On The Beach chords by Randy Newman

Chords with lyrics

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

On The Beach
By Randy Newman
From Dark Matter (2017)
  G+G          Gmaj7Gmaj7
It all began in grammar school
Gm6Gm6        G6G6
And on the beach
G+G         Gmaj7Gmaj7
Everybody graduate
Gm6Gm6
there we were
D MajorD             D7D7
Off we went to junior high
D9D9
there we were
D MajorD      D7D7   Gmaj7Gmaj7   G6G6
Everybody graduate

G+G
Off we went to high school
   G7G7
Except one of us
G7G7
On the beach he was, and there he
C majorC
stayed
     C minorCm
Saw the holy cat, the beginnings of it
G+G    G6G6
Polyurethane
D MajorD             D7D7
Long board, short board, Every board
G+G        E7E7
On the beach, he saw it
A7A7  D7D7   G+G
On the beach

G+G
Roll Willy
E7E7
Roll Willy
A7A7          D7D7
You saw it all, Willy
G+G       D7D7
On the beach
      G+G
Your not a Bum, Willy
    E7E7
Never a bum, Willy
        A7A7      D7D7
But in years to come, Willy
      G+G
T'was in reach

D7D7

G+G       Gmaj7Gmaj7
Some went to college
Gm6Gm6     G6G6
Some went to war
G+G
Some came back crazy
     G7G7
Some where crazy before

G+G      E7E7
Willy saw acid
A7A7
Willy saw fear
D7D7
Willy saw free base
G+G
But Willy's still here

     G+G
On the beach,
     E7E7
On the beach,
A7A7          D7D7
Still on the beach
       G+G
Still on the beach

C majorC          C minorCm
They're building a railroad
G+G     E7E7
Downtown to here that's what they say
A augmentedA           A7A7
They said it sixty years ago
D MajorD           D7D7
But they building it today

G+G
Lifeguard towers
E7E7
you used to live in
A7A7
Coming down man
D7D7         G+G   D7D7
they coming down

G+G
Lifeguard towers
E7E7
well you'd hold fault for hours
     A7A7        D7D7
About the Polyurethane, the holy cat,
    G+G
the old long board and short board too

C majorC         C minorCm
Willy, if it ever rains again
G+G           E7E7
don't sleep under the pier
A7A7
Those 20 foot sets we used to lie about
D MajorD
well they're here now, Willy
D7D7
And they'll take you out

G+G
Roll willy roll
E7E7
you never get old
  A augmentedA          A7A7
You look just like you used to look
   D MajorD      D7D7
a hundred years ago

    G+G
On the beach,
    E7E7
On the beach,
    A7A7        D7D7
Nice to see you Willy,
        G+G
Still on the beach

     G+G
On the beach,
     E7E7
On the beach,
    A7A7       D7D7
Nice to see you Willy,
        G+G
Still on the beach


Chords Transcribed
By John Teti
2020