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Surfs Up

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Tuning: Standard
is played on piano and many of the chords are not "guitar-friendly" ones. 
Gm7/DA diamond necklace played the pawn
Hand in hand some drummed along, oh
Dm7/GTo a handsome man and baton
Gm7/DA blind class aristocracy
Back through the opera glass you see
Dm7/GThe pit and the pendulum drawn
   BbColumGm7nated ruins  F/Cdo  mCi  nD/Co
   G/DCanvass the town and brush the baAckdrop
Are you sD/Aleeping?
Gm7/DHung velvet overtaken me
Dim chandelier awaken me
Dm7/GTo a song dissolved in the dawn
Gm7/DThe music hall a costly bow
The music all is lost for now
Dm7/GTo a muted trumperter swan
   BbColuGm7mnated ruins  F/Cdo  Cmi  D/Cno
   G/DCanvass the town and brush the baAckdrop
Are you D/Asleeping, Brother JohDn?Em7  Gm7/F  D/F#  
   G#6Dove nested towers the hour was
Cm/BbStrike the street quicksilver moon
   G#6Carriage across the fog
Two-Cm/BbStep to lamp lights cellar tune
The Dm7laughs come hard in Gm7Auld CLang FSyne
The Dm7glass was raised, the fired rose
                 Gm7                    CF9add  F  
The fullness of the wine, the dim last toast- ing
Dm7While at port Gm7adieu Cor Fdie
A Dm7choke of grief heart hardened I
Gm7Beyond belief a Cbroken man too Ftough to cry
   G#6Surf's Up
   Cm/BbAboard a tidal wave
   G#6Come about hard and join
The Cm/Bbyoung and often spring you gave
I Ab/Dbheard the word
WonCm7derful thing
A Fm7children's song  Eb/F  Bb  Cm7  
  Fm7A children's Eb/Fsong
Have you Bblistened as they Cm7played
Their Fm7song is Eb/Flove
And the Bbchildren know the Cm7way
  Fm7A children's sCm7ong
Have you Bblistened as they Cm7played
Their Fm7song is lEb/Fove
And the Bbchildren know the Cm7way
A Fm7Child.
arrangement over the D chord that goes A G F# (those are notes, not chords).
It can be played with an inversion of D,  like this one: xx0235, a Dsus4 and
a regular D. That way you have the descending bit on your high e string.

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Surfs Up

by Brian Wilson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gm7/D

Dm7/G

Gm7

F/C

D/C

G/D

D/A

Em7

Gm7/F

D/F#

G#6

Cm/Bb

Dm7

Ab/Db

Cm7

Fm7

Eb/F

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Tuning: Standard

is played on piano and many of the chords are not "guitar-friendly" ones.

Gm7/D

A diamond necklace played the pawn

Hand in hand some drummed along, oh

Dm7/G

To a handsome man and baton

Gm7/D

A blind class aristocracy

Back through the opera glass you see

Dm7/G

The pit and the pendulum drawn

Bb Gm7 F/C C D/C

Columnated ruins do mi no

G/D A

Canvass the town and brush the backdrop

D/A

Are you sleeping?

Gm7/D

Hung velvet overtaken me

Dim chandelier awaken me

Dm7/G

To a song dissolved in the dawn

Gm7/D

The music hall a costly bow

The music all is lost for now

Dm7/G

To a muted trumperter swan

Bb Gm7 F/C C D/C

Columnated ruins do mi no

G/D A

Canvass the town and brush the backdrop

D/A D Em7 Gm7/F D/F#

Are you sleeping, Brother John?

G#6

Dove nested towers the hour was

Cm/Bb

Strike the street quicksilver moon

G#6

Carriage across the fog

Cm/Bb

Two-Step to lamp lights cellar tune

Dm7 Gm7 C F

The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne

Dm7

The glass was raised, the fired rose

Gm7 C F

F9add

The fullness of the wine, the dim last toast- ing

Dm7 Gm7 C F

While at port adieu or die

Dm7

A choke of grief heart hardened I

Gm7 C F

Beyond belief a broken man too tough to cry

G#6

Surf's Up

Cm/Bb

Aboard a tidal wave

G#6

Come about hard and join

Cm/Bb

The young and often spring you gave

Ab/Db

I heard the word

Cm7

Wonderful thing

Fm7 Eb/F Bb Cm7

A children's song

Fm7 Eb/F

A children's song

Bb Cm7

Have you listened as they played

Fm7 Eb/F

Their song is love

Bb Cm7

And the children know the way

Fm7 Cm7

A children's song

Bb Cm7

Have you listened as they played

Fm7 Eb/F

Their song is love

Bb Cm7

And the children know the way

Fm7

A Child.

arrangement over the D chord that goes A G F# (those are notes, not chords).

It can be played with an inversion of D, like this one: xx0235, a Dsus4 and

a regular D. That way you have the descending bit on your high e string.

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