On The Beach chords by Randy Newman

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

On The Beach
By Randy Newman
From Dark Matter (2017)
    G                    Gmaj7
It all began in grammar school
Gm6               G6
And on the beach
G                 Gmaj7
Everybody graduate
Gm6
there we were
D                          D7
Off we went to junior high
D9
there we were
D           D7      Gmaj7     G6
Everybody graduate

G
Off we went to high school
      G7
Except one of us
G7
On the beach he was, and there he
C
stayed
         Cm
Saw the holy cat, the beginnings of it
G       G6
Polyurethane
D                         D7
Long board, short board, Every board
G               E7
On the beach, he saw it
A7    D7     G
On the beach

G
Roll Willy
E7
Roll Willy
A7                   D7
You saw it all, Willy
G             D7
On the beach
           G
Your not a Bum, Willy
        E7
Never a bum, Willy
                A7            D7
But in years to come, Willy
           G
T'was in reach

D7

G             Gmaj7
Some went to college
Gm6          G6
Some went to war
G
Some came back crazy
          G7
Some where crazy before

G           E7
Willy saw acid
A7
Willy saw fear
D7
Willy saw free base
G
But Willy's still here

          G
On the beach,
         E7
On the beach,
A7                    D7
Still on the beach
              G
Still on the beach

C                   Cm
They're building a railroad
G          E7
Downtown to here that's what they say
A                     A7
They said it sixty years ago
D                      D7
But they building it today

G
Lifeguard towers
E7
you used to live in
A7
Coming down man
D7                 G      D7
they coming down

G
Lifeguard towers
E7
well you'd hold fault for hours
          A7               D7
About the Polyurethane, the holy cat,
       G
the old long board and short board too

C                 Cm
Willy, if it ever rains again
G                      E7
don't sleep under the pier
A7
Those 20 foot sets we used to lie about
D
well they're here now, Willy
D7
And they'll take you out

G
Roll willy roll
E7
you never get old
    A                    A7
You look just like you used to look
     D           D7
a hundred years ago

        G
On the beach,
        E7
On the beach,
       A7               D7
Nice to see you Willy,
               G
Still on the beach

         G
On the beach,
         E7
On the beach,
        A7             D7
Nice to see you Willy,
                G
Still on the beach


Chords Transcribed
By John Teti
2020