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SURFER GIRL
As recorded by The Beach Boys
(From the 1963 Album SURFER GIRL)
Words and Music by Brian Wilson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'David Marks - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=74
D F#m
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
|-3-|
Q E E E Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------2------------2----------|
|----------|-------3------------2----------|
|----------|-------2------------2----------|
|----------|-------------------------------|
|----0-2-4-|-0-----------------------------|
|----------|-------------2-----(2)---(2)---|
| H Q +E +E
|
| Gtr II
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |---3----|
| H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-----2-|
|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2--2--2-----2-|
|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-----2-|
|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4--4--4-----4-|
|----------|-------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|
BmQ Q F#mQ Q GQ Q Q Q AH. Q
|-------2------------2--------|-------3-----------3-----|------------||
|-------3------------2--------|-------3-----------3-----|------------||
|-------4------------2--------|-------4-----------4-----|------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------||
|-2---------------------------|-------------------------|-0----------||
|-------------2-----(2)---0---|-3-----------0-----------|------------||
| H Q +E E H H
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. Q
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2---2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5----------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2--2--2---2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5----------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2--2--2---2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6----------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--4---4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
D H F#m H
||--^2-----------^2-----------|
||o-^3-----------^2-----------|
||--^2-----------^2-----------|
||--^0-----------^4-----------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||o--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||---0-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
G H A H D H D7 H
|-^3-----------^5-----------|-^2-----------^2-------------|
|-^3-----------^5-----------|-^3-----------^1-------------|
|-^4-----------^6-----------|-^2-----------^2-------------|
|-^5-----------^7-----------|-^0-----------^0-------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1---|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G H Gm H
|-^3-----------^3-----------|
|-^3-----------^3-----------|
|-^4-----------^3-----------|
|-^5-----------^5-----------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
D H Bm H G H A H
|-^2-----------^2-----------|-^3-----------^5-----------|
|-^3-----------^3-----------|-^3-----------^5-----------|
|-^2-----------^4-----------|-^4-----------^6-----------|
|-^0-----------^4-----------|-^5-----------^7-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------|---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
1.
D H Bm H
|-^2-----------^2-----------|
|-^3-----------^3-----------|
|-^2-----------^4-----------|
|-^0-----------^4-----------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
2.
G H A H D H G H
|-^3-----------^5------------||-^2-----------^3-----------|
|-^3-----------^5-----------o||-^3-----------^3-----------|
|-^4-----------^6------------||-^2-----------^4-----------|
|-^5-----------^7------------||-^0-----------^5-----------|
|---------------------------o||---------------------------|
|----------------------------||---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-0--||--2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-o||--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2--||--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2--||--0-0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-o||---------------------------|
|----------------------------||---------------------------|
D H D7 H
|-^2-----------^2-----------||
|-^3-----------^1-----------||
|-^2-----------^2-----------||
|-^0-----------^0-----------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-||
|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
Bridge
G A D Bm
PM-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E. S E E E E E. S E E E E E E E E E E
|------3---3---3------5---5---5-|------2---2---2-------2-----|
|------3---3---3------5---5---5-|------3---3---3-----3-------|
|------4---4---4------6---6---6-|------2---2---2---2-----2---|
|-------------------------------|-0------0---0-------------4-|
|-------------------------------|----------------2-----------|
|-3------3---3---5------5---5---|----------------------------|
|
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3--3---3-3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5-|-2--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3---3-3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5-|-3--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-4--4---4-4-4-4-6--6---6-6-6-6-|-2--2---2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5--5---5-5-5-5-7--7---7-7-7-7-|-0--0---0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
G A D D7
PM-------------------------------------------------------------
|--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E. S E E E E E. S E E E E E. S E E E E
|------3---3---3------5---5---5-|-------------------------------|
|------3---3---3------5---5---5-|------7---7---7------7---7-----|
|------4---4---4------6---6---6-|------7---7---7------5---5-----|
|-------------------------------|------7---7---7------7---7-----|
|-------------------------------|-5------5---5---5------5---5---|
|-3------3---3---5------5---5---|-----------------------------5-|
|
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3--3---3-3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5-|-2--2---2-2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3---3-3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5-|-3--3---3-3-3-3-1--1---1-1-1-1-|
|-4--4---4-4-4-4-6--6---6-6-6-6-|-2--2---2-2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
|-5--5---5-5-5-5-7--7---7-7-7-7-|-0--0---0-0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G A
-----------------------------|
|--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E. S E E E E
|------3---3---3------5---5---5---|
|------3---3---3------5---5---5---|
|------4---4---4------6---6---6---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3------3---3---5------5---5-----|
|
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-3--3---3-3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5---|
|-3--3---3-3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5---|
|-4--4---4-4-4-4-6--6---6-6-6-6---|
|-5--5---5-5-5-5-7--7---7-7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
D Bm
PM-----------------------------
|--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E. S E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|------7---7---7------7---7-----|
|------7---7---7------7---7-----|
|------7---7---7------7---7-----|
|-5------5---5---5------5---5-5-|
|-------------------------------|
|
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2--2---2-2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3---3-3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2---2-2-2-2-4--4---4-4-4-4-|
|-0--0---0-0-0-0-4--4---4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
E A A#
-----------------------------|
|--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E. S E E E E E E E E E E E E. S E E E
|-------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---6----6---6---||
|------9---9---9------9---9---9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---6----6---6---||
|------9---9---9------9---9---9-|-6-6-6-6-6-6---7----7---7---||
|------9---9---9------9---9---9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------||
|-7------7---7---7------7---7---|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------6--------6-----||
|
| |--3---| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6--6---6-6-6-||
|-9--9---9-9-9-9-9--9---9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6--6---6-6-6-||
|-9--9---9-9-9-9-9--9---9-9-9-9-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7--7---7-7-7-||
|-9--9---9-9-9-9-9--9---9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8--8---8-8-8-||
|-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7-|----------------------------||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------||
3rd Verse
Eb H Cm H
|--------------^3-----------|
|-^8-----------^4-----------|
|-^8-----------^5-----------|
|-^8-----------^5-----------|
|-^6------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6--------------|
|---------------------------|
Ab H Bb H Eb H Eb7 H
|-^4-----------^6-----------|---------------------------|
|-^4-----------^6-----------|-^8-----------^8-----------|
|-^5-----------^7-----------|-^8-----------^6-----------|
|-^6-----------^8-----------|-^8-----------^8-----------|
|---------------------------|-^6-----------^6-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-|---------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|---------------------------|--6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Ab H Abm H Eb H Cm H Ab H Bb H
|-^4-----------^4-----------|--------------^3-----------|-^4-----------^6----||
|-^4-----------^4-----------|-^8-----------^4-----------|-^4-----------^6----||
|-^5-----------^4-----------|-^8-----------^5-----------|-^5-----------^7----||
|-^6-----------^6-----------|-^8-----------^5-----------|-^6-----------^8----||
|---------------------------|-^6------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6----||
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6----||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7----||
|--6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8----||
|---------------------------|--6-6-6-6-6-6--------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------||
Outro
Eb H Cm H Ab H Bb H
|--------------^3-----------|-^4-----------^6-----------|
|-^8-----------^4-----------|-^4-----------^6-----------|
|-^8-----------^5-----------|-^5-----------^7-----------|
|-^8-----------^5-----------|-^6-----------^8-----------|
|-^6------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6--------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Eb H Cm H
||---------------^3-----------|
||o-^8-----------^4-----------|
||--^8-----------^5-----------|
||--^8-----------^5-----------|
||o-^6------------------------|
||----------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||---8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||---8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||o--6-6-6-6-6-6--------------|
||----------------------------|
Ab H Bb H Eb H Cm H
|-^4-----------^6-----------|--------------^3-----------|
|-^4-----------^6-----------|-^8-----------^4-----------|
|-^5-----------^7-----------|-^8-----------^5-----------|
|-^6-----------^8-----------|-^8-----------^5-----------|
|---------------------------|-^6------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-|---------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------------|--6-6-6-6-6-6--------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Ab H Bb H
|-^4-----------^6------------||
|-^4-----------^6-----------o||
|-^5-----------^7------------||
|-^6-----------^8------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|--4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7--||
|--6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8--||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths