Chords for The Beach Boys Surf's Up

Tempo:
156.15 bpm
Chords used:

Dm

F

Cm

Eb

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Beach Boys   Surf's Up chords
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The diamond necklace play the pawn and [Dm] a handsome drunk above
[F]
Whoa!
To a handsome man at baton
[Dm] A blind class aristocracy
Back through the opera glass you see
The pit in the [F] pendulum fly
[G] [Dm]
[F] [Gm]
Colonnade [F] ruins die
[C]
[Dm]
[G] Canvas the town and brush [Am] the bad draw
Are you [D] sleeping?
[Dm]
Unvelvet overtaken me
Dim chandelier awakened [D] me
To a song [F] dissolved in the dark
The [Dm]
music of a cosmic vow
The music of his loss [D] from now
To [F] a muted trumpet or [G] so
[Gm] Colonnade [F] ruins die
[C]
[Dm]
[G] Canvas the town and [Am] brush the bad draw
Are [A] you [D] sleeping?
Brother John
[G] [Dm]
[D]
[Ab] Dove nested towers the hour [Eb] was strike
The street quicksilver moon
[Ab] Carriage across the fog
Hug to [Eb]
step to lamplight cellar tune
[Dm] The laughs [D] come [C] hard and [C] all [F] clangs on
The [Dm] glass was raised to fire [C] rose the fullness of the [C] wine
The [Bb] dim last [F] toasting
[Dm]
While at Port-Au [C]-Dieu
[F] A
[Dm]
choke of grief hard hardened I
[Gm] Beyond belief [C] a broken man [F] too tough to cry
[Ab] Surf's up
[Eb]
Lord a tidal wave
[Ab] Come about hard and [Eb] join the young and often spring you gave
I [Ab] heard the word [Cm] wonderful thing
[Fm] A children's [Eb]
song
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Fm] Children
Dancing [Eb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Fm]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Bb]
as [Cm] they complain
[Fm] Their song
[Eb] Is love
[Cm]
[Bb] Children
[Cm] Children Is love [Fm] Children
Children
[Eb] Is love
[Cm] [Bb]
[Cm] [Ab]
[Fm]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[N]
Key:  
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
C
3211
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
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Learn the basic chords of The Beach Boys - (2011 Smile Version) Surfs Up chords, with this master sequence: Eb, Cm, Bb, Cm, Fm, F, Dm and C. A good strategy is to initiate at 78 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 156 BPM. With the song's key of D Minor, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ The diamond necklace play the pawn and [Dm] a handsome drunk above
[F]
Whoa!
To a handsome man at _ baton
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] A blind class _ aristocracy
Back through the opera glass you see
The pit in the [F] pendulum fly
[G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm]
Colonnade _ [F] ruins die
_ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Canvas the town and brush [Am] the bad draw
_ _ Are you [D] _ _ _ sleeping? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ Unvelvet _ overtaken me
Dim _ chandelier awakened [D] me
To a song [F] dissolved in the dark _
The _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
music of a cosmic vow
The music of his loss [D] from now
To [F] a muted trumpet or [G] so _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Colonnade [F] ruins die
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Canvas the town and [Am] brush the bad draw
_ Are [A] you _ _ _ [D] sleeping? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Brother _ _ John
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Dove nested towers the _ hour [Eb] was strike
The street _ quicksilver _ moon
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Carriage across the fog
Hug to [Eb]
step to _ _ lamplight cellar _ tune
[Dm] The laughs [D] come _ [C] hard and _ [C] all _ [F] clangs _ on _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The [Dm] glass was raised to fire [C] rose the fullness of the [C] wine
The [Bb] dim last [F] _ _ _ _ toasting
[Dm] _
_ While at Port-Au [C]-Dieu
_ _ _ _ [F] A _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
choke of grief hard _ hardened I
_ [Gm] Beyond _ belief [C] a broken man [F] too tough to _ _ cry _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Surf's up
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ Lord a tidal wave
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Come about _ hard and [Eb] join the young and often spring you gave
I [Ab] heard the word _ [Cm] _ wonderful _ thing
[Fm] A children's _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
song
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ Children _ _ _
Dancing [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
as [Cm] they _ complain _ _ _
[Fm] Their song _ _ _ _
[Eb] Is love
_ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Children _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ Children Is love _ [Fm] _ Children
_ Children _
_ [Eb] _ _ Is love
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was penned by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks.

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