Biography:
(For the actor and singer with The Village People, see Ray Stephens.)
Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale, 24th January 1939) is an American country and pop singer-songwriter, best known for a series of irreverent, quirky singles such as "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" and "The Streak". His recording career began with two singles released on Prep Records, followed by a short stint with Capitol Records. Both contracts were made with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery.
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Surfin' U.S.S.R
Ray Stevens
Key: C
C F
We got a Soviet sub she's a '79.
G C
She's got nuclear reactor and she runs real fine.
Am Dm
We're loyal to the party and the party line,
G C
But a sailor's gotta have a little fun sometime.
C F
We were out in the Pacific where it's nice and deep
G C
When our Sonar operator went and fell asleep.
Am Dm
Then a terrible crash waking every hand.
G C
And we woke up stuck in the California sand.
Chorus:
G
Now here we are
C
Surfin' U.S.S.R.
Em
Malibu, U.S.A
Am
With all the movie stars.
F
Yah, I'm gettin' kinda tan
Gettin' good on guitar.
C Am
Come on honey be my little com' ma sar
Dm
We don't want no nuclear fight
F G
We just wanna have a beach party tonight
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Am Em
(Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo
Am Em
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo
F C2
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo
F C2
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo)
F
(Yo yo yo yo yo
G
Yo yo yo yo yo)
C F
Thought the girls were bewitchin' back in Moscow U.
G C
'Til we saw the little hunneys here in Malibu.
Am Dm
One look through the prescope and we all flipped.
G C
It was a mutiny aboard the People's Ship.
Chorus
YO's once more
Ray Stevens
Key: C
C F
We got a Soviet sub she's a '79.
G C
She's got nuclear reactor and she runs real fine.
Am Dm
We're loyal to the party and the party line,
G C
But a sailor's gotta have a little fun sometime.
C F
We were out in the Pacific where it's nice and deep
G C
When our Sonar operator went and fell asleep.
Am Dm
Then a terrible crash waking every hand.
G C
And we woke up stuck in the California sand.
Chorus:
G
Now here we are
C
Surfin' U.S.S.R.
Em
Malibu, U.S.A
Am
With all the movie stars.
F
Yah, I'm gettin' kinda tan
Gettin' good on guitar.
C Am
Come on honey be my little com' ma sar
Dm
We don't want no nuclear fight
F G
We just wanna have a beach party tonight
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Am Em
(Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo
Am Em
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo
F C2
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo
F C2
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo)
F
(Yo yo yo yo yo
G
Yo yo yo yo yo)
C F
Thought the girls were bewitchin' back in Moscow U.
G C
'Til we saw the little hunneys here in Malibu.
Am Dm
One look through the prescope and we all flipped.
G C
It was a mutiny aboard the People's Ship.
Chorus
YO's once more
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