Surrounded
Delta Rae
NOTES: The first verse and first chorus are supported by piano only.
The guitar chords approximate the sound. They might not be "right,"
but they're close.
The chorus has lots of time signature changes which I've tried to
notate. There are also chord embellishments in the chorus which I've left out
in order to focus on timing.
Brass intro:
| G | G . . D | G | G . . D | G | G . . D | G | G . . D | G <> |
4/4: | Bm* Dmaj9 | D2 D6 | Bm* Dmaj9 | D2 D6 |
| Bm* Dmaj9 | D2 D6 | Bm* Dmaj9 | D2 D6
|Bm* Dmaj9
I was born in the state where my mother was raised
|D2 D6
With the children of soldiers, the children of slaves
|Bm* Dmaj9
And it's too much to take, the mind how it breaks
|D2 D6 |
The lessons, the stories, the shame and the glories and
3/4: |G |D |G |D |
All, they linger 'round . . . foxes and hounds . .
|3/4 |4/4 |3/4
|Em |D |Em F#m |
. Our souls are bound . . . . to older
4/4: |G A |G Bm D |G A |G Bm D |
Ground . . . . Oh-oh oh oh . . . . . .
|G A
Fell in love with a girl who's found love before
|F#m Bm A
In the hands and the hearts of the people she wore
|G A
She's all that I see, but there's things in between
|F#m Bm A
The fractures and fissures of all of the pictures we
3/4: |G |D |G |D |
Leave, they linger 'round . . . foxes and hounds . .
|Em |D |Em F#m |
. They're with me now . . . I can't lay them
4/4: |G |
Down . . .
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Bm A |Bm A
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded by . gho-osts
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Bm A
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded by
|Bm A |Bm* Dmaj9 |D2 D6 |Bm* Dmaj9 |D2 D6 |
. gho- osts (Oh-oh . . oh oh oh . . oh-oh . . oh oh oh)
|G A
So we keep them at home, the secrets and bones
|F#m Bm A
The voices we hear so we're never alone
|G A
They tease and they taunt, they comfort and haunt
|F#m Bm A
My mother and father and so many I'll never
3/4: |G |D |G |D |
Know, they linger 'round . . . foxes and hounds . .
|3/4 |4/4 |
|Em |Bm* Dmaj9 |D2 D6
. My hands are bou- ou- ou- ound
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|A D |Bm A |Bm A
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded, and I . . . . . . . .
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Bm A |Bm A
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded by . gho-osts
|A D
Oh, and I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|A D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Bm A |Bm A |Bm* Dmaj9 |D2 D6 |
And I . feel it all arou-ou-ound (Oh-oh . . oh oh oh
|Bm* Dmaj9 |D2 D6 |
. . Oh-oh . . oh oh oh
|Bm* Dmaj9 |D2 D6 |
. . Oh-oh . . oh oh oh
|Bm* Dmaj9 |D2 D6 | Bm* <>
. . Oh-oh . . oh oh oh)
Chords:
Bm* = xx0432
Dmaj9 = xx0220 aka: Dmaj9(no 3rd)
D2 = xx0230 aka: Dsus2
D6 = xx0200 aka: D6add9(no 3rd)
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist,
I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not
tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)
