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Surrender Tab by The Smith Street Band

Surrender tab by The Smith Street Band

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This is definitely not correct, so don't complain about that.
For starters, in the vimeo vid for this song, I think Wil actually
plays in some variation of C tuning. Also, the lyrics may not be
entirely correct.


|e|-0----0--0-0-3-3-3-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0----------|
|B|-1----1--1-1-1-1-1-3-3-1---1--1-1-1---1-1-1-1----------|
|G|-0----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---2-0-0-0----------|
|D|-2----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2---0-0-2-0----------|
|A|-3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3----------|
|E|-0----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0----------| < (the 4 strums)

|e|-0----0--0-0-3-3-3-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---5-3-0------------|
|B|-1----1--1-1-1-1-1-3-3-1---1--1-1-1---------5----------|
|G|-0----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-----------5--------|
|D|-2----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2--------------------|
|A|-3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3--------------------|
|E|-0----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0--------------------|
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|e|-1----1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1--1-1-1---1-1-1-1----------|
|B|-1----1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1--1-1-1---1-1-1-1----------|
|G|-2----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2-2----------|
|D|-3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3----------|
|A|-3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3----------|
|E|-1----1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1--1-1-1---1-1-1-1----------|

|e|-0----0--0-0-3-3-3-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0----------|
|B|-1----1--1-1-1-1-1-3-3-1---1--1-1-1---1-1-1-1----------|
|G|-0----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---2-0-0-0----------|
|D|-2----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2---0-0-2-0----------|
|A|-3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--3-3-3---3-3-3-3----------|
|E|-0----0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0-0-0-0----------|


C
I'm not from here so I think with my mouth,
grew up a comfortable distance from where I live now,
F                                             C
so grab me like the animals we were always supposed to be.
C
From these terrace house jungles we'll swing from the rooftops,
                                                F
knowing nothing of the one-way streets far underneath our feet,
                                                C
There's a life outside these bottles, there's a life right here for me

F                        C
But you don't have to surrender,
   G   G
if you don't
F                        C
But you don't have to surrender,
   G   G     C (intro again)
if you don't want to

C
And I'll sit quiet, if I have to go home,
listening to rubber, disturbed water, and whatever was on the radio,
             F                                                    C
we should be climbing chainlink fences with backpacks, nowhere to go.
       C
and am I satisfied or did I just come to terms with the hunger,
F                                                   C
with me all my life, made me live harder when I was younger

But you don't have to surrender,
if you don't want to
    C               F           C
You asked me if I'm drinking again,
F                      C
you say it like it's a good thing
    F                    C
But you don't have to surrender,
   G   G     F
if you don't want to
            G
I've got my white flag with me here just for you

(intro again)

        C
and the ease of repetition was filling my days,
and I was comfortably killing myself in a myriad of different ways,
    F                                                  C

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