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SURF CITY (Bassline)
As recorded by Jan & Dean
(From the 1963 Album SURF CITY)
Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Jan Berry
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bill Pitman - Bass / 1/2 step down'
Intro
Q=146
4/4
Gtr I (1/2 step down)
Q +E E Q +E e Q +E E E E Q Q. E Q E E
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------------|----------5------|---------------|
|-3--(3)-3----------|-----------------|--------2----2-|
|----------3--(3)-3-|-1--(1)-1-----3--|-0----0--------|
1st & 2nd Verses
Q E E Q Q Q E E +Q Q Q +E E Q E E Q E E +Q E E
|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2----2-------||o----------------|-4--(4)-4----4---|------------------|
|--------2-----||o----------------|----------4----2-|------------------|
|-----------0--||--5--5-5-(5)--5--|-----------------|-5--5-5-(5)--5-5--|
+Q E E +Q +E E Q E E +Q Q Q +E E Q Q Q E E +Q Q
|---------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|-4--(4)-4----4--|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|----------4-----|-----------------|
|-(5)--5-5-(5)--(5)-5-|-5--5-5-(5)--5--|----------------|-5--5-5-(5)--5---|
Q +E E Q +E e Q E E +Q Q Q +E E Q E E Q E E +Q Q
|-------------------|----------------|---------------2-|-----------------|
|-4--(4)-4----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------4--(4)-4-|-5--5-5-(5)--5--|-2--(2)-2----2---|-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------2------|-3--3-3-(3)--3---|
Chorus
$
Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q E E Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|----------4-----|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-2--(2)-2-------|-2--(2)-2----2---||-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------2--|----------2----2-||-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-5--5-5-(5)--5-5-|-(5)--5-5-(5)--5-5--|
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q Q
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-5--5-5-(5)--5-5-|-(5)--5-5-(5)--5---|
|-(5)--5-5-(5)--5-5-|-(5)--5-5-(5)--5--|-----------------|-------------------|
To Coda
Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|------------------|----0--------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------2-----|-3------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3--------3--|--------------|
|-5--5-5-(5)--5-5-|-(5)--5-5-(5)--5--|-------------|----1--3--3---|
1. 2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------||----------4--||
|-------------|-------------o||-2--4--6-----||
|-------2-----|-------2-----o||-------------||
|-0--4-----4--|-0--4-----0---||-------------||
3rd Verse
Q E E +Q Q Q +E E Q Q Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-4--(4)-4----4--|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------4-----|-----------------|---------------7----|
|-5--5-5-(5)--5--|----------------|-5--5-5-(5)--5-5-|-(5)--5-5-(5)----5--|
Q E E +Q Q Q +E E Q +E e Q E E +Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-4--(4)-4----------|----------------|
|----------------|----------4--(4)-4-|----------------|
|-5--5-5-(5)--5--|-------------------|-5--5-5-(5)--5--|
Q +E E Q +E e Q E E +Q Q Q +E E Q +E e
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-4--(4)-4----------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------4--(4)-4-|-5--5-5-(5)--5--|-2--(2)-2----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------2--(2)-2-|
D.S. al Coda
Q E E +Q Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|----------------|----------4-----|----------------|---------------||
|----------------|-2--(2)-2-------|-2--(2)-2----2--|-2----2----2---||
|----------------|-------------2--|----------2-----|--------2------||
|-3--3-3-(3)--3--|----------------|----------------|---------------||
Outro
&
e e E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------||-------------|-------------|
|-----3---------||-------3--6--|-------------|
|---3-----------||-4--6--------|-------------|
|-1-------3--3--||-------------|-2--2--4--4--|
Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q Q 4x
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-4--4-4-(4)--4-4-|-(4)--4-4-(4)--4--||o-4--4-4-(4)--4-4-|-(4)--4-4-(4)--4--o||
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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