Biography:
Nada Surf is an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1992. The New York band consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, vocals) and Daniel Lorca (bass, vocals). Their debut album, titled 'High/Low', came out on June 18, 1996 and featured production work from Ric Ocasek of The Cars
The band is best known for the song "Popular", released as a single from their aformentioned debut. The song reached #11 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and propelled the album itself to #63 on the Billboard 200.
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Other songs:
- Blonde On Blonde
- Inside Of Love
- Killians Red
- Neither Heaven Nor Space
- 80 Windows
- All Is A Game
- Always Love
- Amateur
- Animal
- Are You Lightning
- Bacardi
- Bad Best Friend
- Beautiful Beat
- Believe Youre Mine
- Blankest Year
- Blizzard Of 77
- Clear Eye Clouded Mind
- Cold To See Clear
- Concrete Bed
- Do It Again
- Electrocution
- End Credits
- Enjoy The Silence
- Everybody Lies
- Evolucion
- Friend Hospital
- From Now On
- Fruit Fly
- Here Goes Something
- Hi Speed Soul
- I Like What You Say
- Ice On The Wing
- If You Leave
- Imaginary Friends
- Jules And Jim
- Looking Through
- Meow Meow Lullaby
- New Bird
- No Quick Fix
- Out Of The Dark
- Popular
- River Phoenix
- Robot
- Rushing
- See These Bones
- Silent Fighting
- Teenage Dreams
- The Way You Wear Your Head
- Weightless
- What Is Your Secret
- Whose Authority
- Your Legs Grow
- Zen Brain
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Tuning:
Drop 1/2 step
Drop low E to D
Chords:
Dadd6 - x57777 {The top note is not constantly played.
Listen to the intro to get a feel for the rhythm of when it is.}
Bsus2 - x24422
D - xx0235
Em - 222000
=====
D5 - x577xxx
D5/C# - x477xxx
B5 - x244xxx
E5 - 222xxx
G5 - 555xxx
=====
{The following chords are a combination of the harmony
as well as the melodic line on the G-string.
Since the harmony only changes twice, I just assigned numbers 1-3
to each chord for each melodic note.}
G[1] - 5x40xx
G[2] - 5x42xx
G[3] - 5x44xx
Em[1] - 2x40xx
Em[2] - 2x42xx
Em[3] - 2x44xx
=====
G/D - xx543x
Bm/F# - xx4(4)3x {The (4) is implied. It can be played if you want.
My preference is to omit it.}
Aadd9/E - xx242x
Dmaj7add6 - xx0(4)2x {See note above about implied (4).}
=====
{The following chords reflect the harmony as well as
the other guitar fill that shifts between A and F# on the high e string.
Listen to the part in the song and you can hear the pattern of how it's played.
I just named the chord the overall harmony plus (A) in parenthesis to denote
the pattern of switching between the two listed chords.}
D(A) - xx0235 to xx0232
D/C#(A) - x4x235 to x4x232
Bm7(A) - x24235 to x24232
=====
G - 5x043x
G/F# - 4x043x
G/E - 2x043x
Dmaj7 - 0x022x
Dadd6
Don't know what to say
Bsus2 D
I don't know what to talk about
Em Dadd6
I don't know what to do about me and you
Dadd6
I don't know what to think
Bsus2 D
I always feel time's running out
Em Dadd6
It's getting harder, harder to get a clue
D5
Even when we're quiet fighting
D5/C#
Silent treatment on the street
B5 E5 G5
Still there's no doubt we're going home together
D5
Even when we're silent fighting
D5/C#
Making a scene on the street
B5 E5 G5
We'll be under the covers and out of the weather
D5
I just can't tell the truth
D5/C#
Always thinking about leaving you
E5
I'll be the captive, you'll be the captain
G5
I'll be your chaperone, I'll book your first date now
G[1] - G[2] - G[3] - G[2]
Em[1] - Em[2] - Em[3] - Em[2]
G/D - Bm/F# - Aadd9/E - Dmaj7add6
Dadd6
D5
Been watching too much television
D5/C#
And thinking stupid thoughts
B5 E5 G5
So confused about men and women
Dadd6
I don't know what to say
Bsus2 D
I don't know what to talk about
Em Dadd6
I don't know what to do about me and you
D(A) - D/C#(A) - Bm7(A) - E5 - G5
D(A)
Even when we're quiet fighting
D/C#(A)
Silent treatment on the street
Bm7(A) E5 G5
Still there's no doubt we're going home together
D5
Even when we're quiet fighting
D5/C#
Making a scene on the street
E5
I'll be the captive, you'll be the captain
G5
I'll be your chaperone, I'll book your first date now
G - G/F# - G/E - Dmaj7
G G/F#
I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
G G/F#
I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
G G/F#
But I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
G[1] - G[2] - G[3] - G[2]
Em[1] - Em[2] - Em[3] - Em[2]
G - G/F# - G/E - Dmaj7 {3 times}
G G/F#
I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
Drop 1/2 step
Drop low E to D
Chords:
Dadd6 - x57777 {The top note is not constantly played.
Listen to the intro to get a feel for the rhythm of when it is.}
Bsus2 - x24422
D - xx0235
Em - 222000
=====
D5 - x577xxx
D5/C# - x477xxx
B5 - x244xxx
E5 - 222xxx
G5 - 555xxx
=====
{The following chords are a combination of the harmony
as well as the melodic line on the G-string.
Since the harmony only changes twice, I just assigned numbers 1-3
to each chord for each melodic note.}
G[1] - 5x40xx
G[2] - 5x42xx
G[3] - 5x44xx
Em[1] - 2x40xx
Em[2] - 2x42xx
Em[3] - 2x44xx
=====
G/D - xx543x
Bm/F# - xx4(4)3x {The (4) is implied. It can be played if you want.
My preference is to omit it.}
Aadd9/E - xx242x
Dmaj7add6 - xx0(4)2x {See note above about implied (4).}
=====
{The following chords reflect the harmony as well as
the other guitar fill that shifts between A and F# on the high e string.
Listen to the part in the song and you can hear the pattern of how it's played.
I just named the chord the overall harmony plus (A) in parenthesis to denote
the pattern of switching between the two listed chords.}
D(A) - xx0235 to xx0232
D/C#(A) - x4x235 to x4x232
Bm7(A) - x24235 to x24232
=====
G - 5x043x
G/F# - 4x043x
G/E - 2x043x
Dmaj7 - 0x022x
Dadd6
Don't know what to say
Bsus2 D
I don't know what to talk about
Em Dadd6
I don't know what to do about me and you
Dadd6
I don't know what to think
Bsus2 D
I always feel time's running out
Em Dadd6
It's getting harder, harder to get a clue
D5
Even when we're quiet fighting
D5/C#
Silent treatment on the street
B5 E5 G5
Still there's no doubt we're going home together
D5
Even when we're silent fighting
D5/C#
Making a scene on the street
B5 E5 G5
We'll be under the covers and out of the weather
D5
I just can't tell the truth
D5/C#
Always thinking about leaving you
E5
I'll be the captive, you'll be the captain
G5
I'll be your chaperone, I'll book your first date now
G[1] - G[2] - G[3] - G[2]
Em[1] - Em[2] - Em[3] - Em[2]
G/D - Bm/F# - Aadd9/E - Dmaj7add6
Dadd6
D5
Been watching too much television
D5/C#
And thinking stupid thoughts
B5 E5 G5
So confused about men and women
Dadd6
I don't know what to say
Bsus2 D
I don't know what to talk about
Em Dadd6
I don't know what to do about me and you
D(A) - D/C#(A) - Bm7(A) - E5 - G5
D(A)
Even when we're quiet fighting
D/C#(A)
Silent treatment on the street
Bm7(A) E5 G5
Still there's no doubt we're going home together
D5
Even when we're quiet fighting
D5/C#
Making a scene on the street
E5
I'll be the captive, you'll be the captain
G5
I'll be your chaperone, I'll book your first date now
G - G/F# - G/E - Dmaj7
G G/F#
I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
G G/F#
I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
G G/F#
But I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
G[1] - G[2] - G[3] - G[2]
Em[1] - Em[2] - Em[3] - Em[2]
G - G/F# - G/E - Dmaj7 {3 times}
G G/F#
I just can't tell the truth
G/E Dmaj7
I'm always thinking about leaving you
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