SURFIN' SAFARI

        The Beach Boys

        Producer: Nick Venet
        Released October 1, 1962
        Capitol Records T-1808
        Charted: 11/24/62
        Highest chart position: 32
        Spent 37 weeks on the charts
        Album Archive entry
        Guitar tabs

        1. Surfin' Safari
        2. County Fair
        3. Ten Little Indians
        4. Chug-A-Lug
        5. Little Girl (You're My Miss America)
        6. 409
        7. Surfin'
        8. Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
        9. Summertime Blues
        10. Cuckoo Clock
        11. Moon Dawg
        12. The Shift



        1. "Surfin' Safari"
        Guild Music Company BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Let’s go surfin’ now.
        Ev’rybody’s learnin’ how.
        Come on a safari with me.
        (Come on a safari with...)

        Early in the morning we’ll be starting out.
        Some honeys will be comin’ along.
        We’re loading up our woodie with our boards inside,
        And headin’ out singing our song.

        Come on baby, wait and see, yes
        I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me. (Come on along.)
        Yes baby, wait and see, yeah,
        I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me.

        Let’s go surfin’ now.
        Ev’rybody’s learnin’ how.
        Come on a safari with me.
        (Come on a safari with...)

        Huntington to Malibu they’re shootin’ the pier,
        And Rincon they’re walkin’ the nose.
        We’re going on safari to the islands this year,
        So if you’re coming get ready to go.

        Come on baby, wait and see, yes
        I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me. (Come on along.)
        Yes baby, wait and see, yeah,
        I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me.

        Let’s go surfin’ now.
        Ev’rybody’s learnin’ how.
        Come on a safari with me.
        (Come on a safari with...)

        They’re angling in Laguna and Cerro Azul.
        They’re kickin’ out in Doheny too.
        I tell ya’ surfin’s mighty wild
        It’s getting’ bigger ev’ry day,
        From Hawaii to the shores of Peru

        Come on baby, wait and see, yes
        I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me. (Come on along.)
        Yes baby, wait and see, yeah,
        I’m gonna take you surfin’ with me.

        Let’s go surfin’ now.
        Ev’rybody’s learnin’ how.
        Come on a safari with me.
        (Come on a safari with...)

        With me
        Surfin' Safari
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        With me
        Surfin' Safari

        2. "County Fair"
        Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Gary Usher

        This time each year in our hometown
        The county fair comes our way
        Where the folks gather round to be happy and spend their day
        A-here's what happened now,
        I soon decide that I'd take with me
        The most specialest girl I knew
        I had her pack us a lunch and on down the dirt road we flew

        (Hurry hurry, step right up and win your girl a stuffed koala bear)
        [Aw, come on Nicky. Win me a koala bear]
        (Break the balloon with a dart)
        (Yes you son, come up here. Win your girl a stuffed koala bear)
        [Oh please win me a koala bear]
        (Break the balloon with a dart. Come on son, step right up)
        (Get up there, that's a boy)

        Right then I knew what I had to do
        (Hurry, hurry)
        Before that day was through
        (Step right up)
        I had to win a stuffed doggie or I'd break her poor heart in two
        (Hurry, hurry)
        (Win a prize)
        A let me tell you now,
        I passed up a chance when I walked by a booth
        (Hurry, hurry)
        Where you throw a dart and break a balloon
        (Step right up)
        I snuck by a couple more, but I had to get caught real soon
        (Hurry, hurry)
        (Win a prize)

        (Step right up, test your strength.)
        (Come on son, ring the bell with the hammer)
        [Aww, come on muscles]
        (Win your girl a stuffed koala bear)
        [Ooohhh]
        (Come on son, are you a man or a weakling?)
        (Yes you, step up here and test your strength)
        (Win your girl a stuffed koala bear)
        [Come on baby]
        (Come on son)

        I hit the rubber stump just as hard as I could
        (Hurry, hurry)
        But I didn't make it ring the bell
        (Step right up)
        I tried again and again, but I just didn't do so well
        (Hurry, hurry)
        (Win a prize)
        Can you believe it now,
        Up walked a fella and he tapped me on the shoulder, said
        (Hurry, hurry)
        I can win your girl a prize
        (Step right up)
        So, he flexed all his muscles and knocked the bell up in the sky
        (Hurry, hurry)
        (Win a prize)

        Yeah the big strong guy knocked the bell in the sky
        (Hurry, hurry)
        Took my girl and the doggie away
        (Step right up...)
        Yeah the big strong guy knocked the bell in the sky
        (Step right up son, test your strength)
        Took my girl and the doggie away
        (Come on kid, ring the bell)
        Yeah the big strong guy knocked the bell in the sky
        [Ah, goodbye muscles. I don't need you anymore]
        Took my girl and the doggie away
        [Loser]


        3. "Ten Little Indians"
        Sea Of Tunes BMI
        B. Wilson/G. Usher

        Ten little Indian boys

        The first little Indian gave squaw pretty feather
        (Little Indian boy)
        The second little Indian made her an Indian dollar
        (Fighting over a squaw)
        Well the third little Indian gave her moccasin leather
        (Little Indian boy)
        The squaw didn't like 'em at all

        The fourth little Indian took her riding in his big canoe
        (Little Indian boy)
        The fifth little Indian took her down the waterfall
        (Fighting over a squaw)
        The sixth little Indian taught the squaw how to woo-woo
        (Little Indian boy)
        But the squaw didn't like 'em at all

        One little, two little, three little Indians
        (Keep us humming we're the ten little Indians)
        Four little, five little, six little Indians
        (Keep us humming we're the ten little Indians)
        Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians
        (Keep us humming we're the ten little Indians)
        Ten little Indian boys

        The seventh little Indian took her over to his teepee
        (Little Indian boy)
        The eighth little Indian tried to give her a love poem
        (Fighting over a squaw)
        The ninth little Indian said "You're my Kemosabe"
        (Little Indian boy)
        The squaw didn't like 'em at all

        The tenth little Indian said it really didn't matter
        (Little Indian boy)
        He acted like himself and he didn't look at her
        (Fighting over a squaw)
        The squaw didn't care if he never did a thing
        (Little Indian boy)
        Cause she loved the tenth Indian boy

        Loved the tenth Indian boy
        Loved the tenth Indian boy
        Loved the tenth Indian boy


        4. "Chug-A-Lug"
        Sea Of Tunes BMI
        Brian Wilson/Gary Usher

        Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug
        Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug

        Gary likes a girl's tight black pants
        Larry knows he doesn't stand a chance
        Carl says hurry up and order it quick
        Dave gets out to chase that chick

        Dennis wonders what's under the hood
        A big chrome tach and it sounds real good
        I go down to the root beer stand
        And drink up all that I can

        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Cold beer, root beer
        Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug

        Brian's still glued to the radio
        Louie's lookin' out the rear window
        Guy's got around to orderin' fries
        But root beer's my best buy

        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Cold beer, root beer
        Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug

        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Give me some root beer (chug-a-lug chug-a-lug chug-a-lug)
        Cold beer, root beer
        Here a mug, there a mug, everybody chug-a-lug

        Root beer, need another mug now
        Root beer, chug-a-lug-a-lug now
        Root beer, need another mug now
        Root beer, chug-a-lug-a-lug now
        Root beer, need another mug now
        Root beer, chug-a-lug-a-lug now


        5. "Little Girl (You're My Miss America)"
        Brunswick Music Publishing BMI
        Catalano/Alpert

        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey) (my Miss America)

        Little girl just in your teens (you're my Miss America)
        Little girl you're in my dreams (you're my Miss America)
        You're so sweet, you're so fine
        Dear won't you be mine
        Everybody knows it

        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey)

        Blue eyes, blond hair
        Lips like a movie star

        Little girl with heart of gold (you're my Miss America)
        Little girl with lips untold (you're my Miss America)
        You're so sweet, you're so fine
        Hey, won't you be mine
        Everybody knows it

        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey)

        Blue eyes, blond hair
        Lips like a movie star

        Little girl with heart of gold (you're my Miss America)
        Little girl with lips untold (you're my Miss America)
        You're so sweet, you're so fine
        Hey, won't you be mine
        Everybody knows it

        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh yeah yeah) (my Miss America)
        (Sha da da da da da ooh hey hey)


        6. "409"
        Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Gary Usher

        She's real fine my 409
        She's real fine my 409
        My 409

        Well I saved my pennies and I saved my dimes
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        For I knew there would be a time
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        When I would buy a brand new 409
        (409, 409)
        Giddy up giddy up giddy up 409
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        Giddy up 409
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        Giddy up 409
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        Giddy up 40...

        Nothing can catch her
        Nothing can touch my 409
        409 ooooo
        (Giddy up giddy up oooo)
        (Giddy up giddy up oooo)
        (Giddy up giddy up oooo)
        (Giddy up giddy up)

        When I take her to the track she really shines
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        She always turns in the fastest times
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        My four speed dual quad posi-traction 409
        (409, 409, 409, 409)

        Giddy up giddy up giddy up 409
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        Giddy up 409
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        Giddy up 409
        (Giddy up giddy up 409)
        Giddy up 40...

        Nothing can catch her
        Nothing can touch my 409
        (409 409 409 409)
        Giddy up 409
        (409 409 409 409)
        Giddy up 409
        (409 409 409 409)


        7. "Surfin'"
        Guild Music Company BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Surfin' is the only life
        The only way for me.
        Now surf, surf with me

        Bom Bom Dit Di Dit Dip
        Bom Bom Dit Di Dit Dip
        I got up this mornin' turned on my radio
        I was checkin' on the surfin' scene
        To see if I would go
        And when the DJ tells me that the surfin' is fine
        That's when I know my baby and I will have a good time

        We're going surfin'
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Surfin'
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Surfin'
        Bom bom dip di dit
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        Bom bom dip di dit
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        Surfin' is the only life the only way for me
        Now surf
        Surf with me
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Bom bom dip di dit

        From the early morning to the middle of the night
        Any time the surf is up the time is right
        And when the surf is down to take its place
        We'll do the Surfer's Stomp it's the latest dance craze

        We're going surfin'
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Surfin'
        Bom bom dip di dit
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        Bom bom dip di dit
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        Bom bom dip di dit
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        Surfin' is the only life the only way for me
        Now surf
        Surf with me
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Bom bom dip di dit

        Now the dawn is breaking and we really gotta go
        But we'll be back here very soon that you better know
        Yeah my surfer knots are rising and my board is losing wax
        But that won't stop me baby cause you know I'm coming back

        We're going surfin'
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Surfin'
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        Surfin' is the only life the only way for me
        Now come on pretty baby and surf with me

        Bom bom dip di dit
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Bom bom dip di dit
        Bom bom dip di dit


        8. "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose"
        Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Gary Usher

        Every time
        We have a fight
        We flip a coin
        To see who's right

        Why do we have to gamble just to see who's right?
        Why can't we arbitrarily resolve a fight?
        But with you're style of gamblin' there's no chance to win
        That's how it is, and that's the way it's always been

        Heads, you win
        Tails, I lose
        Heads, you win
        Tails, I lose
        Bad news

        If we were playing cards you'd be the one to deal
        You'd play with loaded dice and fix the roulette wheel
        You pick 'em at the races like I've never seen
        And then you make me pay off like a slot machine

        Heads, you win
        Tails, I lose
        Heads, you win
        Tails, I lose
        Bad news

        Oh well, match me honey (match me honey)
        Take my money (take my money)
        You know the odds are your's (flip it baby)
        So flip the coin

        I'm gonna make some changes with this gamblin' game
        From now on I'm the dealer and I'll do the same
        I'll load my dice and stack the deck and fix the odds again
        So if you want to flip to see who's right I know I'll win

        Heads, I win
        Tails, you lose
        Heads, I win
        Tails, you lose
        Bad news

        Oh well, match me honey (match me honey)
        Take my money (take my money)
        You know the odds are your's (flip it baby)
        So flip the coin

        I'm gonna make some changes with this gamblin' game
        From now on I'm the dealer and I'll do the same
        I'll load my dice and stack the deck and fix the odds again
        So if you want to flip to see who's right I know I'll win

        Heads, I win
        Tails, you lose
        Heads, I win
        Tails, you lose
        Bad news

        Heads, I win
        Tails, you lose
        Heads, I win
        Tails, you lose
        Bad news


        9. "Summertime Blues"
        Sea Chest Music BMI
        E. Cochran/J. Capeheart

        I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
        About a workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar
        Every time I call my baby, and ask to get a date
        My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"
        Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
        But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

        Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some money"
        If you want to use the car to go ridin' next Sunday
        Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
        "Well you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
        Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
        But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

        I'm gonna take the weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
        I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations
        Well I called my congressman and he said "Whoa!"
        "I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
        Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
        But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues


        10. "Cuckoo Clock"
        Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Gary Usher

        We knew it must have been late
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        We had no time to wait
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        I went to light the fireplace
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        I planned it all this way, and
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)

        I snuggled close to her
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        Her heart began to purr
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        I held my breath inside, and then
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        I put my arms around her
        (Tick-tock)

        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo

        I put that birdie away
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        His cuckoo was gone to stay
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        We both apologized for why
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        Forgave that doggone cuckoo

        I went back to her side
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        I had to swallow my pride
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        The fire had almost died away
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        We just got situated
        (Tick-tock)

        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo

        I took that clock apart
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        I broke the cuckoo's heart
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        He'll never bother us again
        (Tick-tock, tick-tock)
        We just forgot about him
        (Tick-tock)

        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo (go away silly bird)
        Cuckoo, cuckoo


        11. "Moon Dawg"
        Beechwood Music Corp. BMI
        Derry Weaver

        Instrumental


        12. "The Shift"
        Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Check out the chick with the new dress on
        (Wearin' a shift and it looks real fine)
        The call it a shift and it comes on strong
        (Wearin' a shift and it looks real fine)
        When she's got it on, well she can't do no wrong
        (Wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

        You may think a dress can't do very much
        (Wearin' a shift really turns me on)
        With the slit up the side, you can't resist that touch
        (Wearin' a shift really turns me on)
        It's tighter than a moo-moo and it's just too much
        (Wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
        (Can't go wrong now) (go wrong now)
        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
        (Turns me on now) (turns me on now)

        Get your girl a shift and she'll look real fine
        (Wearin' a shift and it's just too much)
        It fits like a glove and drives you outta your mind
        (Wearin' a shift and it's just too much)
        She'll ball it with her shift on and we'll have a good time
        (Wearin' a shift, wearin' a shift)

        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)
        (Turns me on now) (get a shift now)




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