- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
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Artist - Sarah McLachlan
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Song - Sweet Surrender
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Album - Surfacing (1997)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
00:08
VERSE 1
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It doesn???t mean much, it doesn???t mean anything at all. The life I???ve left behind me, is a cold room.
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I???ve crossed the last line, from where I can???t return. Where every step I took in faith betrayed me,
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And led me from my home.
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A|-------|-7-9---9-|-----7-7-7-|---7-|-9-9-9---|-----5-5-5-|-----|-5-5-5-|-------|
E|-------|---------|-----------|-----|---------|-----------|-----|-------|-------|
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00:51
CHORUS
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Sweet-----------------------------------------surrender, is all that I have,
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A|-7-7-7-------|-5-5-5---h--5---|--------7\9-7-|-9-9-9---h--7---|----------|-------7-7-7-|--h--7---|
E|--------7--7-|--------5-7---7-|-5-5-5--------|--------7-9---9-|-10-10-10-|-------------|-7-9---9-|
to give.
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E|-5-5-5--------|-5-5-5-|-------|
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01:08
VERSE 2
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You take me in, no questions asked. You strip away the ugliness that surrounds me.
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Are you an angel? Am I already that gone I only hope that I won???t disappoint you
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When I???m down here on my knees
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01:50
CHORUS
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Sweet-----------------------------------------surrender, is all that I have,
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to give. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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A|-9-9-9\-4--0-|-9-9-9\-4--0-|
E|-------------|-------------|
Sweet-----------------------------------------surrender, is all that I have,
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D|-------------|----------------|---------s----|----------------|----------|-7\9-7-------|---------|
A|-7-7-7-------|-5-5-5---h--5---|--------7\9-7-|-9-9-9---h--7---|----------|-------7-7-7-|--h--7---|
E|--------7--7-|--------5-7---7-|-5-5-5--------|--------7-9---9-|-10-10-10-|-------------|-7-9---9-|
to give.
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D|---------s----|-------|--s--|
A|--------7\9-7-|-------|-7\9-|
E|-5-5-5--------|-5-5-5-|-----|
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02:24
BRIDGE
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And I don???t understand How the touch of your hand I would be the one to fall
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I miss the little things I miss everything,
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E|-------------|-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7--7-9---9-|-------------|--------7-9---9--|-7-7-7-------|
about you It doesn???t mean much. It doesn???t mean anything at all
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A|------------7---|-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7------7---9-|------------------------9\-5-------------|
E|-7-7-7--7-9---9-|-------------|--------7-9---9---|---------------------------------------5-|
The life I left behind me, Is a cold room
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D|-----------------------------------------------|---------|
A|-7-------------------9-------------------------|-----7---|
E|------------------------------------10---------|-7-9---9-|
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03:15
CHORUS
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Sweet-----------------------------------------surrender, is all that I have,
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D|-------------|----------------|---------s----|----------------|----------|-7\9-7-------|---------|
A|-7-7-7-------|-5-5-5---h--5---|--------7\9-7-|-9-9-9---h--7---|----------|-------7-7-7-|--h--7---|
E|--------7--7-|--------5-7---7-|-5-5-5--------|--------7-9---9-|-10-10-10-|-------------|-7-9---9-|
to give. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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D|------s------|------s------|
A|-9-9-9\-4--0-|-9-9-9\-4--0-|
E|-------------|-------------|
Sweet-----------------------------------------surrender, is all that I have, to give.
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D|-------------|----------------|---------s----|----------------|----------|-7\9-7-------|---------|-------|
A|-7-7-7-------|-5-5-5---h--5---|--------7\9-7-|-9-9-9---h--7---|----------|-------7-7-7-|--h--7---|-------|
E|--------7--7-|--------5-7---7-|-5-5-5--------|--------7-9---9-|-10-10-10-|-------------|-7-9---9-|-5~~~~-|
ENJOY..........
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