Jerry Wallace - Surprise Surprise Chords

[Intro]
C
 
[Verse]
C                             Em
A little girl in second grade watched me while I played
            F             C
Through the corner of her eyes
    D                          G
But when it came to girls with freckle face and curls
         D             G
Yes, but I was kind of shy
    C                             Em
And then when Christmas came, she didn’t draw my name
    Dm                           Fm
But still she brought a gift for me
    C                   Am
And I recall that day I tried to slip away
Dm                G        C
   So, my friends couldn’t see
 
[Chorus]
G        C            Em
She said Surprise, surprise
  Dm            G
I brought you a present
Dm             G                 C
Now close your eyes so you can’t see
                  Em         Dm          G
Now hold out your hands this gift is for you
  Dm             G          C   G
Because you mean so much to me
 
[Verse]
C                       Em
As the years went by my interests changed
        F                      C
And I began to see her now and then
    Dm                       G
And every Christmas time and maybe Valentine
      D                          G
She’d laugh and say those words again
C                              Em
Then came the magic years when woman hood appears
Dm                         Fm
Like flowers blossoming in spring
               C        A            D
And I began to find her always on my mind
Dm       G              C
   And I gave her a ring
 
[Chorus]
G      C            Em
I said surprise, surprise
  Dm            G
I brought you a present
Dm             G                 C
Now close your eyes so you can’t see
                  Em         Dm          G
Now hold out your hands this gift is for you
  Dm             G          C   A
Because you mean so much to me
 
 
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[Verse]
C                                     Em
  Never thought that little girl with freckle face and curls
                       C
Would grow up to be my wife
     Dm                    G
With every passing day she grew in every way
         Dm            G
To be my joy, to be my life
    C                           Em
But she was small and frail her health began to fail
    Dm                   Fm
And angels carried her a far
     C                      Am
This lonely half a man will join her when he can
Dm                      G    C
    And I’ll take her a star
 
{Chorus]
G             C         Em
  I’ll say surprise, surprise
  Dm            G
I brought you a present
Dm             G                 C
Now close your eyes so you can’t see
                  Am         Dm          G
Now hold out your hands this gift is for you
  Dm             G          C   G
Because you mean so much to me