Surfer Blood - “Island”
from 1000 Palms (2015)
Tabbed by NoahZ
[Intro]
G# Cm F Bb
G# Cm F Bb
G#
[Verse 1]
Cm G# Bb G#
These weeks cast shadows on me
Cm G# Bb G#
A few disguises maybe
Cm G# Bb G#
How lines begin to blur beneath my gaze
Cm G# Bb
One dream within another, it’s all a dream to me
[Chorus 1]
Eb Bb
And I don’t know anymore
Eb Bb
Will you tell me what you’re looking for
Cm Gm
You’ve magnified a thousand times
F Bb
But the piece is missing by design
[Verse 2]
Cm G# Bb G#
A shadow fell on me today
Cm G# Bb
It paralyzed my tongue eclipsed my brain
[Chorus 2]
Eb Bb
And I don’t know anymore
Eb Bb
Will you tell me what you’re looking for
Cm Gm
You’ve dug for us a dozen holes
F Bb
To harness what you can’t control
(aaah section, same as chorus)
Eb Bb
Eb Bb
Cm Gm
F Bb
(fuzz section)
Bb D Eb
Bb D Eb
(go all out)
Bb D Eb
Bb
(surf rock section - obligatory, listen for the rhythm)
F Eb F Dm Bb
F Eb F Dm Bb
G#
(space-guitar solo - brooding & deep, sounds a lot like Interpol though)
Cm G# Bb G#
Cm G# Bb G#
Cm G# Bb G#
Cm G# Bb
[Chorus 3]
Eb Bb
You’ve gotta let me in
Eb Bb
Yeah you’ve gotta let me know
Cm Gm
If we could never let it go
F Bb
How could I ever say hello
Eb Bb
If I had known what I found out today
Eb Bb
I would have washed my hands and walked away
Cm Gm
For now I’m in the lion’s den
F Bb
Tonight I’ll breathe fresh air again — oh, oh ——— Woo!
[Outro]
Bb D Eb
Bb D Eb
(go all out)
Bb D Eb
Bb
