The Trashmen - Surfin Bird

                                      "Surfin' Bird"
                         (Frazier-White-Harris-Wilson)

[Intro]
        [N.C]
        A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird

[Verse 1]
              E7
        B-B-B-bird, bird, bird, B-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
                 B7
        A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
              A7
        Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
                 E7
        A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-A... [N.C.]

        [drum break]

[Verse 2]

        A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
        Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
        Well, everybody's talking about the bird!
        A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
        A-well-A bird...

[Break]
        [N.C.]
        Surfin' bird
               Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb... [retching noises]... aaah!

    Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa--|
-----------------------------------------------------|  
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ooma-mow-mow
        Papa-ooma-mow-mow

[Verse 3]

--|    Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
--|    Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
        Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
--|    Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
--|    Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
--|    Oom-oom-oom-oom-ooma-mow-mow
--|    Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-oom-oom-oom
--|    Oom-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
        Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
        Papa-A-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
        Papa-ooma-mow-mow, ooma-mow-mow
        Papa-ooma-mow-mow, ooma-mow-mow
--|    Papa-oom-oom-oom-oom-ooma-mow-mow
--|    Oom-oom-oom-oom-ooma-mow-mow
        Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
        Papa-ooma-mow-mow, ooma-mow-mow
        Well don't you know about the bird?
        Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
        A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word

[Coda]
        Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow [repeat to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers