Surprise, Surprise Chords
by John Lennon
Surprise, Surprise by John Lennon is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D7, G, G/F#, Em, C6, Am, F7, C, F, E7 and D7sus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D7
Sweet as the smell of success
G G/F# Em
Her body's warm and wet
D7
She gets me thru this God awful loneliness
G G/F# Em
A natural high butterfly
C6 G Am
Oh I, I need, need, need her
Just like a willow tree
A breath of spring you see
And oh boy, you don't know what she do to me
She makes me sweat and forget who I am
C6 G Am G F7
I need, need, need, need her
C F E7 Am D7
Well I was wond'ring how long this could go on, on and on
G Em D7sus4 D7
Well I thought I could never be surprised
C F E7 Am D7
But could it be that I bit my own tongue
G Em D7sus4 D7
Oh yeah, It's so hard to swallow when you're wrong
A bird of paradise
Sunrise in her eyes
God only knows such a sweet surprise
I was blind she blew my mind
C6 G Am G F7
Think that I, I love, love, love, love, love her
I love her
I love her
I love her
I love her
I love her
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love!
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love!
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love!
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love!