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Surf City Tab by Jan And Dean

Surf City tab by Jan And Dean

Guitar Tab

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 Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Ray Pohlman - Electric Guitar - 1/2 step down'


 Intro
  Q=146
  N.C.                  E
 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
                      A5                F#m               A5
                      PM------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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#m               A5
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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#m               D5                Bm                G5
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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                                A5
                                   PM------------------------------|
  q  q  q  q    E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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--|


                                      D5
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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
  A5                                  C                    F       G7
  PM------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E  E Q   E E     E E Q   E 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                                                      A5
                                                         PM------------|
  q  q  q  q    E E E E +E  E E E     E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E 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#m               A5
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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#m               A5                F#m               D5
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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---|------------------|


  Bm                G5                E
  PM------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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 &
                      F       G7         C#m                 F#      G#7
  E E E E E E E E      E E Q   E E Q      E E E  E Q   E E    E E Q   E 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#5
   PM------------------------------------------------------
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  S  S  S  S  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-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-|


 --------------------------------------------------------|
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  S  S  S  S  E  E  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
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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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