Weezer - Surf Wax America bass tab

"Surf Wax America"

by Weezer, from their self-titled debut.

Tuning: Tune to Eb (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb).

Gb|----------------------------------------------| Bass comes in after

Db|----------------------------------------------| intro and plays two

Ab|--5-5-5-7-7-5--------5-5-5-7-7-5--------------| bars of the verse.

Eb|--------------7-7-3--------------7-7-3-3-3-7--|

|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------| Verse.

|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5------------------| Play 4x.

|------------------7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3--|

|------------------------------------------

|------------------------------------------

|------------------------------------------

|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-

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------------------------------------------| Chorus,

-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| played 2x.

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While the intro is played |----------------|

again, Matt plays the roots |----------------|

of each chord: |---------7--10--|

|--8--10---------|

|-----------------------------------|

Play verse four times, |-----------------------------------|

then the chorus four times, |----------3-3-3-3------------------|

followed by the bridge: |--5-5-5-5---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

Played eight times. "All along the undertow..."

The slow harmony part is just the roots of the chorus played out,

and it's followed by another four bars of the chorus.

|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------| This "outro" is played four times,

|--3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-------------2-2--| But you end on a solitary Gb note.

|------------------3-3-3-3-3-3------|

Thank you.

Patrick Killingsworth

thx.1138@mailcity.com

I don't surf, I just play the bass.