Surfing With A Spoon tab by Midnight Oil

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
e|---12-----12--------|---11-------11-----|---------9-----------|
B|------9-------9-----|------9--------9---|------10-----10------|
G|--------9-------9---|--------9--------9-|----9-----------9----|
D|------------------9-|-------------------|-11---------------11-|
A|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|


e|----------------------|--------12-------|---11-------11-----|
B|----------------------|-----9-----9-----|------9--------9---|
G|-------9-------9------|-----9--------9--|--------9--------9-|etc..
D|----11------11-----11-|----9------------|-------------------|
A|-12------11------9----|-7---------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------|-------------------|

intro repeats eight times until it finishes on chords  E   D   C   Bb
played like:
e|------------------------|
B|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
G|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
D|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

Verse 1:
e|-----7---7---7---7---7---|
B|------8---8---8---8---8--|
G|-------9---9---9---9---9-|
D|-------------------------|
A|---10--------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Between lines is
this riff (Played by Bear):
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

While this bass riff is played I think Martin plays harmonic slashes but it could be Jim on Keys

e|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

e|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|


The chorus may be incorrect but it sounds alright

Em
Working in the city from nine to five
D G
  Traffic on the highway gonna blow my mind
D C
  Surfing with a spoon all the rest of the time
D   Bm            D(5th Fret)   E(7th Fret)
Oh yeah, all the rest of the time

Post Chorus Fill (Bass riff played through 4 times while harmonics played on top)
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

Martin (Harmonics):
e|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

e|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

e|-----5-----------|-------------------|
B|-----5-----------|-------------------|
G|-----5-----------|-------------------|
D|-----5-----------|-------------------|
A|-----5-----------|-------------------|
E|-----5-----------|-------------------|

e|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

Verse 2:
e|-----7---7---7---7---7---|
B|------8---8---8---8---8--|
G|-------9---9---9---9---9-|
D|-------------------------|
A|---10--------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Bass Riff (Between Lines)
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

Martin (Harmonics)
e|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

e|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

Chorus 2:
Em
Working in the city from nine to five
D G
  Traffic on the highway gonna blow my mind
D C
  Surfing with a spoon all the rest of the time
D   Bm            D(5th Fret)   E(7th Fret)
Oh yeah, all the rest of the time

The Bass riff is then played on guitar like this four times
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0----5-2------|
E|--0--------------|--------3----------|


First Guitar Solo is all Harmonics (b indicates bend behind nut)

e|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|--12-----------12--|--7------------7--|--5-----------5--|--7b~~~~~~~----|
D|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|

e|--12---------------|--7---------------|------------------|
B|------12-----------|-----7------------|------------------|
G|----------12-------|--------7---------|--5b~~~-~~~5~--7--|
D|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|------------------|


Then Martin plays harmonic slashes across the 12th, 7th, 5th and 9th
frets - I haven't worked in exactly what order!

Then we get to the "Merry Go Round" keyboard bit

Second Solo
e|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|--------2---2-3-2-|-3/5-5-3-5---5-3-|-5------7-5-7--|
G|0-0h2--------------|--4-2-4---4-------|-----------------|---~~~~~~~-----|
D|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|

e|-------------------|------------------|--------------12-|
B|-8-7-8----10-8-10--|-10-8-10/12--10-12|10-10-12-10-12b--|
G|-------------------|------------------|----~~~-~~~-~----| The next bit is some insane shredding I couldn't
D|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| figure out for the life of me.
A|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|

After shredding it goes (x3)
e|-------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|--2h4-2------------|---------2--------|
D|--------4-2--------|-----2-4---4-2----|
A|-------------------|-2h4--------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|

Then (x1)
e|-------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------/13--|
G|-4-2-4-6-4-6-7-6-7-|-7/9-7-9----------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|
Then back to the last verse and chorus, and finishes on the E D C Bb
chords like in the intro.

Guitar Riff (x4)
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0----5-2------|
E|--0--------------|--------3----------|

Verse 3:
e|-----7---7---7---7---7---|
B|------8---8---8---8---8--|
G|-------9---9---9---9---9-|
D|-------------------------|
A|---10--------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Bass Riff (Between Lines)
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

Martin (Harmonics)
e|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

e|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

Chorus 3:
Em
Working in the city from nine to five
D G
  Traffic on the highway gonna blow my mind
D C
  Surfing with a spoon all the rest of the time
D   Bm            D(5th Fret)   E(7th Fret)
Oh yeah, all the rest of the time

Guitar Riff (x3)
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0----5-2------|
E|--0--------------|--------3----------|

Closing
e|------------------------|
B|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
G|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
D|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|



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| ~  Vibrato
| /  Slide up
| h  Hammer-on
| b  Bend

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