-------1---1-|------------------| 
        -1---------------|------------------| 

Theremin solo:

        Gm7/C       Bbadd9        Ab9        Dm7/G   G7-9
         /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Coda:

        Cm7    F6       Cm7        F6         Cm7
        I guess I just wasn't made for these times [2x]

        Cm7     F6    Dm7-5/Ab     G7       Cm7-5/Gb
        I guess I just wasn't made for these times
                         F6
        (I guess I just wasn't made for these times)

        Cm7    F6       Cm7        F6         Cm7
        I guess I just wasn't made for these times [repeat; fade]


* according to Mark Linett (Endless Summer Quarterly, 12/94), the
  layered vocal parts on these lines are:

  (lead vocal):  Sometimes I feel very sad
                 Ain't found the right thing I can put my heart and soul into
                 People I know don't want to be where I'm at
                 O quando per e, un dia per e  [Italian?  Portuguese?]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers