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Song
Artist: Silverchair
Song: Surfin' Bird(Trashman & the Cramps Cover)
Album: The Door EP & Freak Box Singles Collection
Tabbed By: Simon Robson
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
e||-----------------------------------------------|| B||-----------------------------------------------|| G||-o--9-9--9-9------------9----9---------------o-|| D||-o--9-9--9-9----9-----9-9----9---9----9-9-9--o-|| A||----7-7--7-7----9-----9-7----7---9----9-9-9----|| E||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----||
X8
G||-----------------------------------------------|| D||-o-------------------------------------------o-|| A||-o--7-7--7-7------------7----7---------------o-|| E||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----||
"Everybody's heard a-bout the bird ..."
the following riff isn't the same for guitar and bass:
B5 A5
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |--9-------------------------------7----------------------------------| |--9-------------------------------7----------------------------------| |--7-------------------------------5----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------6---7---6-----------------------4---5------------------| |------6---9---------------9---6-------4---7-----------7---4----------| |--7-------------------------------5----------------------------------|
"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
||-----------------------------------------------||----| ||-----------------------------------------------||----| ||-o--9-9--9-9------------9----9---------------o-||-9\-| ||-o--9-9--9-9----9-----9-9----9---9----9-9-9--o-||-9\-| ||----7-7--7-7----9-----9-7----7---9----9-9-9----||-7\-| ||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----||----|
X2
||-----------------------------------------------||----| ||-o-------------------------------------------o-||----| ||-o--7-7--7-7------------7----7---------------o-||-7\-| ||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----||----|
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.
Comments
Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?
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