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The Beach Boys piano songs

32 songs by The Beach Boys, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as pop piano, rock piano and ballad piano.

Every The Beach Boys song

How The Beach Boys is played

Questions about The Beach Boys on piano

What are the easiest The Beach Boys songs to play on piano?

Start with God Only Knows, Sloop John B and Caroline, No: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are The Beach Boys songs in?

Most often C major, F major and Eb major.

Which chord progressions do The Beach Boys songs use?

ii–V7–ii–V7, I–IV–I–IV and IV–I–ii–I come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.