What A Surprise Chords

KeyD Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays514

What A Surprise by Family Of The Year is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, Dsus4, Em, F#m, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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16
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Intro: D Dsus4 Intro 

    D                    Em 
What a surprise, what a surprise 
    F#m               G 
How quickly summer's over 
       D                  Em 
What a surprise, what a good disguise 
 F#m               G               D 
I didn't say goodbye, what a surprise    


   D                             Am 
Feel like I'm home again, back inside my mother's arms 
   G                          
Light is shining on the weekend 
   D                               Am 
Passing notes to my best friends, hanging by the class again 
    G                     
Maybe this year I can find a girl 


    D                    Em 
What a surprise, what a surprise 
    F#m               G 
How quickly summer's over 
       D                  Em 
What a surprise, what a good disguise 
 F#m               G               D 
Feel like I didn't even know ya, what a surprise 

      D                      Em 
Hannah and Mike snuck out for a time 
         F#m                G                     D 
They thought about graduation, they talk about Jess 
                           Em      F#m                     G 
They talked a little about Kai, and how she might move to Brooklyn 
                   D 
Or at least she'll try 

      D 
Looks like I'm the man around here 
         Am                           G                      
Dads gone off for another year, travelin is calling out to him 
            D                         Am 
Share my chores with my little bro, drop some acid in the snow 
            G 
Maybe this year I can buy a car 
       D               Em 
What a surprise, what a surprise 
        F#m              G 
How winter makes you honest 
           D                  Em 
What a surprise, a cold stare in the eyes 
       F#m                G 
Feel like I didn't even want it 
        D 
What a surprise 

Solo  D Am G (2x) 

   D                   Em 
What a surprise, what a surprise 
      F#m               G 
How quickly summer's over 
         D                  Em 
What a surprise, a cold stare in the eyes 
          F#m                  G              D 
I feel like I didn't even know ya, what surprise  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante