Ride The Wild Surf

RIDE THE WILD SURF
By Jan Berry, Brian Wilson & Roger Christian
Jan & Dean, The Beachboys
Key:D-Ab-A-Bb

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In Ha-wai-i there's a place 
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known as Wai-a-me-a Bay
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Where the best surf-ers 
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in the world come to stay
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And ride the wild surf they come to try
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To con-quer those waves 
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some thir-ty feet high

REFRAIN
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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Got-ta take that one last ride

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The surf fev-er brings ‘em here 
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to meet the test
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And hang-ing round the beach 
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you'll see the best
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They're waxed up and read-y 
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just a wait-ing for
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The surf to build up on the north-ern shore

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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Got-ta take that one last ride
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Got-ta take that one last
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Got-ta take that one last ride

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Lined up and wait-ing for 
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that next big set out-side
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Noth-ing can stop you cause you 
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just got-ta ride ride ride ride ride

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The heav-ies at the pipe-line are O- K
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But they can't match 
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the sav-age surf at Wai-a-me-a Bay
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It takes a lot of skills 
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and cour-age un-known
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To catch the last wave and ride it in a-lone

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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Ride ride ride the wild surf
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Got-ta take that one last ride
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Got-ta take that one last
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Got-ta take that one last 
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ride