Tabs
SURF CITY
As recorded by Jan & Dean
(From the 1963 Album SURF CITY)
Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Jan Berry
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
Eb MajorEb 
AbAb 
DbDb 
GbGb 
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Ray Pohlman - Electric Guitar - 1/2 step down'
Intro
Q=146
N.C. 
E MajorE
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. - 1/2 step down)
W W q q q q
|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|-9--9--9--9--|
|----------|----------|-9--9--9--9--|
|----------|----------|-9--9--9--9--|
|----------|----------|-7--7--7--7--|
|----------|----------|-------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
A5A5 
F# minorF#m A5A5
PM------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------||------------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||o-----------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||------------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||------------------|-4-4---4-4---4---|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-4-4---4-4---4---|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-----------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2---2-2---2---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
F# minorF#m A5A5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4---4-4---4---|------------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-----|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-4-4---4-4---4---|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2---2-2---2---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
F# minorF#m 
D5D5 
B minorBm 
G5G5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----7-----7---7-|------------------|
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----7-----7---7-|------------------|
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----7-----7---7-|------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4---|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-9-9---9-9---9---|------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9---9-9---9---|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5--|
|-2-2---2-2---2---|-----------------|-7-7---7-7---7---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Chorus
$
E MajorE A5A5
PM------------------------------|
q q q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-----------------|------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-----------------|------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-----------------|------------------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-------------|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D5D5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
To Coda
A5A5 
C majorC 
FF 
G7G7
PM------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--8------8-----8----|-10------12------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--9------9-----9----|-10------10------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-10-----10----10----|-10------12------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-10-----10----10----|--8------10------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8------8-----8----|-----------------|
3rd Verse
1. 2.
E MajorE A5A5
PM------------|
q q q q E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------|--------------------||-----------------||------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--|-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-o||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--|-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9--||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--|-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9--||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||------------------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-------------|--------------------||-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
F# minorF#m A5A5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4---|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-----|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-2-2---2-2---2---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
F# minorF#m A5A5 F# minorF#m D5D5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-----2-----2---2-|-----------------|-----2-----2---2-|------------------|
|-4-4---4-4---4---|-----------------|-4-4---4-4---4---|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7--|
|-4-4---4-4---4---|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-4-4---4-4---4---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-2-2---2-2---2---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2---2-2---2---|------------------|
B minorBm G5G5 E MajorE
PM------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E q q q q q q q q
|-----7-----7---7-|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----7-----7---7-|-----------------|-9--9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9---|
|-----7-----7---7-|-----------------|-9--9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9---|
|-9-9---9-9---9---|-----------------|-9--9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9---|
|-9-9---9-9---9---|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7---|
|-7-7---7-7---7---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------|--------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
FF G7G7 
C# minorC#m 
F#F# 
G#7G#7
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q
|------------------||-----------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||-10------12------||--9------9-----9---|-11------13-------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||-10------10------||--9------9-----9---|-11------11-------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||-10------12------||-11-----11----11---|-11------13-------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||--8------10------||-11-----11----11---|--9------11-------|
|------------------||-----------------||--9------9-----9---|------------------|
C#5C#5
PM------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-11-11-13-11-11-11-13-11-|-11-11-13-11-11-11-11-11-13-11-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
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E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S S S E MajorE E MajorE 4x
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-11-11-13-11-11-11-13-11-|-11-11-13-11-11-11-11-11-13-11-o||
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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