The melody of Surf City by Jan & Dean runs 260 notes across 31 bars, 1:40 long in Db at 136 beats per minute. The tab sits almost entirely in the first two frets, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? Surf City chords and lyrics.