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"Shut Down" — 1963. Hot rod drag racing as narrative. A-side to Surfin' USA.

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Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 19:09:24 -0800
From: "Travis A. Solin"
Subject: CRD: 'Shut Down' by 'The Beach Boys'
Shut Down
By The Beach Boys
[Intro]
 Bb                      C#          D#       G#
Tack it up, tack it up, buddy gonna shut you down
 G#
It happened on the strip where the road is wide
 G#
Two cool sharks standing side-by-side (Ya)
    C#
My fuel-injected stingray and a 413
       G#
We're revin' up our engines and it sounds real mean
 Bb                      C#          D#       G#
Tack it up, tack it up, buddy gonna shut you down
 G#
Declining numbers at an even rate
 G#
At the count of one we both accelerate
    C#
My Stingray is light, the slicks are starting to spin
         G#
But the 413's really diggin' in
 Bb                 C#          D#      G#
Gotta be cool now, power shift here we go
 C#
Super stock Dodge is winding out in low but
    G#
My fuel-injected Stingray's really starting to go
    C#
To get the traction I'm riding my clutch
    G#                              D#
My pressure plate's burnin' and it shimmies too much
[Saxophone/guitar solo]
 G#
Pedal's to the floor, here his dual quads rake
 G#
And now the 413's lead is starting to shrink
    C#
He saw with cram induction, but it's understood
         G#
I got a fuel-injected engine sittin' under my hood
 Bb                        C#          D#       G#
Shut it off, shut it off, buddy now I shut you down
[Repeat and fade]

Знаете ли вы, что...

  • Released as the B-side to Surfin' USA (1963). Car culture drag-racing terminology delivered at speed — the technical vocabulary of the strip was as exotic to non-Californians as surfing jargon.