SURFER GIRL


        The Beach Boys


        Producer: Brian Wilson
        Released September 16, 1963
        Capitol Records ST-1981
        Charted: 10/12/63
        Highest chart position: 7
        Spent 56 weeks on the charts
        Album Archive entry
        Guitar tabs

        1. Surfer Girl
        2. Catch A Wave
        3. The Surfer Moon
        4. South Bay Surfer
        5. Rocking Surfer
        6. Little Deuce Coupe
        7. In My Room
        8. Hawaii
        9. Surfer's Rule
        10. Our Car Club
        11. Your Summer Dream
        12. Boogie Woodie

        1. "Surfer Girl"
        Time: 2:29 Guild Music Company BMI
        Master #50028 Recorded 6/12/63
        Single Released 7/22/63 Capitol 5009
        Charted 8/3/63 Reached #7
        A side with "Little Deuce Coupe"
        Brian Wilson

        Little surfer little one
        Made my heart come all undone
        Do you love me, do you surfer girl
        Surfer girl my little surfer girl

        I have watched you on the shore
        Standing by the ocean's roar
        Do you love me do you surfer girl
        Surfer girl surfer girl

        We could ride the surf together
        While our love would grow
        In my Woodie I would take you everywhere I go

        So I say from me to you
        I will make your dreams come true
        Do you love me do you surfer girl
        Surfer girl my little surfer girl
        Little one
        Girl surfer girl my little surfer girl
        Little one
        Girl surfer girl my little surfer girl
        Little one
        Girl surfer girl my little surfer girl

        2. "Catch A Wave"
        Time: 2:11 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50359 Recorded 7/16/63
        Brian Wilson

        Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world

        Don't be afraid to try the greatest sport around
        Everybody tries it once
        Those who don't just have to put it down
        You paddle out turn around and raise
        And baby that's all there is to the coastline craze
        You gotta catch a wave and you're sittin' on top of the world

        Not just a fad cause it's been going on so long
        All the surfers going strong
        They said it wouldn't last too long
        They'll eat their words with a fork and spoon
        And watch 'em they'll hit the road and all be surfin' soon
        And when they catch a wave they'll be sittin' on top of the world

        Catch a wave and your sittin' on top of the world

        So take a lesson from a top-notch surfer boy
        Get yourself a big board
        But don't you treat it like a toy
        Just get away from the shady turf
        And baby go catch some rays on the sunny surf
        And when you catch a wave you'll be sittin on top of the world

        Catch a wave and you'll be sittin' on top of the world
        Catch a wave and you'll be sittin' on top of the world
        Catch a wave and you'll be sittin' on top of the world

        3. "The Surfer Moon"
        Time: 2:16 Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. BMI
        Master #50359 Recorded 7/16/63
        Brian Wilson

        There's a moon in the sky somewhere I know
        Waiting for all the love to burn below
        If you fall and it happens all to soon
        Blame it all on the surfer moon

        'Neath the hill 'hind the cloud one dreamy night
        Rising up throwing down its golden light
        If your heart hears this melancholy tune
        Then you'll know it's the surfer moon

        Brings the tide in
        Takes it all away
        Helps us ride in
        Brings us waves each day
        I say

        Other moons have brought light and love before
        Promising to remain for evermore
        But they all disappeared with each new tune
        They make way for the surfer moon

        Moon
        Moon
        Moon
        Moon

        4. "South Bay Surfer"
        Time: 1:48 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50360 Recorded 7/16/63
        Brian Wilson/Dennis Wilson/ Al Jardine

        Look out here come those South Bay surfers
        California's gettin' hot
        There they go cruisin' down that coastline
        Lookin' for their favorite spot

        We'll find the big one

        Oh the boys are rough and
        Ready to handle anything

        They take the big one

        They've got to be the best thing going
        South Bay surfers really swing

        Okay rock out

        Oh Chicago can't you hear them
        Hear that shore pound slam

        (You're gonna eat it)
        (Smash!)

        It rumbles clear to New York City
        Detroit back to old Miam
        Philly back to Alabam

        You'll catch Ôem surfing

        5. "The Rocking Surfer"
        Time: 2:03 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Mater #50360 Recorded 7/16/63
        Trad. Arr. Brian Wilson

        Instrumental

        6. "Little Deuce Coupe"
        Time: 1:37 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50027 Recorded 6/12/63
        Single Released 7/22/63 (Capitol 5009)
        Charted 8/17/63 Reached #15
        B-Side with "Surfer Girl"
        Brian Wilson/Roger Christian

        Little deuce Coupe
        You don't know what I got
        Little deuce Coupe
        You don't know what I got

        Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
        But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town
        When something comes up to me he don't even try
        Cause if it had a set of wings man I know she could fly
        She's my little deuce coupe
        You don't know what I got
        (My little deuce coupe)
        (You don't know what I got)

        Just a little deuce coupe with a flat head mill
        But she'll walk a Thunderbird like (she's) it's standin' still
        She's ported and relieved and she's stroked and bored.
        She'll do a hundred and forty with the top end floored
        She's my little deuce coupe
        You don't know what I got
        (My little deuce coupe)
        (You don't know what I got)

        She's got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
        And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar
        And if that aint enough to make you flip your lid
        There's one more thing, I got the pink slip daddy

        And comin' off the line when the light turns green
        Well she blows 'em outta the water like you never seen
        I get pushed out of shape and it's hard to steer
        When I get rubber in all four gears

        She's my little deuce coupe
        You don't know what I got
        (My little deuce coupe)
        (You don't know what I got)
        She's my little deuce coupe
        You don't know what I got
        (My little deuce coupe)
        (You don't know what I got)
        She's my little deuce coupe
        You don't know what I got

        7. "In My Room"
        Time: 2:16 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50363 Recorded 7/16/63
        Single Released 10/28/63 Capitol 5069
        Charted 11/2/63 Reached #23
        B side with "Be True To Your School"
        Brian Wilson/Gary Usher

        There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to
        In my room, in my room
        In this world I lock out all my worries and my fears
        In my room, in my room

        Do my dreaming and my scheming
        Lie awake and pray
        Do my crying and my sighing
        Laugh at yesterday

        Now it's dark and I'm alone
        But I won't be afraid
        In my room, in my room
        In my room, in my room
        In my room, in my room

        8. "Hawaii"
        Time: 2:01 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50364 Recorded 7/16/63
        Brian Wilson

        Do you wanna go
        Straight to Hawaii
        (Hawaii) Hawaii (Hawaii)
        Straight to Hawaii (Hawaii, Hawaii)
        Oh do (Honolulu, Waikiki) you wanna come along with me
        (Do you wanna come along with me)

        I heard about all the pretty girls
        With their grass skirts down to their knees
        All my life I wanted to see
        The island called Hawaii

        Go to Hawaii
        (Hawaii) Hawaii (Hawaii)
        Straight to Hawaii (Hawaii, Hawaii)
        Oh do (Honolulu, Waikiki) you wanna come along with me
        (Do you wanna come along with me)

        Now I don't know what town you're from
        But don't tell me that they got bigger waves
        Cause everyone that goes
        Comes back with nothing but raves

        That's in Hawaii
        (Hawaii) Hawaii (Hawaii)
        That's in Hawaii (Hawaii, Hawaii)
        Oh do (Honolulu, Waikiki) you wanna come along with me
        (Do you wanna come along with me)

        And pretty soon this Winter
        They'll hold the surfing championship of the year
        Surfer guys and girls
        Will be coming from far and near

        Go to Hawaii
        (Hawaii) Hawaii (Hawaii)
        Go to Hawaii (Hawaii, Hawaii)
        Oh do (Honolulu, Waikiki) you wanna come along with me
        (Do you wanna come along with me)

        And you now (Honolulu, Waikiki)
        You wanna live Hanah Lee
        (Do you wanna come along with me)
        Ooo ooo ooo (Honolulu, Waikiki)
        Ooo ooo ooo (Do you wanna come along with me)
        Ooo ooo ooo (Honolulu, Waikiki)
        Ooo ooo ooo (Do you wanna come along with me)
        Ooo ooooo (Honolulu, Waikiki)

        9. "Surfers Rule"
        Time: 1:56 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50366 Recorded 7/16/63
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        It's a genuine fact that the Surfers rule

        It's plastered on the walls all around the school now
        (Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
        Becoming just as common as a golden rule now
        (Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
        Take it or leave it but you better believe it
        Surfers rule

        They burn't it in the grass on the football field now
        (Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
        Just try to make them cool it and they'll never yield now
        (Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
        Take what you've heard now and go pass the word now
        Surfers rule

        It's a genuine fact that the Surfers rule

        A woody full of Surfers pullin' long side a wagon
        (Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
        The Hodaddies sittin' while the Surfers are draggin'
        The Surfers are winnin' and they say as they're grinnin'
        Surfers rule

        Surfers rule
        (Four Seasons you better believe it)
        Surfers rule
        (Four Seasons you better believe it)
        Surfers rule
        (Four Seasons you better believe it)
        Surfers rule
        (Four Seasons you better believe it)
        Surfers rule
        (Four Seasons you better believe it)
        Surfers rule
        (Four Seasons you better believe it)

        10. "Our Car Club"
        Time 2:20 Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50366 Recorded 7/16/63
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        I've been cruisin' round the town now with the guys for quite a while
        We been thinkin' 'bout starting up a club that shows some class and style
        And we'll get the finest cars

        We got a Deuce Coupe, a Stingray, a rail job and an XKE
        (We'll start a car club)
        We'll be the fastest at the drags, man, we'll really cut some low ETs
        (We'll start a car club)
        And wipe out the other clubs

        We'll set a meet, and get a sponsor, and collect some dues
        And you can bet that we'll have our jackets on wherever we cruise

        We'll get the roughest and the toughest initiation we can find
        (We'll start a car club)
        And if you want to try to get in we'll really put you through the grind
        (We'll start a car club)
        This club's the very best

        We'll set a meet, and get a sponsor, and collect some dues
        And you can bet that we'll have our jackets on wherever we cruise

        We'll get the roughest and the toughest initiation we can find
        (We'll start a car club)
        And if you want to try to get in we'll really send you through the grind
        (We'll start a car club)
        This club's the very best

        Start a club, a car club
        (Start a car club)
        Start a club, a car club
        (Start a car club)
        Start a club, a car club
        (Start a car club)
        Start a club, a car club
        (Start a car club)

        11. "Your Summer Dream"
        Time: 2:30 Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. BMI
        Master #50367 Recorded 7/16/63
        Brian Wilson/B. Norberg

        Drive your car down to the sea
        All the while you build a scheme
        Take her hand and walk on with her
        Make it real your Summer dream

        Smell the warm and salty air
        See a wave reflect a beam
        Stop and find a pretty shell for her
        Make it real your Summer dream

        See another couple over there
        To them an ordinary day
        Soon you wonder the time has gone
        The sun has almost slipped away

        Now it's gone and your alone
        In her eyes you see a gleam
        Time has come for you to show your love
        Make it real your Summer dream

        Make it real your Summer dream
        Make it real your Summer dream

        12. "Boogie Woodie"
        Time: 1:58 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #50368 Recorded 7/16/63
        Trad. Arr. Brian Wilson

        Instrumental




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