Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays453

Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) by John Lennon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D7, G, Em, C6 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			  D7 RIFF : 
E|-----------------| 
B|-----------------| 
G|-----------0-----| 
D|-------0-2---2-0-| 
A|---1/2-----------| 
E|-3---------------|
 
D7 Sweet as the smell of success, 
G her body's warm and wet. Em 
She D7gets me thru this God awful loneliness, 
G a nat'ral high butterflyEm. 
Oh, I, I needC6 G, Amneed her. D7 RIFF 
D7 Just like a willow tree, 
G a breath of spring you see. Em 
And, oh boyD7, you don't know what she do to me, 
G she makes me sweat and forget who I Emam. 
I C6need

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante