On The Beach Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays645

On The Beach by Faces is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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  			verse 1 
E       D           A    
I don't care who is watching 
E                   D                   A  
Don't mind what the surfing heads might say 
E                    D             A  
And though I may not be no Charlie Atlas 
E             D         A   
Gonna take my shirt off anyway 

verse 2 
E                       D                A 
Now skin and bones sits easy on the high tide 
E                   D              A 
And I'm not one for castles in the sand 
E                  D                  A    
I've seen a girl I once knew from the East Side 
E               D             A 
I think I spy a bottle in her hand 
G               A             E 
I think I spy a bottle in her hand 

G  A  E 

verse 3 
E       D                 A           
I don't need to know your birthday 
E              D                A      
A fortuneteller I don't claim to be 
E                 D                  A 
There's a place I know of called the Tip Top 
E                  D                A  
Won't you come and take a walk with me 
G                  A                E  
Won't you come and take a walk with me 

G  A  E 

verse 4 
E               D                 A  
Didn't take too much hard work to get her 
E             D               A   
Melted like a chocolate in my arms 
E          D            A        
If ??? had ever seen it better 
E                D          A    
It never did the scenery no harm 
G             A          E 
Never did the scenery no harm 
G             A          E 
Never did the scenery no harm 
G             A          E 
Never did the scenery no harm 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante