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Surf Colorado

Bowling For Soup

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
BDiagram coming soon
E
C#mDiagram coming soon
D××
Em
F#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: A, B   
       E, A, C#m, D, B 
 
Verse: 
E           A 
I saw you there 
E             A 
Your long brown hair 
E                 A              C#m             B 
Falling on your face the way it used to fall on mine 
 
E       A 
At one time 
E        A 
A long time ago 
E          A                    C#m              B 
I still remember everything you said to me that night 
 
Pre-Chorus: 
 
A         B                E                  
It's too bad and it's too late 
 
You were such a big mistake 
A             B           E 
Please don't call here anymore 
A         B 
I used to miss you 
 
 
E                    A      C#m 
There's no surfin Colorado anyway 
            D                      
And it's a shame to hear you're happy  
          B 
and you still look at me that way 
E                    A       C#m 
There's no surfin Colorado anyway, yeah 
            D 
She never waved to me or said "good Bye" 
     B 
One night she just left me and her behind 
 
verse 2:
 
E          A 
There she goes 
E            A 
And no one knows 
E          A                C#m                 B 
What she does to my heart, still, she'll never know 
 
E        A 
How we speak 
E            A 
Across the room 
E      A                 C#m              B 
Eye to eye she's holding him, holding me soon 
 
Pre-Chorus: 
 
A         B                E                  
It's too bad and it's too late 
 
You were such a big mistake 
A             B           E 
Please don't call here anymore 
A         B 
I used to miss you 
 
 
E                    A      C#m 
There's no surfin Colorado anyway 
            D                      
And it's a shame to hear you're happy  
          B 
and you still look at me that way 
E                    A       C#m 
There's no surfin Colorado anyway, yeah 
            D 
She never waved to me or said "good Bye" 
     B 
One night she just left me and her behind 
 
Bridge: 
Em                  A 
Remember the first time 
Em                  A 
God Damn we got so high 
Em              A             C#m                  B 
She held me so close that I thought that I might break 
Em                   A 
And know she's a mile high 
Em                A 
And I'm on Texas time 
Em              A                 C#m                  B 
She traded rattlesnakes for bunny runs in Colorado Springs 
 
Em, F#m, A, B 
 
 
E                    A      C#m 
There's no surfin Colorado anyway 
            D                      
And it's a shame to hear you're happy  
          B 
and you still look at me that way 
E                    A       C#m 
There's no surfin Colorado anyway, yeah 
            D 
She never waved to me or said "good Bye" 
     B 
One night she just left me and her behind 
 
Em, A  (4x)  
          
 

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Chord set

A · B · E · C#m · D · Em · F#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.