Barry Hill – Surf Rider chords

SURF RIDER                                        B.Hill / G.Crouch (1974)

Intro:   |Em|Em|Em|F#/E|
         |C |C |Em|Em  |
         |C |D |Em|Em  |                                       
         |C |C |Em|Em  |
         |C |D |Em|Em  |

          C                             Yah! Yah! Yah!  
          EmYah! Yah! Yah!  
          CYah! Yah! Yah! 
D                                                       Yah! Yah!   
          EmYah! Yah! Yah!  Surf Rider!
          C               Yah! Yah! Yah!  
          EmYah! Yah! Yah - ah! 
          C                         Yah! Yah! Yah!  
D             Yah! Yah! Yah!  


Chorus:

Em           F#/E  Surf Rider!
        C                  DYou are up there riding it,              
             EmChild of the ocean,
     C                D                   This great, beautiful mother of life, 
    Em  F#/EThe sea
C              D                   EmPlaying in the water just like the dolphin, 
C               D       EmYou and the sea,  harmony


Verse 1:

C#m            D#7        A           G#7   Each subtle movement responded to, balanced
             C#m    D#7  A                 G#7Now you move quickly,    slicing along the tube
A                                    G#7              This wave on you is about to break    yet you still slip through.


Chorus:

Em           F#/E  Surf Rider!
        C                  DYou are up there riding it, 
             EmChild of the ocean,
     C                D                   This great, beautiful mother of life, 
    Em  F#/EThe sea
C              D                   EmPlaying in the water just like the dolphin, 
C               D       EmYou and the sea,  harmony


Verse 2:

C#m         D#7  A               G#7               C#m   D#7   Waves of life move within our bodies and we the riders 
   A                  G#7Respond to the subtle movements
A                           Sometimes we lose control     
B/A   Shipwrecked on desolate beaches
A Waves break above our heads
B/A                             For a moment - 
A                       B/A Eternity - we know the grace, skill, and control
    A                       A#m7-5              Em   And move the waves with the smooth gliding of a bird


Bridge: | Em |(x12)  


Solo:   | G | Eb | C | C |(x4)

Outro:
          C                             Yah! Yah! Yah!  
          EmYah! Yah! Yah!  
          CYah! Yah! Yah! 
D                   EmYah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Surf Rider!
                                     
          C               Yah! Yah! Yah!  
          EmYah! Yah! Yah - ah! 
C                                                 Child of the ocean, 
EmPlay like the dolphin,
         CWith the sea in harmony
        A/C#               You are up there riding it.   
Em           F#/E  Surf Rider!