Surfin' Bird Chords

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Surfin' Bird by Silverchair is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, B5 and A5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Guitar and Bass Tab 
Standard tuning.  
 
Surfin' Bird is a cover of the Trashmen and the Cramps, recorded in less than two  
hours in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia during late January 1996. It appears on 
MOM, a compilation which is a benefit for the Surfrider Foundation. Very basic song  
with three chords. I think the bass follows the guitar except in the second riff. 
 
the first riff played eight times is: 
       E5          B5     E5        B5 
e||-----------------------------------------------|| 
B||-----------------------------------------------|| 
G||-o--9-9--9-9------------9----9---------------o-|| 
D||-o--9-9--9-9----9-----9-9----9---9----9-9-9--o-|| 
A||----7-7--7-7----9-----9-7----7---9----9-9-9----|| 
E||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----|| 
                                                  X8 
G||-----------------------------------------------|| 
D||-o-------------------------------------------o-|| 
A||-o--7-7--7-7------------7----7---------------o-|| 
E||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----|| 
 
      "Everybody's heard a-bout the bird ..." 
 
 
the following riff isn't the same for guitar and bass: 
   B5                              A5  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--9-------------------------------7----------------------------------| 
|--9-------------------------------7----------------------------------| 
|--7-------------------------------5----------------------------------| 
 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------6---7---6-----------------------4---5------------------| 
|------6---9---------------9---6-------4---7-----------7---4----------| 
|--7-------------------------------5----------------------------------| 
 
  "Don't you know about the bird,  everybody's heard about the bird." 
 
 
The third is the same as the first 
one, played twice, then a E5 chord that Daniel slides down. 
      E5          B5     E5        B5               E5 
||-----------------------------------------------||----| 
||-----------------------------------------------||----| 
||-o--9-9--9-9------------9----9---------------o-||-9-| 
||-o--9-9--9-9----9-----9-9----9---9----9-9-9--o-||-9-| 
||----7-7--7-7----9-----9-7----7---9----9-9-9----||-7-| 
||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----||----| 
                                                 X2 
||-----------------------------------------------||----| 
||-o-------------------------------------------o-||----| 
||-o--7-7--7-7------------7----7---------------o-||-7-| 
||----------------7-----7----------7----7-7-7----||----| 
 
Order: 
Repeat four times these three riffs one after another, with a pause of four 
beats between the first and second times for drums, then a pause of four 
beats between the second and third times for singing, and finally a pause 
of eight beats between the third and fourth times for drums. 
 
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Contribuição: Rafael Ortiz P. Silva([email protected]) 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante