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SURFIN' USA
 
As recorded by The Beach Boys
(From the 1963 Album SURFIN' USA)
 
 
Words by Brian Wilson
Music by Chuck Berry
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=160
  Eb7
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|-11-11-11-11-11----11-11-|
|-----------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--------12-12-13-|-12-12-12-13-12-12-12-13-|
|--------13-------|----------------13-------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                  W
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
 
 
                  1st & 3rd Verses
                   Bb7
   E E Q  H        E E  E E E E  E E
|-11-----------||--------------------|
|-11-----------||o-------------------|
|-12-----------||--------------------|
|--------------||--------------------|
|--------------||o-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|--------------||--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|
|  E E Q  H        E E  E E E E  E E
|--6-----------||--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|--8-----------||o-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|--6-----------||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|
|--8-----------||--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|--6-----------||o-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|
|--------------||--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
 
 
                Eb7                               Bb7
  E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-----------|--------------------|
|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-6-----------|-------------------|-------------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|
| E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E
|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-6-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-7-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--|
|-8-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--|
|-6-----------|-------------------|-------------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
 
 
                Eb7                               Ab
  E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H      E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-----------|------------------|
|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6--|
|-6-----------|-------------------|-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|
| E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H      E E E E E E E E
|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-6-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-7-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-8-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-----------|-------------------|-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
 
 
  Ab            Eb                                Bb7
  E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-----------|--------------------|
|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-4-----------|-------------------|-------------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|
| E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E
|-4-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-4-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-5-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--|
|-6-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--|
|-4-----------|-------------------|-------------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
 
 
                                                        2nd & 4th Verses
  Ab            Eb                                       Bb7
  E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E    E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-------------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----5---6-6-5----|
|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-||-------8-------8--|
|-4-----------|-------------------|-------------------||-6----------------|
|
| E E Q  H      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-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-4-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-5-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-6-----------|-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--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-4-----------|-------------------|-------------------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
 
 
                    Eb                                  Bb7
  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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----5---6-6-5---|-----5---6-6-5---|------------------|
|-----5---6-6-5---|-------8-------8-|-------8-------8-|-----5---6-6-5----|
|-------8-------8-|-6---------------|-6---------------|-------8-------8--|
|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-6----------------|
|
| 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 E E
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
 
 
                    Eb                                  Ab
  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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6---7---6----|
|-----------------|-----5---6-6-5---|-----5---6-6-5---|-------8-------8--|
|-----5---6-6-5---|-------8-------8-|-------8-------8-|-6----------------|
|-------8-------8-|-6---------------|-6---------------|------------------|
|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| 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 E E
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
 
 
                    Eb                                      Bb7
  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  E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----6---7---6---|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------8-------8-|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-6---------------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|--------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|
| 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  E E
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------------|-------------------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
 
 
                                   1.              2.
  Ab            Eb
  E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H        E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------|-------------------|--------------||--------------------||
|-------------|-------------------|-------------o||--------------------||
|-------------|-------------------|--------------||--------------------||
|-------------|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8------------||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||
|-6-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-----------o||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--||
|-4-----------|-------------------|--------------||--------------------||
|
| E E Q  H      E E  E E E E  E E   E E Q  H        E E  E E E E  E E
|-4-----------|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6------------||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--||
|-4-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8-----------o||-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--||
|-5-----------|-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8-|-8------------||-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--||
|-6-----------|-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-----------o||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--||
|-4-----------|-------------------|--------------||--------------------||
 
 
 Organ Solo
  Bb7                                 Eb
  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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---6-6-5---|-----5---6-6-5----|
|-----5---6-6-5---|-----5---6-6-5---|-------8-------8-|-------8-------8--|
|-------8-------8-|-------8-------8-|-6---------------|-6----------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| 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 E E
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
  Bb7
  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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---6-6-5---|-----5-----8-8-8--||
|-----5---6-6-5---|-----5---6-6-5---|-------8-------8-|-------8----------||
|-------8-------8-|-------8-------8-|-6---------------|-6----------------||
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| 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 E E
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
 Guitar Solo
       Ab
   E E E E E E E S S   +E  Q   E E E E   E
|--------------------|---------7-------/11-|
|-/7-7-7---7---7-7h9-|-(9)-9-----9-7-9-/11-|
|-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-----8---------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q   E E Q   Q        Q    E E Q   Q
|------4-4-----4-----|-------4-4-----4-----|
|------4-4-----4-----|-------4-4-----4-----|
|------5-5-----5-----|-------5-5-----5-----|
|------6-6-----6-----|-------6-6-----6-----|
|------6-6-----6-----|-------6-6-----6-----|
|------4-4-----4-----|-------4-4-----4-----|
 
 
     Eb
                                                             PM|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E     +E   E  S      +E   S  E  E
|-11-11-11-11-11-14p11----|----------------------------------------||
|-11-11-11-11-11-------14-|-11-13b14-(13)--------------------------||
|-------------------------|----13b14-(13)-13-13pb14r(13)-11--------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------13-13--||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|
|  Q     E  E  Q     Q       Q         E   E  Q              Q
|--------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-----||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------||
 
 
   Outro
    Bb7                       Ab
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E E Q  H
||--------------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------|
||--------------------------|--------------|
||--------------------------|--------------|
||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-11-----------|
||--------------------------|--------------|
|
|    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E E Q  H
||---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--4-----------|
||o--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--4-----------|
||---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|--5-----------|
||---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--6-----------|
||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--6-----------|
||---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--4-----------|
 
 
  Eb
   E E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E E Q  H     4x
|------------------------|---------------||
|------------------------|--------------o||
|------------------------|---------------||
|------10----11-11-10----|---------------||
|---------13----------13-|--------------o||
|-11---------------------|-11------------||
|
|  E E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E E Q  H     4x
|--6-6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--6------------||
|--8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----------o||
|--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-----------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
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