"Surf Wax America"
by Weezer, from their self—titled debut.
Tuning: Tune to Eb (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb).
Gb|——————————————————————————————————————————————| Bass comes in after
Db|——————————————————————————————————————————————| intro and plays two
Ab|——5—5—5—7—7—5————————5—5—5—7—7—5——————————————| bars of the verse.
Eb|——————————————7—7—3——————————————7—7—3—3—3—7——|
|———————————————————————————————————|
|———————————————————————————————————| Verse.
|——5—5—5—5—7—7—7—5——————————————————| Play 4x.
|——————————————————7—7—7—3—3—3—3—3——|
|——————————————————————————————————————————
|——————————————————————————————————————————
|——————————————————————————————————————————
|——8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8—10—10—10—10—10—10—10—10—
——————————————————————————————————————————|
——————————————————————————————————————————| Chorus,
—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—7—10—10—10—10—10—10—10—10——| played 2x.
——————————————————————————————————————————|
While the intro is played |————————————————|
again, Matt plays the roots |————————————————|
of each chord: |—————————7——10——|
|——8——10—————————|
|———————————————————————————————————|
Play verse four times, |———————————————————————————————————|
then the chorus four times, |——————————3—3—3—3——————————————————|
followed by the bridge: |——5—5—5—5—————————3—3—3—3—3—3—3—3——|
Played eight times. "All along the undertow..."
The slow harmony part is just the roots of the chorus played out,
and it's followed by another four bars of the chorus.
|———————————————————————————————————|
|———————————————————————————————————| This "outro" is played four times,
|——3—3—3—3—3—3—2—2—————————————2—2——| But you end on a solitary Gb note.
|——————————————————3—3—3—3—3—3——————|
Thank you.
Patrick Killingsworth
[email protected]
I don't surf, I just play the bass.
Weezer is an American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1992. The band now consists of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar), Patrick Wilson (drums, guitar, backing vocals), Brian Bell (guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Scott Shriner (bass, backing vocals, keyboards). The band has changed lineups several times since its formation in 1992.They have released seven full-length albums, five EPs, and a DVD. Weezer has sold more than eight million records in the US to date.
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