Surprise Surprise (sweet Bird Of Paradox) chords by John Lennon

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

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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
G/F#   2-x-0-0-3-x
G/BG/B   x-2-0-0-3-3
Dsus4Dsus4  x-x-0-2-3-3
Dsus2Dsus2  x-x-0-2-3-0
Fmaj7Fmaj7 (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 --|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|------------|
BB --|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|--------|--|------------|
G+G --|------7-|--|------7-|--|------5-|--|------5-|--|------------|
D MajorD --|--7-9---|--|--7-9---|--|--5-7---|--|--5-7---|--|------5-----|
A augmentedA 5-|9-h-----|5-|9-h-----|3-|7-h-----|3-|7-h-----|--|--5-7---7-5-|
E MajorE --|/-------|--|/-------|--|/-------|--|/-------|3-|7---h---h---|

LINK
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
BB|----------------|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|----------5-----|
A augmentedA|------5-7---7-5-|
E MajorE|--3-7---h---h---|
   /

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INTRO (see above)


D MajorD
 Sweet as the smell of success
G+G      G/F#     E minorEm
 Her body's warm and wet
  D MajorD
She gets me through this god awful loneliness
G+G     G/F#    E minorEm
 A augmentedA natural high butterfly - oh I ...
 C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm      [LINK – see above]
I need, need, need her

D MajorD
 Just like a willow tree
G+G      G/F#     E minorEm
 A augmentedA breath of spring you see
    D MajorD
And oh boy you don't know what she do to me
G+G       G/F#          E minorEm
 She makes me sweat and forget who I am
 C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm  G7[?] FF
I need, need, need, need, need her

      C majorC       Fmaj7Fmaj7 E MajorE       A minorAm     D MajorD
Well I was wondering how long  this could go on, on and on
    G+G        E minorEm     Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD
Well I thought I could never be surprised
       C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7  E MajorE     A minorAm     D MajorD
But could it be that I-ah-ah-ay bit my own tongue
     G+G        E minorEm         Dsus4Dsus4 [break] D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Oh yeah, it's so hard to swallow when you're wrong

[LINK – see above]

D MajorD
 A augmentedA bird of paradise
G+G      G/F#     E minorEm
 The sunrise in her eyes
D MajorD
God only knows such a sweet surprise
G+G   G/F#       E minorEm
 I was blind she blew my mind think that I
 C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm  G7[?] FF
I love, love, love, love, love her
 FF
I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her

FF
 Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
 Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
 Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
 Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
 Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love

(repeat and fade)