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Sidewalk Surfin'

by Jan & Dean, The Beachboys · posted by WaltP

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SIDEWALK SURFIN’
By: Roger Christian & Brian Wilson
Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys
Key: D, Eb

Key: D

 -7   -7    -7  -7  -7
Grab your board and go 
 -8   -7   -6  -6    6  -5
side-walk surf-in' with me
 -5   -5 -5  -3  -3 -4
Don't be a-fraid to try 
 5* -5  -5    6  -6*  -7
the new-est sport a-round
  -6*  -6*  -6*   -6*  -6*  -6* -6*
(Bust your buns, bust your buns now)
 10    10 -10* 10-10*-11-11-12-11-11 11  
It's catch-in' on in ev- er-y cit-y and 
-10*-1111-10*11-11
town
 7  -8  -9 -9    10   -9  -10  10  -9
You can do the tricks the surf-ers do, 
 -7  -8 -7   8 -8 -7 -7 -8 
just try a Qua-si-mo-do or 
-7  -6* -8  -7   -5    5*  -4
The Cof-fin too (why don't you)
 -7   -7    -7  -7  -7
Grab your board and go 
 -8   -7   -6  -6   6   -5 
Side-walk surf-in' with me
|-99*-99-7|-99*9-7 9-7

  -5    -5   -5  -3  -3
You'll prob-‘ly wipe-out 
 -4   5*  -5   -5  -5   6   -6*  -7
when you first try to shoot the curve
  -6*  -6*  -6*   -6*  -6*  -6* -6*
(Bust your buns, bust your buns now)
10 -10* 10 -10*-10*-11  -12 -11-11-11  
Tak-in' gas in  a bush takes a lot-ta 
-10*-1111-10*11-11
nerve
  7    7     7    -8   -8 
Those hop-scotch pole-dads 
10  -9 -10 10  -9   -9    -7  -8  -7
and pe-des-tri-ans, too, will bug ya
 -7     8 -8 -7 -7 -8
Shout Cuy-a-bun-ga now 
-7   -6*   -8   -8   -7     -5   5*   -4
and skate right on through (why don't you)
 -7   -7    -7  -7  -7
Grab your board and go 
 -8   -7   -6  -6   6   -5
Side-walk surf-in' with me
|-99*9-7*9*9|

Key: Eb

 7*  8 -9* -9*  -10   -9*  -10*-10 -9*
You can do the tricks the surf-ers do, 
 -7*  8 -7* 8* 8 -7* -7* 8
just try a Qua-si-mo-do or 
-7*  7   8* -7*  -5*  -5    5 
The Cof-fin too. Why don't you
 -7* -7*   -7*  -7* -7*
Grab your board and go 
  8   -7*  -6* -6*  -6 -5*
Side-walk surf-in' with me
-5*-5*  -5*  -3* -3*  5   -5
So get your girl and take her 
-5* -5*  -6   7    -7*
Tan-dem down the street
   7    7    7     7    7    7   7
(Bust your buns, bust your buns now)
 -10   11    -10   11   11 -11* 12 -11*11* 11
Then she'll know you're an as-phalt ath-e-lete.
 7*  7*   8    -9*   -10  -9* -10*-10*-10 -9*    
The down-hill grade, man, ’ll give you a kick,
-7* 8  -7*  8*    8      -7*
But if the side-walk's cracked, 
-7* 8  -7*  7    8*   -7*  -5*  -5    5
ya bet-ter pull out quick (why don't you)
 -7*  -7*  -7*  -7* -7*
Grab your board and go 
  8   -7*  -6* -6*  -6  -5*
Side-walk surf-in' with me
 -7*   -7*   -7* -9*
Skate-board with me, 
 7    7*  -7   -7*   -7*  -7* -9*
why don't you skate-board with me

REPEAT
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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