The Beach Boys & Jan and Dean Surf City Chords

Tempo:
149.55 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Eb

Gb

Fm

Dbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Beach Boys & Jan and Dean Surf City chords
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To build for
[Bb] [Eb] everybody
[Ab]
Mercadium, you know it's not very cherry
It's an oldie but a goodie
[Fm] Mercadium, [Dbm] you know it ain't got a fancy [Bbm] door or a window
[Gb] But it still gets me where I [Eb] wanna go
[Ab] And the corn strikes in, the little ones
The corn strikes in, the corn strikes in
And the [Db] corn strikes in, the little ones
The [Ab] corn strikes in, the corn strikes in
[B] To build for [Eb] everybody
See, [Ab] they're my only piece of gum
There's always something growing
Mercadium, you know they're eating around the circle
But when they got a bark growing
[Fm] Mercadium, I [Dbm] will stop saying
I'm not a money [Bbm]-scoring guy
[Gb] And all you gotta do [Eb] is just wait, yeah
[Ab] Mercadium, you know you can't sit there
And say, [Db] here you go, here you go
Here you go, here [Ab] you go
Mercadium, you know it's not very cherry
It's an oldie [B] but a goodie
[Gb] [Eb] And when [Ab] my money breaks down
I'll be somewhere on the surface
Mercadium, I got my board and my magnets
I'm riding my whip soon
And [Fm]
[Dbm] when I dance, see me, [Bb] I'll be sleeping through the night
[Gb] And checking out the parties [Eb] for a super good
[Ab] And the water's in the room
Just take one and something
[Db] And the water's in the room
[Ab] Just take one and something
You [B] got two girls for every
[C] Two girls [F] for
[C] every bar
Key:  
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
Fm
123111111
Dbm
13421114
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
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To learn Jan & Dean - Surf City chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Ab, Db, Ab, B, Eb, Ab, Gb and Eb in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 74 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 150. Considering the song's key of Ab Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ To build for _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] everybody _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mercadium, you know it's not very cherry
It's an oldie but a goodie
_ _ [Fm] Mercadium, _ [Dbm] you know it ain't got a fancy [Bbm] door or a window
_ [Gb] But it still gets me where I [Eb] wanna _ _ _ go
[Ab] And the corn strikes in, the little ones
The corn strikes in, the corn strikes in
And the [Db] corn strikes in, the little ones
The [Ab] corn strikes in, the corn strikes in
_ [B] To build _ for _ _ [Eb] everybody _
_ See, _ _ _ [Ab] they're my only piece of gum
There's always something growing _
_ _ _ Mercadium, you know they're eating around the circle
But when they got a bark growing _
_ _ [Fm] _ Mercadium, I [Dbm] will stop saying
I'm not a money [Bbm]-scoring guy
_ [Gb] And all you gotta do [Eb] is just wait, yeah _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ Mercadium, you know you can't sit there
And say, [Db] here you go, here you go
Here you go, here [Ab] you go
_ _ Mercadium, you know it's not very cherry
It's an oldie [B] but a goodie _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ And when [Ab] my money breaks down
I'll be somewhere on the surface
_ _ _ Mercadium, _ I got my board and my magnets
I'm riding my whip soon
And _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Dbm] when I dance, see me, [Bb] I'll be sleeping through the night
[Gb] And checking out the parties [Eb] for a super good _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] And the water's in the room
_ Just take one and something
[Db] And _ the _ water's in the room
_ [Ab] Just take one and something
You [B] got two girls for every
[C] Two _ girls [F] for _
[C] every _ bar _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry.

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