Surfing With A Spoon

intro repeats eight times until it finishes on chords  E   D   C   Bb
played like:

Between lines is
this riff (Played by Bear):

While this bass riff is played I think Martin plays harmonic slashes but it could be Jim on Keys

The chorus may be incorrect but it sounds alright
Em
Working in the city from nine to five
D G
  Traffic on the highway gonna blow my mind
D C
  Surfing with a spoon all the rest of the time
D   Bm            D(5th Fret)   E(7th Fret)
Oh yeah, all the rest of the time

Em
Working in the city from nine to five
D G
  Traffic on the highway gonna blow my mind
D C
  Surfing with a spoon all the rest of the time
D   Bm            D(5th Fret)   E(7th Fret)
Oh yeah, all the rest of the time

First Guitar Solo is all Harmonics (b indicates bend behind nut)

Then Martin plays harmonic slashes across the 12th, 7th, 5th and 9th
frets - I haven't worked in exactly what order!
Then we get to the "Merry Go Round" keyboard bit

Then back to the last verse and chorus, and finishes on the E D C Bb
chords like in the intro.

Em
Working in the city from nine to five
D G
  Traffic on the highway gonna blow my mind
D C
  Surfing with a spoon all the rest of the time
D   Bm            D(5th Fret)   E(7th Fret)
Oh yeah, all the rest of the time

************************************
| ~  Vibrato
| /  Slide up
| h  Hammer-on
| b  Bend

E|---12-----12--------|---11-------11-----|---------9-----------|
B|------9-------9-----|------9--------9---|------10-----10------|
G|--------9-------9---|--------9--------9-|----9-----------9----|
D|------------------9-|-------------------|-11---------------11-|
A|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|

E|----------------------|--------12-------|---11-------11-----|
B|----------------------|-----9-----9-----|------9--------9---|
G|-------9-------9------|-----9--------9--|--------9--------9-| etc..
D|----11------11-----11-|----9------------|-------------------|
A|-12------11------9----|-7---------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------|-------------------|

E|------------------------|
B|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
G|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
D|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

E|-----7---7---7---7---7---|
B|------8---8---8---8---8--|
G|-------9---9---9---9---9-|
D|-------------------------|
A|---10--------------------|
E|-------------------------|

E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

E|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

E|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

Post Chorus Fill (Bass riff played through 4 times while harmonics played on top)
E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

Martin (Harmonics):
E|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

E|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

E|-----5-----------|-------------------|
B|-----5-----------|-------------------|
G|-----5-----------|-------------------|
D|-----5-----------|-------------------|
A|-----5-----------|-------------------|
E|-----5-----------|-------------------|

E|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

E|-----7---7---7---7---7---|
B|------8---8---8---8---8--|
G|-------9---9---9---9---9-|
D|-------------------------|
A|---10--------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Bass Riff (Between Lines)
E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

Martin (Harmonics)
E|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

E|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

The Bass riff is then played on guitar like this four times
E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|----------5-2------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------3----------|

E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|--12-----------12--|--7------------7--|--5-----------5--|--7b~~~~~~~----|
D|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|

E|--12---------------|--7---------------|------------------|
B|------12-----------|-----7------------|------------------|
G|----------12-------|--------7---------|--5b~~~-~~~5~--7--|
D|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|------------------|

Second Solo
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|--------2---2-3-2-|-3/5-5-3-5---5-3-|-5------7-5-7--|
G|0-0h2--------------|--4-2-4---4-------|-----------------|---~~~~~~~-----|
D|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|

E|-------------------|------------------|--------------12-|
B|-8-7-8----10-8-10--|-10-8-10/12--10-12| 10-10-12-10-12b--|
G|-------------------|------------------|----~~~-~~~-~----| The next bit is some insane shredding I couldn't
D|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| figure out for the life of me.
A|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|

After shredding it goes (x3)
E|-------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|--2h4-2------------|---------2--------|
D|--------4-2--------|-----2-4---4-2----|
A|-------------------|-2h4--------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|

Then (x1)
E|-------------------|------------/-12--|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|-4-2-4-6-4-6-7-6-7-|-7/9-7-9----------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|

Guitar Riff (x4)
E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|----------5-2------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------3----------|

E|-----7---7---7---7---7---|
B|------8---8---8---8---8--|
G|-------9---9---9---9---9-|
D|-------------------------|
A|---10--------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Bass Riff (Between Lines)
E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------4-3-0------|

Martin (Harmonics)
E|----12-----------|-------------------|
B|----12-----------|-------------------|
G|----12-----------|-------------------|
D|----12-----------|-------------------|
A|----12-----------|-------------------|
E|----12-----------|-------------------|

E|-----7-----------|-------------------|
B|-----7-----------|-------------------|
G|-----7-----------|-------------------|
D|-----7-----------|-------------------|
A|-----7-----------|-------------------|
E|-----7-----------|-------------------|

Guitar Riff (x3)
E|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|------2---0------|----------5-2------|
A|-----------------|-2-1-0-------------|
E|--0--------------|--------3----------|

Closing
E|------------------------|
B|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
G|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
D|----9-9---7-7---5-5---3-|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

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