Randy Newman – On The Beach (Guitar)

    G                    Gmaj7
It all began in grammar school

Gm6               G6
And on the beach

G                 Gmaj7
Everybody graduate

Gm6
there we were

D                          D7
Off we went to junior high

D9
there we were

D           D7      Gmaj7     G6
Everybody graduate

G
Off we went to high school

      G7
Except one of us

G7
On the beach he was, and there he

C
stayed

         Cm
Saw the holy cat, the beginnings of it

G       G6
Polyurethane

D                         D7
Long board, short board, Every board

G               E7
On the beach, he saw it

A7    D7     G
On the beach

G
Roll Willy

E7
Roll Willy

A7                   D7
You saw it all, Willy

G             D7
On the beach

           G
Your not a Bum, Willy

        E7
Never a bum, Willy

                A7            D7
But in years to come, Willy

           G
T'was in reach

G             Gmaj7
Some went to college

Gm6          G6
Some went to war

G
Some came back crazy

          G7
Some where crazy before

G           E7
Willy saw acid

A7
Willy saw fear

D7
Willy saw free base

G
But Willy's still here

          G
On the beach,

         E7
On the beach,

A7                    D7
Still on the beach

              G
Still on the beach

C                   Cm
They're building a railroad

G          E7
Downtown to here that's what they say

A                     A7
They said it sixty years ago

D                      D7
But they building it today

G
Lifeguard towers

E7
you used to live in

A7
Coming down man

D7                 G      D7
they coming down

G
Lifeguard towers

E7
well you'd hold fault for hours

          A7               D7
About the Polyurethane, the holy cat,

       G
the old long board and short board too

C                 Cm
Willy, if it ever rains again

G                      E7
don't sleep under the pier

A7
Those 20 foot sets we used to lie about

D
well they're here now, Willy

D7
And they'll take you out

G
Roll willy roll

E7
you never get old

    A                    A7
You look just like you used to look

     D           D7
a hundred years ago

        G
On the beach,

        E7
On the beach,

       A7               D7
Nice to see you Willy,

               G
Still on the beach

         G
On the beach,

         E7
On the beach,

        A7             D7
Nice to see you Willy,

                G
Still on the beach