Surfin USA Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Surfin USA Chord Chart by The Beach Boys. This is a great tune if you love surf rock. It has a cool little intro lick and some easy chords if you’re willing to use a Capo.
Now the chords we are going to use in this lesson tutorial are the chords A, D and E. There is the occasional E7 chord, but that’s as easy as lifting up one finger. See below.
If you don’t want to play the E7 chord, that’s absolutely fine, make it even easier by just holding the E chord. You can play this without a capo, but if you want it to sound like the record, you’re going to have capo at the 6th fret.
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Surfin USA Guitar Chords:
Surfin USA Strumming Patterns:
Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4+ 1 2 3 4
D DU DU DU D (mute)
Strumming 2:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DD U D U DU
Surfin USA Guitar Lesson:
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Surfin USA Chord Chart:
Intro Lick:
e————————————————|
B————-5-5-5——————-5—|
G—-6-7— ———-7-6—-6-7——-|
D-7—————————-7————-|
Verse:
E E(mute)
If everybody had an ocean
A A(mute)
Across the U. S. A.
E E(mute)
Then everybody'd be surfin'
A A(mute)
Like Californi-a
D D(mute)
You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies
A A(mute)
Huarachi sandals too
E7 E7(mute)
A bushy bushy blonde hairdo
A A
Surfin' U. S. A.
Verse:
E E
You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar
A A
Ventura County line
E E
Santa Cruz and Trestle
A A
Australia's Narabine
D D
All over Manhattan
A A
And down Doheny Way
E7 E7(mute)
Everybody's gone surfin'
A A(mute)
Surfin' U.S. A.
Verse:
E E(mute)
We'll all be planning out a route
A A(mute)
We're gonna take real soon
E E(mute)
We're waxing down our surfboards
A A(mute)
We can't wait for June
D D(mute)
We'll all be gone for the summer
A A(mute)
We're on surfari to stay
E7 E7(mute)
Tell the teacher we're surfin'
A A
Surfin' U. S. A.
Verse:
E E
Haggerties and Swamies
A A
Pacific Palisades
E E
San Anofree and Sunset
A A
Redondo Beach L. A.
D D
All over La Jolla
A A
At Waimia Bay
E7 E7(mute)
Everybody's gone surfin'
A A(mute)
Surfin' U.S. A.
Interlude:
E E A A
E E A A
D D A A
Outro:
E7 E7(mute)
Everybody's gone surfin'
A A(mute)
Surfin' U.S. A.
E7 E7(mute)
Everybody's gone surfin'
A A(mute)
Surfin' U.S. A.
E7 E7(mute)
Everybody's gone surfin'
A A(mute)
Surfin' U.S. A.
E7 E7(mute)
Everybody's gone surfin'
A A(mute)
Surfin' U.S. A.
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.