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Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) – John Lennon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
John Lennon
Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) (1974)
(Lennon)
From: "Walls and Bridges"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x
G/B x-2-0-0-3-3
Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3
Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
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INTRO
Hmm, I can play it, but I don’t know how to count it. Suggestions highly
welcome!
1 + 2 + ˅ 1 + 2 + ˅ 1 + 2 + ˅ 1 + 2 + ˅ 1 + 2 + 3 +
e --|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|------------|
B --|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|------------|
G --|------7-|--|------7-|--|------5-|--|------5-|--|------------|
D --|--7-9---|--|--7-9---|--|--5-7---|--|--5-7---|--|------5-----|
A 5-|9-h-----|5-|9-h-----|3-|7-h-----|3-|7-h-----|--|--5-7---7-5-|
E --|/-------|--|/-------|--|/-------|--|/-------|3-|7---h---h---|
LINK
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------5-----|
A|------5-7---7-5-|
E|--3-7---h---h---|
/
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INTRO (see above)
VERSE
D
Sweet as the smell of success
G D/F# Em
Her body's warm and wet
D
She gets me through this god awful loneliness
G D/F# Em
A natural high butterfly - oh I ...
C G/B Am
I need, need, need her
LINK
[see above]
VERSE
D
Just like a willow tree
G D/F# Em
A breath of spring you see
D
And oh boy you don't know what she do to me
G D/F# Em
She makes me sweat and forget who I am
C G/B Am G7 F
I need, need, need, need, need her
MIDDLE 8
C Fmaj7 E Am D
Well I was wondering how long this could go on, on and on
G Em Dsus4 D
Well I thought I could never be surprised
C Fmaj7 E Am D
But could it be that I-ah-ah-ay bit my own tongue
G Em Dsus4 [break] D Dsus2 D
Oh yeah, it's so hard to swallow when you're wrong
LINK
[see above]
VERSE (+ link to outro)
D
A bird of paradise
G D/F# Em
The sunrise in her eyes
D
God only knows such a sweet surprise
G D/F# Em
I was blind she blew my mind think that I
C G/B Am G7 F
I love, love, love, love, love her
F
I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her
OUTRO
F
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
F
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
F
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
(repeat and fade)
