Surfing the Surface Tim Christensen
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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-
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
"S[G]urfing the surface with[F]out no lights on,
I d[Em]on't wanna be there when they [Eb6]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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