Surf Song chords by Jack Johnson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
N.C.
YO what's up this is G.love comin' at 'ya live out here from
N.C.
California even though I'm Philly born in Brett And i got my man
N.C.
Jack Johnson in the studio today we just got outta surf my
N.C.
man Jack tell 'em what time it is

C# minorC#m F#F# A augmentedA  G#G#

Verse:
C# minorC#m
Sweepin' the floors,

Open up the doors yeah,
F#F#
Turn on the lights, gettin' ready for the night
A augmentedA                           G#G#
Nobody's romancin' 'cuz it's too early for dancin' but here comes

the music
C# minorC#m
bright lights flashin to cover up your lack
F#F#
so many people so many problems so many reasons
A augmentedA
nother round, drink it down
             G#G#
just another night on the town
     C# minorC#m
with the big man, money man better than the other man
F#F#
he got the plan with the million dollars give a damn
A augmentedA
when nobody understands, he'll become a smaller man
  G#G#
the bright lights keep flashin man the women keep on dancin


Chorus:
     C# minorC#m         A augmentedA
with the clowns yeah yeah yeah
          F#F#      G#G#
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah
     C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
          F#F#       G#G#
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah

Verse:
C# minorC#m
The disco ball spinnin all the music and the women and the
F#F#
shots of tequila man the'll say that they need ya
A augmentedA
but what they really need,
     G#G#
is just a little room to breathe
   C# minorC#m                      F#F#
teeny boppin disco queen she barely understands her dreams

of belly button rings and other kids of things
A augmentedA
symbolic of change but the thing that is strange is that the
G#G#
changes occoured and now she's just a part of the


Chorus:
C# minorC#m         A augmentedA
herd yeah yeah yeah
            F#F#     G#G#
man i thought that you heard yeah yeah
       C# minorC#m         A augmentedA
the changes occured yeah yeah yeah
            F#F#     G#G#
man i thought that you heard yeah yeah


Verse:
C# minorC#m
lights out shut down late night wet ground
F#F#
you walk by, look at him but he can't look at you yeah
A augmentedA
you might fell pity but he only feels the ground because
G#G#
you understand moods but he only knows let down
C# minorC#m                F#F#
by the coner there's another one, reachin' out a hand comin
             A augmentedA
from a broken man, well, you try to live,
             G#G#            C# minorC#m A augmentedA
but he's done tryin, not dead but definetly dyin'
           F#F#     G#G#     C# minorC#m A augmentedA
with the rest of the clowns yeah yeah cmon
           F#F#     G#G#
with the rest of the clowns yeah yeah cmon


Solo:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA  F#F# G#G#
C# minorC#m A augmentedA  F#F# G#G#
C# minorC#m A augmentedA  F#F# G#G#
C# minorC#m A augmentedA  F#F#
C# minorC#m A augmentedA  F#F# G#G#
C# minorC#m A augmentedA  F#F# G#G#


Chorus:
     C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
          F#F#       G#G#
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah
     C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
          F#F#       G#G#
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah


Outro:
C# minorC#m
sweepin the floors, open up the doors yeah
F#F#
turn on the lights, gettin ready for the night
A augmentedA                          G#G#
nobody's romancin cuz it's too early for dancin, but here

comes the music