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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. Listen to the song for the strum pattern, it's sort of syncopated. Intro: Am C Fbar Gbar x2 Verse 1:
AmDark clouds gather in the afternoon C Come together just to cry F Seagulls struggling against theG wind Falling out of the sky Am
AmGrandma's gathering aluminum canCs In a rusty shopping cart F Born-againers getting their lives togethGer While my whole world's falling apart Am
Chorus:
FOpen up your eyes It's happening all around yGou If it hasn't fouFnd you Well you know it's just a matter of time G
FSurprise, surprise What do you think the world owes you G It's not the way it's supposed tFo go Well you know it's just a matter of time G
Verse 2:
AmSongbird sitting in a tree house C With a trumpet to her lips F I'm laying on my back in the tall green Ggrass Staring up at the eclipsAme
AmWhispers lurking in the alley behindC Where the children wear no shoes F Call girls and corner kids hustling G Saying what do you got to lose Am
Chorus Bridge:
EAnd there's nowhere you can run to F Because the eyes are Cupon you E
Verse 3:
AmSome of the coming up hard and hungry C Stepping up to take your turn F Some of them throwing their money in theG fire Just to watch it burn Am
Chorus It's just a matter of It's just a matter of time