Surprise, Surprise Brett Dennen
Surprise, Surprise ? Brett Dennen
Chords
This is such a great and hugely underappreciated song! I?m almost certain that Brett
doesn?t do it this way, and there is a ton of adlibbing in the recorded version, but
it?s a
good hasty-made foundation. Can be transposed and Capo?d if desired. It sounds like it?s
on a higher fret in the recording. Also, by no means is a barre on first and third
necessary. I have just included it for a better sound, as well as ease, in my opinion.
If you feel inclined to play it without a barre, feel free to do so. Listen to the song
for the strum pattern, it?s sort of syncopated.
Intro:
Am C Fbar Gbar x2
Verse 1:
[Am]Dark clouds gather in the afternoon[C]
Fbar
Come together just to cry
Gbar
Seagulls struggling against the wind
Falling out of the sky[Am]
[Am]Grandma's gathering aluminum can[C]s
Fbar
In a rusty shopping cart
Gbar
Born-againers getting their lives together
While my whole world's falling apart[Am]
Chorus:
Fbar
Open up your eyes
Gbar
It's happening all around you
Fbar
If it hasn't found you
Gbar
Well you know it's just a matter of time
Fbar
Surprise, surprise
Gbar
What do you think the world owes you
Fbar
It's not the way it's supposed to go
Gbar
Well you know it's just a matter of time
Verse 2:
[Am]Songbird sitting in a tree house[C]
2Fbar
With a trumpet to her lips
Gbar
I'm laying on my back in the tall green grass
Staring up at the eclips[Am]e
[Am]Whispers lurking in the alley behind[C]
Fbar
Where the children wear no shoes
Gbar
Call girls and corner kids hustling
Saying what do you got to lose[Am]
Chorus
Bridge:
[E]And there's nowhere you can run to[F]
Because the eyes are [C]upon you[E]
Verse 3:
[Am]Some of the coming up hard and hungry[C]
Fbar
Stepping up to take your turn
Gbar
Some of them throwing their money in the fire
Just to watch it burn[Am]
Chorus
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of time
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