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Surprise Surprise Sweet Bird Of Paradox Chords

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John Lennon
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           Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) – John Lennon
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Tuning: Standard

John Lennon
Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) (1974)
(Lennon)


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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)


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           [LINK – see above]
I need, need, need her

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

           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]

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

F
 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)
            
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