Oldest Surfer On The Beach Chords
Oldest Surfer On The Beach by Jimmy Buffett is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Em A D
D
The sun’s dropping out of the picture
A
Soon be time to move
It hasn’t been a real big day
G D
But I don’t have a thing to prove
D
I’ve still got the old nose rider
A
I still surf old style
I’ll go out beyond the breakers
G D
Sit alone and rest a while
G A
There’s nothing that I wanna do
G A
No place I’m trying to reach
D G
Only time is now more precious to
A G
The oldest surfer on the beach
A D
The oldest surfer on the beach
D
I stopped searching for perfection
A
Many waves ago
What really matters is the here and now
G D
And that’s about all I know
D
Gonna catch me a big ’ole roller
A
Sun setting on the sea
Riding in on her glassy shoulder
G D
The water going grey like me
G A
There’s nothing that I wanna do
G A
No place I’m trying to reach
D G
Only time is now more precious to
A G
The oldest surfer on the beach
A D
The oldest surfer on the beach