The Surfer

The Surfer Guitar Chords

Vampire Weekend
Album : Only God Was Above Us
    [Intro]
G6 FM7 G6 FM7 Em7 FM7 G6 FM7
G6 Am7 G6 Am7 G/B Am7 G/B C
Em7 FM7 Em7 FM7
G6 FM7 G6 FM7
 
[Verse 1]
G6
Back on the island,
FM7          FM9
Water Tunnel 3
G6
A cage ascended,
FM7                Fm9
someone looks like me
G6                 FM7
Look up at fingers reaching
     FM9
into space
G6                FM7
A Roman soldier's spearhead
                 FM9
jammed above the waist
 
[Instrumental]
G6 FM7 FM9 G6 FM7 FM9
 
[Verse 2]
G6
Heard someone speaking,
  FM7             FM9
a voice without a face
G6
The ocean's churning,
    FM7            FM9
the cables stay in place
G6
An operation
    FM7             FM9
the locals couldn't save
G6
An undercover agent
FM7                 FM9
drowned beneath the waves
 
[Chorus]
C           C/B
Outside the confines
     D            D7
of a super-mini's door
          GM7        Bm/F#
There's a California king placed
Em7             D
directly on the floor
    C                C/B
Oh, the surfer can't forget
    D                 D7
the shells around his neck, but you were
GM7          Bm/F#
born beneath fluorescent lights, you've
G13          G7#5              G6
never seen a starry night, you saint
 
[Instrumental]
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
 
[Verse 3]
G6
Fake fortune teller,
FM7            FM9
Scandalized by fate
G6
Broke bodybuilder
FM7                 FM9
crushed beneath the weight
G6
Lost and deluded
FM7                 FM9
trying to find your place
G6
Inept long-distance runner
FM7          FM9
losing every race
 
[Instrumental]
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
C C/B D D7 GM7 Bm/F# Em7 D
C C/B D D7 GM7 Bm/F# Em7 D
 
[Chorus]
C           C/B
Outside the confines
     D            D7
of a super-mini's door
          GM7        Bm/F#
There's a California king placed
Em7             D
directly on the floor
    C                C/B
Oh, the surfer can't forget
    D                 D7
the shells around his neck, but you were
GM7          Bm/F#
born beneath fluorescent lights, you've
G13          G7#5              G6
never seen a starry night, you saint
 
[Instrumental]
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9
G6 FM7 FM9