Surfin’ USA Chords & Tabs

by The Beach Boys

[Content]
Surfin’ U.S.A. chords
The Beach Boys  1963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin%27_U.S.A.
Capo III **

[Verse 1]
C                   G  G7
If everybody had an ocean
               C 
Across the U.S.A.
                    G  G7  
Then everybody'd be surfin'
              CC7
Like California
                             F      
You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies
                 C  
Huarachi sandals too
                     G   G7F
A bushy bushy blonde hairdo
            C 
Surfin' U.S.A.

[Verse 2]
C                          G   G7 
You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar
               C   
Ventura County line
               G    G7 
Santa Cruz and Trestles
                 C   C7
Australia's Narrabeen
            F     
All over Manhattan
                C  
And down Doheny Way
                 G  G7  F
Everybody's gone surfin'
            C 
Surfin' U.S.A.

[Verse 3]
C                           G  G7
We'll all be planning out a route
                      C   
We're gonna take real soon
                      G   G7    
We're waxing down our surfboards
                  C   C7
We can't wait for June
                          F     
We'll all be gone for the summer
                   C   
We're on safari to stay
                       G  G7  F
Tell the teacher we're surfin'
            C 
Surfin' U.S.A.

[Verse 4]
C              G  G7  
Haggerties and Swamies
            C    
Pacific Palisades
               G  G7 
San Onofre and Sunset
                C C7
Redondo Beach L.A.
            F    
All over La Jolla
          C  
At Waimea Bay
                 G  G7  F
Everybody's gone surfin'
            C 
Surfin' U.S.A.
[Break] x3
C                G   G7 F
Everybody's gone surfin'
       C G C
Surfin U.S.A
*  You could add a C7 here if you like
** Alternate:
Capo I
C  = D
C7   D7
G  = A
G7   A7
F  = G
Set8