To My Surprise Chords

KeyAm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays557

To My Surprise by JAMES is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Am, C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verso 1:
Am 
Mona Lisa, stay a while 
Am 
I'm the man to make you smile 
Am 
Hard to please an only child 
Am 
I can read her, life's a trial, OK OK 

Verso 2: 
Am 
Concertina, play a while 
Am 
Make me happy, life's a trial 
Am 
Entertainer, past denial 
Am 
Portrait painter, can you make my eyes less red? 

Pré-Refrão 
 C                          Am 
Created by mistake, there's no free will or fate 
      C                               Am 
Don't do what I have done do what I say 

 
                C               F 
Were you just born an asshole? Rage in exile 
C                               G 
What you have lost you can't replace 
              C                 F 
Were you just born an asshole? Rage in exile 
C                               G Am 
You want that dish you can not taste 

Verso 3:
Am 
Every actor imitates 
Am 
Every boxer needs a break 
Am 
I was born to entertain 
Am 
Motivated, fears that I can't face or blame away 

Pré-Refrão 
         C                     Am 
Got a message, it can't wait, beyond my sell-by date 
       C                             Am 
Don't do what I have done do what I say 


                C               F 
Were you just born an asshole? Rage in exile 
C                               G 
What you have lost you can't replace 
              C                 F 
Were you just born an asshole? Rage in exile 
C                               G   C 
You want that dish you can not taste 

Interlude 
C Am F 
C Am F 

Ponte: 
             C      Am 
I think I finally cracked your code 
        F           G             C 
I've hacked, your system from within 
    Am               F 
You get what you put in 
G                    C        Am             F 
   Some say these things are, comma, best forgot 
    G                 C          Am             F 
I hope this message finds, you floating at the top 
    G                 C  
Depends which way is up 

 
C                 F 
Born an asshole? Rage in exile 
C                               G 
What you have lost you can't replace 
              C                 F 
Were you just born an asshole? Rage in exile 
C                               G   Am 
You want that dish you can not taste 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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