Tom: A
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:
E B E B
X8
"Everybody's heard a-bout the bird ..."
the following riff isn't the same for guitar and bass:
B A
"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
E chord that Daniel slides down.
E B E B E
X2
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.