Finders Keepers
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Original Album
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Surfin' U.S.A.
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Written By
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Brian Wilson
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Produced By
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Nik Venet
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Lead Vocals
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Mike
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Recorded On
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February 12, 1963
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Length
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1:40
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Notes
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- The song's refrain is a homage/rip off of the Four Seasons' hit, "Big Girls Don't Cry".
- Mike adds a smooth lead vocal and cool bass vocals on the chorus.
- Brian used this song to demonstrate Beach Boys' vocal arrangements in his 1995 documentary, "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times".
- Lyrics
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I kicked out of the surf
And stuck my board in the sand
And then up in my Woody
To a hamburger stand
And when I got back
My nine five board was gone
She said yeah she said
(Finders keepers)
Finders keepers
(Losers weepers)
Losers weepers
(Finders keepers)
Finders keepers
Finders keepers
Losers weepers
I saw a Hodaddy
Paddlin' out by the pier
Well he musta got my board
'Cause mine isn't here
But I know how to fix him
I'll just raise that meatball flag
He said yeah he said
(Finders keepers)
Finders keepers
(Losers weepers)
Losers weepers
(Finders keepers)
Finders keepers
Finders keepers
Losers weepers
He took off on a swell
When he saw the flag
He's just a crazy Hodaddy
Pullin' some kind of gag
He went over the falls
And now my board's
Coming back to me
I said yes I said
(Finders keepers)
Finders keepers
(Losers weepers)
Losers weepers
(Finders keepers)
Finders keepers
Finders keepers
Losers weepers
That'll teach him to mess with my board
Next pass next time . . .
- Chords
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................D
I kicked out of the surf and stuck my board in the sand
And then up in my Woody to a hamburger stand
.................G........................................................D
And when I got back my nine five board was gone
.................................E
She said yeah she said
................A......................................................E
Finders keepers (finders keepers) losers weepers (losers weepers)
................A
Finders keepers (finders keepers)
E.............B............D...........A
Finders keepers, losers weepers
...D
I saw a Hodaddy paddlin' out by the pier
Well he musta got my board 'cause mine isn't here
............G............................................................................D
But I know how to fix him I'll just raise that meatball flag
.............................E
He said yeah he said
................D
He took off on a swell when he saw the flag
He's just a crazy Hodaddy pullin' some kind of gag
................G.................................................................................D
He went over the falls and now my board's coming back to me
.....................E
I said yes I said
Chart prepared by Francis Greene