Surf's Up


Contents:

Don't Go Near The Water
Long Promised Road
Take A Load Off Your Feet
Disney Girls (1957)
Student Demonstration Time
Feel Flows
Looking At Tomorrow
A Day In The Life Of A Tree
'Til I Die
Surf's Up
Fourth Of July
Barbara
Out In The Country


Don't Go Near The Water (Alan Jardine/Mike Love)


(original key: Eb)


D.........................................G...........................D
Don't go near the water, don't you think it's sad
D.................................................G..................A.......D
What's happened to the water, our water's going bad

D............D/C#....D/B..........D/A
Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams
G...........................................D
Have all been touched by man
D.................D/C#....D/B....D/A
The poison floating out to sea
G........................A..........D
Now threatens life on land

D........................................G.......D
Don't go near the water, ain't it sad
D.................................................G..............D
What's happened to the water, it's going bad

G.........................................D.......................Bm
Don't go near the water, don't go near the water
D.........................................................Bm
Toothpaste and soap will make our oceans a bubble bath
D.................................Bm
So let's avoid an ecological aftermath
D.......................Bm.............................D
Beginning with me, beginning with you

D.............D/C#......D/B...D/A
Don't go near the water
G.......................D
To do it any wrong
D................D/C#.......D/B...D/A
To be cool with the water
....G....................A..........D
Is the message of this song

D.......................................G.........D
Let's all help the water, right away
D............................................... G..................D
Do what we can and ought to, let's start today

C#(+2)..C#..C(+2)..C..B(+2)..B

E..E/D#..E/C#..E/B..A..A/B..E

E..E/D#..E/C#..E/B..A..A/B..C#m....A..A/B..E


Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Long Promised Road (Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley)


Cmaj7.....................Em................................F
So hard to answer future's riddle when ahead is seeming so far behind
Cmaj7......................Em.......................................F
So hard to laugh a child-like giggle when the tears start to torture my mind
Em/G.......................Dm...................F
So hard to shed the life of before, to let my soul automatically soar

..........C.......................F
But I hit hard at the battle that's confronting me, yeah
C.................................F
Knock down all the roadblocks a-stumbling me
C..............................Dm....................C/E...............F
Throw off all the shackles that are binding me down

Cmaj7...........................Em.........................F
Sew up the wounds of evolution and the now starts to get in my way
Cmaj7.......Em.....................................F
So what if life's a revelation if the mind speaks of only today
Em/G......................Dm...............................F
So real, the pain growing in my soul of climbing up to reality's goal

F/C
Long promised road
Dm6/F................................Em7.........................Am7/E..Em7/A..Am7
Trail starts at dawn carries on to the season's ending
F/C
Long promised road
Dm6/F....................................Em7.............Am7/E..Em7/A..Am7
Flows to the source, gentle force, never ending, never ending

Cmaj7.......Em......................................................F
So hard to lift the jeweled sceptre when the weight turns a smile to a frown
Cmaj7.........Em..................................................F
So hard to drink of passion nectar when the taste of life's holding me down
Em/G........................Dm..........................F
So hard to plant the seed of reform to set my sights on defeating the storm


Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Take A Load Off Your Feet (Alan Jardine/Gary Winfrey)


(original key: B)

A..D.............................A................D...A.............D...................A..................D
I do them when I'm down in the tub with avocado cream they'll take a rub
..............A....................D...............A............D.........A........................E..........A
They wrinkle like a-raisins if I stay too long I wouldn't want to do it wrong

A............D.......................A...........D....A...............D..........................A..........D
They'll put you in the driver's seat and to the table when you want to eat
A.......................D...............A......................D......E7(+G)
But when you go to sit down in your chair something else has got to put you there

D...................E...................A
Take good care of your feet, Pete
..........D....................E......................A
You better watch out what you eat, Pete
D..................C#m..............B7....................................E7
Better take care of your life 'cause nobody else will

A..............D..........................A.........D.....A....................D.......................A................D
They'll twinkle when you fall in love and put you there when you jump up above
..............A......................D......................A.................D......A....................E........A
When you're on the spot, get them right under you, one, then the other too

...........F#m.......................................C#m
If you want to do the right thing for them
........F#m.........................C#m
Just take a walk in the grass
........F#m....................................C#m
But don't you catch yourself fallin'
.......Bm7...............................E7
Or steppin' on a piece of glass

A..........D.....................A................D......A................D........................A..................D
Pete knows all the treacherous foes, the fallen arches and the cramp in the toes
A..................D.........................................A...........D.............A....................E.............A
He went to H. E. L. P. and got some sandals new and does the yoga asanas too

D...........E.....................A
Take a load of your feet Pete
...........D..................E.......................A
You better watch out what you eat
D..................C#m..............B7.....................................E7
Better take care of your life 'cause nobody else will


Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Disney Girls (1957) (Bruce Johnston)


(original key: Gb)

intro: F / / Fmaj7 / / Gm7/F / / F F/G F/A Bb / / Dm/A / / Gm7/C / C7


F...............................Am/E.......................Gm7/D.............Gm7
Clearing skies and drying eyes now I see your smile
Gm7/C.........................C7..........................Fmaj7............F.Bb/F.Fdim
Darkness goes and softness shows a changing style
F...................Am/E..............................Gm7/D.............Gm7
Just in time words that rhyme well bless your soul
..............Gm7/C.........................C7..................Fmaj7.........F6
Now I'll fill your hands with kisses and a Tootsie Roll
.........Eb............Bb/D.....................F/C...................F7
Oh reality, it's not for me and it makes me laugh
........Eb7...........................Bb/D....................F/C.........F.Fdim.C7.Gm7/D.C7/E
Oh, fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back

F.........................Am/E...................Gm7/D...........Gm7
Patti Page and summer days on old Cape Cod
Gm7/C..............C7....................Fmaj7..........F.Bb/F.Fdim
Happy times making wine in my garage
F.................................Am/E...................Gm7/D................Gm7
Country shade and lemonade guess I'm slowing down
..........Gm7/C..................................C7..................Fmaj7..........F6
It's a turned back world with a local girl in a smaller town
Eb.......................Bb/D........................F/C....................F7
Open cars and clearer stars that's what I've lacked
..........Eb7........................Bb/D....................F/C...............A7
But fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back

Dm................................................................Gm7
Love...Hi Rick and Dave Hi Pop...good morning mom
C7........................................................................Fmaj7.......F6
Love...get up guess what I'm in love with a girl I found
Bb.................C7/Bb............................Gdim/A..A7....D7+5..D7...Fdim/G..G7..C7+5..C7..Gm7/C..C7
She's really swell 'cause she likes Church, bingo chances and old time dances

F....................Am/E...........................Gm7/D...........Gm7
All my life I spent the night with dreams of you
................Gm7/C........................................C7...................................Fmaj7.............F.Bb/F.Fdim
And the warmth I missed and for the things I wished they're all coming true
......................F.............................Am/E........................Gm7/D............Gm7
I've got my love to give and a place to live guess I'm gonna stay
................Gm7/C.......................C7..........................Fmaj7............F6
It'd be a peaceful life with a forever wife and a kid someday
........Eb........................Bb/D......................F/C....................F7
It's early nights and pillow fights and your soft laugh
Eb7............................Bb/D....................F/C
Fantasy world and Disney girls I'm coming back


Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Student Demonstration Time


Based on "Riot in Cell Block Number 9" by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
New lyrics by Mike Love


................A
Starting out with Berkeley Free Speech and later on at People's Park
The winds of change fanned into flames student demonstrations spark
Down to Isla Vista where police felt so harassed
They called the special riot squad of the L. A. County Sheriff

..........................D....................................A
Well there's a riot going on, there's a riot going on
..................E........................D.................................A........E
There's a riot going on, student demonstration time

A
The violence spread down South to where Jackson State brothers
Learned not to say nasty things about Southern policemen's mothers
Nothing much was said about it and really next to nothing done
The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for a gun

..........................D....................................A
Well there's a riot going on, there's a riot going on
..........................E.....................D.....................................................A..E
Well there's a riot going on 'cause it's student demonstration time

A
America was stunned on May 4, 1970
When rally turned to riot up at Kent State University
They said the students scared the Guard though the troops were battle dressed
Four martyrs earned a new degree - The Bachelor of Bullets
I know we're all fed up with useless wars and racial strife
But next time there's a riot, well, you best stay out of sight

..........................D....................................A
Well there's a riot going on, there's a riot going on
..........................E.......................D..................................A.......E
Well there's a riot going on, student demonstration time

A.........D.............................A..............D
Stay away when there's a riot going on
A.........D.............................A..............D
Stay away when there's a riot going on


Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Feel Flows (Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley)


C.................Em7..............F......................C.......G.............F
Unfolding, enveloping missiles of soul recall senses sadly
C...................Em7.................F.....................C....G......................F
Mirage-like, soft blue-like lanterns below to light the way gladly
C/E..........Em7/D....................F/C
Whether whistling heaven's clouds disappear
C................G/B.................F/A
Where the wind withers memory
C.................G..................................F
Whether whiteness whisks soft shadows away

Cm7/Eb
Feel flows  (White puff glistening shadowy flows)
F
Feel goes (Black puff glistening shadowy flows)

C.................Em7................F.......................C.......G............F
Unbending, never ending tablets of time record all the yearning
C.................Em7.................F....................C....G..........F
Unfearing, all-appearing message divine eases the burning
C/E..........Em7/D..............F/C
Whether willing witness waits at my mind
C.............G/B...................F/A
Whether hope dampens memory
C................G................................F
Whether wondrous will stands tall at my side

Cm..F/C..Cm..F/C..Cm..F/C..Cm7..F/C
Cm..F/C..Cm..F/C..Cm..F/C..Cm7..F/C

C..............Em7....................F........................C....G................F
Encasing, all embracing wreath of repose engulfs all the senses
C...............Em7..............F..................................C....G........F
Imposing, unclosing thoughts that compose retire the fences
C/E.........Em7/D..................F/C
Whether wholly heartened life fades away
C.............G/B..................F/A
Whether harps heal the memory
C.................G.........................F
Whether wholly heartened life fades away
C.................G...............................F
Whether wondrous will stands tall at my side
C................G...................................F
Whether whiteness whisks soft shadows away

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Looking At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) (Alan Jardine/Gary Winfrey)


(original key: Fm)


.................Em................Em(maj7)/D#
I've been laying on my back
............Em7/D.................C#m7(b5)
Like a freight train off a track
Cmaj7...............C#m7(b5).....Em7/D.....C#m7(b5)
Trying to find a job to fit my trade
.................Em..........................Em(maj7)/D#
With the morning sun come 'round
.....................Em7/D...................C#m7(b5)
Well I'll be covering plenty of ground
......C7.......................B7....................Em
And I don't need nobody to pay my aid
A........Em.......A
Mmmm pay my aid

.........................Em.......................Em(maj7)/D#
Now Bess and me were feeling bad
....................Em7/D......................C#m7(b5)
And all the good jobs they were had
...Cmaj7............C#m7(b5)..............Em7/D.....C#m7(b5)
I had to take to sweeping up some floors
............Em.........................Em(maj7)/D#
Well I don't mind that so much
............Em7/D...............C#m7(b5)
Or the changing of my luck
................C7.......................B7...................Em...A...Em...A
But you know I could be doing so much more

...............Em.......................Em(maj7)/D#
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
...............Em7/D.................C#m7(b5)
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
....Cmaj7................C#m7(b5)........Em7/D.....C#m7(b5)
Bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip
.....................Em.....................Em(maj7)/D#
Well I'll be coming home tonight
..........Em7/D...............C#m7(b5)
Everything will be all right
........................C7.............B7............Em6
And we'll be looking at tomorrow

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


A Day In The Life Of A Tree (Brian Wilson/Jack Rieley)


(Original Key: Db)


D............F#m/D......Em7/D........D7
Feel the wind burn through my skin
........Em7/D...A7/D.............D
The pain, the air is killing me
.........D..........F#m/D............Em7/D...D7
For years my limbs stretched to the sky
....Em7/D..A7/D..................D
A nest for birds to sit and sing
.........G............A7.......A#dim..Bm.......D7...............................Em
But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't bear the glow
F#m..Em7/G.A7...D
They did so long ago

D.......F#m/D..Em7/D..D7
One day I was full of life
.....Em7/D...A7/D...................D
My sap was rich and I was strong
.............D......F#m/D..Em7/D..D7
From seed to tree I grew so tall
..............Em7/D....A7/D...................D
Through wind and rain I could not fall
.........G..............A7.....A#dim..Bm........D7
But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't offer
Em.F#m.Em7/G.A7..D
Poetry to men of song

D.............F#m/D.....................Em7/D...D7........................Em7/D
Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this world can give
........A7/D.....................D
Is pollution and slow death
......F#m/D............Em7/D....D7...................Em7/D
Oh Lord I lay me down no life's left to be found
..............A7/D..................D
There's nothing left for me
(D)..........F#m/D.......................Em7/D...D7.....................Em7/D
Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this earth can give
.......A7/D......D
Is pollution
......F#m/D............Em7/D.......D7..................Em7/D
Oh Lord I lay me down my branches to the ground
.............A7/D...................D
There's nothing left for me


Chart prepared by Francis Greene


'Til I Die (Brian Wilson)


Abmaj7................Cm/Bb..Bb
I'm a cork on the ocean
C...........................Cm/Bb..Bb
Floating over the raging sea
Cmaj7..................Fmaj7/C..F6/C
How deep is the ocean?
Bm......................Cmaj7
How deep is the ocean?
Em9................................Gmaj7
I lost my way, hey, hey, hey

Abmaj7...........Cm/Bb..Bb
I'm a rock in a landslide
C...........................Cm/Bb..Bb
Rolling over the mountainside
Cmaj7.................Fmaj7/C..F6/C
How deep is the valley?
Bm......................Cmaj7
How deep is the valley?
Em9...................................Gmaj7
It kills my soul, hey, hey, hey

Abmaj7............Cm/Bb..Bb
I'm a leaf on a windy day
C............................Cm/Bb..Bb
Pretty soon I'll be blown away
Cmaj7....................Fmaj7/C..F6/C
How long will the wind blow?
Bm.........................Cmaj7
How long will the wind blow?
Em9.......................................................G
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
..........Bbmaj7.Ebmaj7.D7.G
Until I die, until I die

G......................Bbmaj7.Ebmaj7.D7.G
These things I'll be until I die

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Surf's Up (Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks)


Gm7/D
A diamond necklace played the pawn, hand in hand some drummed along, oh
Dm7/G
To a handsome man and baton
Gm7/D
A blind class aristocracy, back through the opera glass you see
Dm7/G
The pit and the pendulum drawn
Bb.......Gm7............F/C.C.D/C
Columnated ruins domino
G/D..............................................A9/G.......................D/A
Canvass the town and brush the backdrop are you sleeping?

Gm7/D
Hung velvet overtaken me, dim chandelier awaken me
Dm7/G
To a song dissolved in the dawn
Gm7/D
The music hall a costly bow, the music all is lost for now
Dm7/G
To a muted trumperter swan
Bb.......Gm7............F/C.C.D/C
Columnated ruins domino
G/D..............................................A9/G........................D/A.....................D.Em7.Gm7/F.D/F#
Canvass the town and brush the backdrop are you sleeping, Brother John?

Fm7/Ab...........................................Eb/Bb
Dove nested towers the hour was strike the street quicksilver moon
Fm7/Ab..................................Eb/Bb
Carriage across the fog two-step to lamp lights cellar tune
........Dm7........................Gm7/C..C7..F
The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne
........Dm7..................................................Gm7/C..............C7........................Edim.F
The glass was raised, the fired rose the fullness of the wine, the dim last toasting
Dm7...............Gm7/C..C7..F
While at port adieu or die
.....Dm7.................................................Gm7/C............C7............................F
A choke of grief heart hardened I, beyond belief a broken man too tough to cry
Fm7/Ab...........................Eb/Bb
Surf's Up mmmmmmmm aboard aboard a tidal wave
Fm7/Ab.....................................Eb/Bb
Come about hard and join the young and often spring you gave
....Dbmaj9...................Cm7...................Fm7.......Cm7/F...Bb...Cm7
I heard the word, wonderful thing, a children's song

Fm7.............Cm7/F...............Bb......................Cm
A children's song, have you listened as they play
Fm7...............Cm7/F............Bb........................Cm
Their song is love and the children know the way

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Fourth Of July (Dennis Wilson, Jack Rieley)


Bb................Gm
Born of the age
...............Bb.......................Gm
Flagged hopes, censored rage
...........F
The flag clad box, bombs bursting in air
Bleed white red and blue, cried dawn's early light
..............Eb
For the hope

Cm7....................Bb
Oh where has it gone
Eb..................................Bb
Brothers sisters stand firmly and try
Eb.......................................Cm7
Reaching the spacious ski-ies
..................Bb
Fourth of July

Bb................Gm
Lie by the sword
............Bb..................Gm
Black times, false reward
............F
The greetings of doom, so proudly they hail
Lost fortune of free, the stripes and bright stars
.................Eb
Promise lost

Cm7....................Bb
Oh where has it gone
Eb..................................Bb
Brothers sisters stand firmly and try
Eb........................................Cm7
Reaching the spacious ski-ies
..................Bb
Fourth of July

Eb..................................Bb
Brothers sisters stand firmly and try
Eb........................................Cm7
Reaching the spacious ski-ies
..................Bb
Fourth of July

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Barbara (D. Wilson)


Ab.......................Db/Ab........Ab
Barbara, gently smiling for me
Db/Ab..........Ab......Db/Ab..........Ab
Tender and warm, shining with love
..........Bbm7..........Gb..........Ebm.........Eb
And I love you, I love you, love you
...........Ab....Ebm7....Db
God I do
.........Eb.........Db/Ab.....Ab
Oh I love the way you love me

Ab....................Db/Ab...............Ab
Every day is a special day for me
Db/Ab..........Ab..........Db/Ab........Ab
Living with you, just being with you
............Bbm7.................Gb.........Ebm.........Eb
Oh my love, for all my life, my love, my love
...............Ab....Ebm7....Db
Just for you
..........Eb.......Db/Ab..............Ab
Oh I love to sing songs for you


Bb/Ab....Eb/G....Ab/Gb....Db/F....E7....D/E

Ab....Ebm7....Db....Eb....Db/Ab....Ab
Ahhhhhh

Ab....Ab+....Db/Ab....Gb
My love...........my love

Db...Ebsus4....Ab..............Db.....Gb.Db
........Hey.........hey, I love you


Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Out In The Country


(original key: F#)


Gmaj7..G6.....Gmaj7........G6
I can't see me hanging around
Gmaj7............G6......................Gmaj7...........G6
Shuffling my feet through the same ragged town
Am7/G.......................D7/G...................................Gmaj7....G6....Gmaj7....G6
All of this city life's getting me down can't you see

Gmaj7.......G6..................Gmaj7......G6
Out in the country where I'd rather be
Gmaj7.........G6........Gmaj7..........G6
Grazing in fields of yellow and green
Am7/G.........................D7/G.............................Gmaj7....G6....Gmaj7....G6
Gotta keep moving on this kinda life ain't for me


Am7/E....Am7/D....G....Bm7/F#....Em7....Em7/D

Am7....D/A....Am7....E/B....Esus4/B....E/B

Am7/C....Am7/D


Gmaj7.G6.Gmaj7..........G6
Out there living in the countryside
Gmaj7.G6.Gmaj7..........G6
Out there living in the countryside



Chart prepared by Francis Greene


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