Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Einstein Was A augmentedA Surfer
Written by Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally
Recorded by Jimmy Buffett 2013
Album: Songs from St. Somewhere
Capo on 3
Intro:
|G+G / D MajorD C majorC |G+G / D MajorD C majorC |G+G / D MajorD C majorC |A minorAm /G / | x 2
Verse:
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD
There's a photo of a ge- nius, standing by the o- cean
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With a pea coat and a cool hat in 19- 43
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On a beach in Santa Bar- bara, he's looking quite con- tent- ed
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His world is only mat- ter and energy
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Past the Channel Is- lands out into the cos- mos
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There are worlds in mo- tion that only he can see
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He's smiling as he's think- ing, the harbor lights are blink- ing
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He's the smartest cookie ever was, ever will be
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Einstein was a surfer
A minorAm G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
There really is no doubt
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?eCause the universe was his home break
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And we're still all paddlin' out
Solo:
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Verse:
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On an iceberg off New- found- land, a lyric sits half- froz- en
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Waiting for a com- et to crash into the sea
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It's drifting towards the trop- ics and melting into top- ics
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Fills the sea with answers that have always worked for me
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Bass notes from the cha- sm at speeds that we can't fath- om
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Music is the language of the near and distant stars
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Black holes humming B- flat, heard only by street cats
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Astronauts in orbit and singers in the bars
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Einstein was a sailor
A minorAm G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD
With a uni- versal song
C majorC G+G
His sails were tight, his course was right
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So let's just all cruise a- long
Solo:
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|G+G / D MajorD C majorC |G+G / D MajorD C majorC |G+G / D MajorD C majorC |A minorAm /G / |
Bridge:
Dm7Dm7 A minorAm G+G A minorAm Dm7Dm7 A minorAm G+G
Order to dis- order, it's the way we all fly
Dm7Dm7 A minorAm G+G E minor 7Em7 C majorC Dm7Dm7 A minorAm FF
Light speed is all you need to pass the future by
Solo:
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|G+G / DC|G+G / DC|G+G / DC|A minorAm /G / |
Verse:
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There's a YouTube of a ge- nius, gliding over liq- uid
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Sultan of the short board in two thousand and ten
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He looks like Valen- tin- o moving like neu- tri- nos
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To the oceans in the heavens, where no wave rider's been
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Einstein was a surfer
A minorAm D MajorD
Who found the perfect break
C majorC G+G
Where the strings of time meet the final chime
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It's the path all surf- ers take
Outro:
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