Surf Rider chords by Barry Hill

Chords with lyrics

SURF RIDER     B.Hill / G.Crouch (1974)

Intro:  |E minorEm|Em|E minorEm|F#/E|
     |C majorC |C majorC |E minorEm|Em |
     |C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm|Em |
     |C majorC |C majorC |E minorEm|Em |
     |C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm|Em |

     C majorC
Yah! Yah! Yah!
     E minorEm
Yah! Yah! Yah!
     C majorC
Yah! Yah! Yah!
D MajorD
Yah! Yah!
     E minorEm
Yah! Yah! Yah! Surf Rider!
     C majorC
Yah! Yah! Yah!
     E minorEm
Yah! Yah! Yah - ah!
     C majorC
Yah! Yah! Yah!
D MajorD
Yah! Yah! Yah!

Chorus:

E minorEm      F#/E
 Surf Rider!
    C majorC         D MajorD
You are up there riding it,
       E minorEm
Child of the ocean,
   C majorC        D MajorD
This great, beautiful mother of life,
  E minorEm F#/E
The sea
C majorC       D MajorD          E minorEm
Playing in the water just like the dolphin,
C majorC        D MajorD    E minorEm
You and the sea, harmony


Verse 1:

C# minorC#m      D#7D#7    A augmentedA      G#7G#7
  Each subtle movement responded to, balanced
       C# minorC#m  D#7D#7 A augmentedA         G#7G#7
Now you move quickly,  slicing along the tube
A augmentedA                  G#7G#7
 This wave on you is about to break  yet you still slip through.

Chorus:
E minorEm      F#/E
 Surf Rider!
    C majorC         D MajorD
You are up there riding it,
       E minorEm
Child of the ocean,
   C majorC        D MajorD
This great, beautiful mother of life,
  E minorEm F#/E
The sea
C majorC       D MajorD          E minorEm
Playing in the water just like the dolphin,
C majorC        D MajorD    E minorEm
You and the sea, harmony


Verse 2:

C# minorC#m     D#7D#7 A augmentedA        G#7G#7        C# minorC#m  D#7D#7
  Waves of life move within our bodies and we the riders
  A augmentedA         G#7G#7
Respond to the subtle movements
A augmentedA
 Sometimes we lose control
B/A
  Shipwrecked on desolate beaches
A augmentedA
 Waves break above our heads
B/A
  For a moment -
A augmentedA            B/A
 Eternity - we know the grace, skill, and control
  A augmentedA            A#m7-5       E minorEm
And move the waves with the smooth gliding of a bird


Bridge: | E minorEm |(x12)


Solo:  | G+G | Eb MajorEb | C majorC | C majorC |(x4)

Outro:
     C majorC
Yah! Yah! Yah!
     E minorEm
Yah! Yah! Yah!
     C majorC
Yah! Yah! Yah!
D MajorD          E minorEm
Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Surf Rider!

     C majorC
Yah! Yah! Yah!
     E minorEm
Yah! Yah! Yah - ah!
C majorC
Child of the ocean,
E minorEm
Play like the dolphin,
     C majorC
With the sea in harmony
    A/C#A/C#
You are up there riding it.
E minorEm      F#/E
 Surf Rider!