Jimmy Buffett – Einstein Was A Surfer (Guitar)

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Written by Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally Recorded by Jimmy Buffett 2013 Album: Songs from St. Somewhere [Intro] |G / D C |G / D C |G / D C |Am /G / | x 2 [Verse]
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There's a photo of a ge- nius, standing by the o- cean

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With a pea coat and a cool hat in 19- 43

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On a beach in Santa Bar- bara, he's looking quite con- tent- ed

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His world is only mat- ter and energy

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Past the Channel Is- lands out into the cos- mos

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There are worlds in mo- tion that only he can see

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He's smiling as he's think- ing, the harbor lights are blink- ing

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He's the smartest cookie ever was, ever will be
[Chorus]
Em       D     C
Einstein was a surfer

      Am     G     D     Em D
There really is no doubt

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?eCause the universe was his home break

    D     C     Bm  Am       G
And we're still all paddlin' out
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On an iceberg off New- found- land, a lyric sits half- froz- en

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Waiting for a com- et to crash into the sea

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It's drifting towards the trop- ics and melting into top- ics

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Fills the sea with answers that have always worked for me

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Bass notes from the cha- sm at speeds that we can't fath- om

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Music is the language of the near and distant stars

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Black holes humming B- flat, heard only by street cats

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Astronauts in orbit and singers in the bars
[Chorus]
Em       D     C
Einstein was a sailor

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With a uni- versal song

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His sails were tight, his course was right

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So let's just all cruise a- long
[Solo] |D C | G / D C |G /D C |Am /G / | |G / D C |G / D C |G / D C |Am /G / | [Bridge]
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Order to dis- order, it's the way we all fly

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Light speed is all you need to pass the future by
[Solo] |F |F |F |G |G |G |G | |G / DC|G / DC|G / DC|Am /G / | [Verse]
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There's a YouTube of a ge- nius, gliding over liq- uid

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Sultan of the short board in two thousand and ten

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He looks like Valen- tin- o moving like neu- tri- nos

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To the oceans in the heavens, where no wave rider's been
[Chorus]
Em       D     C
Einstein was a surfer

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Who found the perfect break

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Where the strings of time meet the final chime

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It's the path all surf- ers take
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