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{title: Echo beach} {artist: Martha & the Muffins} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 163} {key: Am} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Am] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [G] [Em] [F] [-] [G] [Am] [G] [Em] [F] [-] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} I [Am]know it's out of fashion, [D] and a [C]trifle un[Am]cool [D] [Em] But [Am]I can't help it, [D] I'm a [C]romantic [Am]fool [D] [Em] It's a [Am]habit of mine, [D] to watch the [C]sun go [Am]down [D] [Em] On [Am]Echo Beach, [D] I watch the [C]sun go [Am]down [D] [Em] {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} From [G]nine to five, I have to spend my [D]time at work My [G]job is very boring, I'm an [D]office clerk The [Am]only thing that helps me pass the [Em]time away Is [Am]knowing I'll be back at Echo [Em]Beach someday {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [F] [G] [Am] [G] [Em] [F] [G] [Am] [G] [Em] [F] [G] [Am] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [Am] [D] [C] [Am] [D] [C] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} On a [Am]silent summer evening, [D] the sky's a[C]live with [Am]lights [D] [Em] A [Am]building in the distance, [D] surrea[C]listic [Am]sight [D] [Em] On [Am]Echo Beach, [D] waves make the [C]only [Am]sound [D] [Em] On [Am]Echo Beach, [D] there's not a [C]soul a[Am]round [D] [Em] {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Link} [F] [G] [Bb] [C] [F] [G] [Bb] [C] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Solo} [Am] [G] [Em] [F] [-] [G] [Am] [G] [Em] [F] [-] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: End (repeat)} [Am]Echo Beach, [G]far away in time [Em]Echo Beach, [F]far away [G]in time {end_of_part}