Guitar and Bass Tab
Standard tuning.
Surfin Bird is a cover of the Trashmen and the Cramps, recorded in less than two
hours in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia during late January 1996. It appears on
MOM, a compilation which is a benefit for the Surfrider Foundation. Very basic song
with three chords. I think the bass follows the guitar except in the second riff.
the first riff played eight times is:
E5 B5 E5 B5
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"Everybody s heard a-bout the bird ..."
the following riff isn t the same for guitar and bass:
B5 A5
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"Don t you know about the bird, everybody s heard about the bird."
The third is the same as the first
one, played twice, then a E5 chord that Daniel slides down.
E5 B5 E5 B5 E5
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Order:
Repeat four times these three riffs one after another, with a pause of four
beats between the first and second times for drums, then a pause of four
beats between the second and third times for singing, and finally a pause
of eight beats between the third and fourth times for drums.