Surfing The Surface Chords & Tabs
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Surfing the surface - Tim Christensen
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Tabbed by: Per Budtz-Jørgensen
Email: budtz38@hotmail.com
Tuning: GGDGBe (tune your low E-string up to G and your A-string down to G)
There is an acoustic and an electric guitar. They play approximately the same in the intro and
verse but different things in the chorus.
INTRO:
G Bbmaj7b5 G Bbmaj7b5
e|-------------|---------0-----|-------------|---------0-----|
B|0------0-----|---1-------1---|0------0-----|---1-------1---|
G|4--5-4-5--4--|2----2-------2-|4--5-4-5--4--|2----2-------2-|
D|5--5-5-5-----|0------0-------|5--5-5-5-----|0------0-------|
G|0--0-0-0-----|3--------------|0--0-0-0-----|3--------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
G G13 G G7
e|-------------|---0---0-----|-------------|--0-3-5-3-|
B|0------0-----|3----3----3--|0------0-----|3---------|
G|4--5-4-5--4--|0------------|4--5-4-5--4--|0---------|
D|5--5-5-5-----|3------------|5--5-5-5-----|3---------|
G|0--0-0-0-----|0------------|0--0-0-0-----|0---------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|
VERSE:
G Cm/G G7 A/g
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|0--------0--------0--------12--------|
D|9--------10-------12-------11--------|
G|7--------8--------10-------9---------|
G|0--------0--------0--------0---------|
G Cm/G G G7 Cm/G G
"You're on your own but you're not alone 'cause I wanna be
A/g Cm/G
e|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------10---------------|
G|12---------------12-9--12-9--12--0---|
D|11---------------11----11-11-11--10--|
G|9----------------9---------------8---|
G|0----------------0---------------0---|
where you are."
G Cm/G G G7 Cm/G G
"I've cried your name a million times today now I wanna be wher-
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tim_christensen/surfing_the_surface_tab.html ]
A/g Cm/G
e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--------------------10---------------|-----------8--10-8----8------|
G|12---------------12-9--12-9--12--9---|0----------9-----9--9-9---0--|
D|11---------------11----11-11-11--11--|10---------10----10---10--10-|
G|9----------------9---------------9---|8----------8--------------8--|
G|0----------------0-------------------|0----------0--------------0--|
ever you are tonight."
G6
e|0------------------0---0-------|
B|3----------------3---3---3-----|
G|4------------------------------|
D|5------------------------------|
G|0------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
CHORUS:
Acoustic guitar
G F(9) Em Eb6 G7 C(sus4) F Eb/Bb
e|3--------3--------3--------3--------1(3*)----0--------1--------3-----------|
B|0--------1--------0--------1--------3--------6--------1--------4-----------|
G|0--------2--------0--------3--------0--------0--------2--------3-----------|
D|0--------3--------2--------1--------0--------5--------3--------5-----------|
G|0-----------------------------------0--------5-----------------3-----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Electric guitar
G F(sus4/c) Em Eb6 G7 C(9sus4) Eb/Bb
e|7(8)-----8(7)-----7--------8--------7--------10-------6--------------------|
B|8--------6--------8--------8--------6--------8--------4--------------------|
G|7--------5--------9--------8--------7--------10-------3--------------------|
D|0--------7--------9--------8--------0--------8--------5--------------------|
G|0--------5--------0--------8--------0-----------------3--------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
* hammer on/pull off ad lib. to notes in parenthesis
G F
"Surfing the surface without no lights on,
Em Eb6
I don't wanna be there when they turn the lights on.
G7 C (electric guitar with rhytm fig. 1)
I don't wanna cry your name,
G7 C (electric guitar with rhytm fig. 1)
I don't wanna be ashamed.
G F Eb/Bb (both guitars with rhytm fig. 2)
Trust and believe in me and let it all remain...
Rhytm fig. 1:
C(9sus4)
e|10--10-10-10-8---------|
B|8---8--8-------11-10-8-|
G|10--10-10--------------|
D|8---8--8---------------|
G|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
Rhytm fig. 2
Eb/Bb
e|6-----5-----6-5-3-----5-3----|
B|4-----4-----------6-4--------|
G|3-----3----------------------|
D|5-----5----------------------|
G|3-----3----------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
(repeat intro)
...the same."
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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