THE LONELY SURFER
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1997 Album WILD AGAIN!)
Music by Jack Nitzsche & Marty Cooper
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
C Bb G F
x 3 2 0 1 0 x 1 3 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 2 1 1
Ab Eb Dm
4 6 6 5 4 4 x 6 8 8 8 6 x x 0 2 3 1
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Electric Guitar '
Q=106
C Bb C
4/4
Gtr II
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
H Q Q H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E
|------------||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------||o-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------||--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------||----------------0-2-|------------------|---------------0-2--|
|------------||o-3-------(3)-3-----|-1----------------|-3-------(3)-3------|
|---------3--||--------------------|--------------3---|--------------------|
G C F C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H. Q H +E E E E H +E E E E Q H Q
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-2-------(2)-2-0---|-----------------|
|-5----------------|---------------0-2-|-----------------3-|-2---------------|
|------------------|-3-------(3)-3-----|-------------------|-----3-------3---|
|--------------3---|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
Bb G Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W W +H. Q H. Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-------------------o||-1------------1---|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-(3)-----------3----||------------------|
G C Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W Q Q Q Q H. E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------||-------------0---|--------------6---|-5-------5---10---|
|-----------------||-------------5---|-8--------------8-|-----6------------|
|-----------------||---------5-------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----5-----------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-7---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-3---------------||-----------------|------------------|------------------|
C Bb C Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|-8---------------|-10------------------|------------------|-------------6---|
|-----------------|------11-------------|------------------|-----6-----------|
|-----------------|-----------10--------|------------------|---------7-------|
|-----------------|----------------12---|-10---------------|-8---------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
C G C Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q Q Q H. Q H +E E E E H. Q
|-------------8---|-10----------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-8-------8-------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-----9-----------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||---------------0-2-|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-3-------(3)-3-----|-1----------------|
|-----------------|---------------3---||-------------------|--------------3---|
C G C F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H +E E E E H. Q H +E E E E H +E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-2-------(2)-2-0---|
|---------------0-2-|-5----------------|---------------0-2-|-----------------3-|
|-3-------(3)-3-----|------------------|-3-------(3)-3-----|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------3---|-------------------|-------------------|
C Bb G C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q H Q H. Q W Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------5---|
|-2---------------|------------------|-----------------||---------5-------|
|-----3-------3---|-1------------1---|-----------------||-----7-----------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3---------------||-----------------|
Bb Ab G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H. E E Q H E E Q Q Q Q W
|------------------|-5-----------5---|-4-------4---8---|-7---------------|
|-5------------5-8-|-----6---------6-|-----4-----------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F Eb Dm C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-5-----------------|-------------6---|----------------10---|-8-----------8---|
|--------6----------|---------8-------|-10------------------|---------8-------|
|----------5--------|-----8-----------|-----------10--------|-----9-----------|
|-----------------7-|-8---------------|------12-------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
Bb C F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H. Q H +E E E E
|-10----------------||--------------------|
|-------------------||o-------------------|
|-------------------||----------------0-2-|
|-------------------||--3-------(3)-3-----|
|---------------3---||o-------------------|
|-------------------||--------------------|
Eb F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H. Q H +E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------0-2-|
|-1----------------|-3-------(3)-3-----|
|--------------3---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
C F Bb F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H. Q H +E E E E H +E E E E Q H Q
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-1----------------|-------------------|-3-------(3)-3-1---|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------0-2-|-----------------3-|-2---------------|
|------------------|-3-------(3)-3-----|-------------------|-----3-------3---|
|--------------3---|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Eb C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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H. Q W +H. Q 4x
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-1------------1---|-----------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-3---------------|-(3)-----------3---o||
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
