John Lennon – Surprise Surprise Sweet Bird Of Paradox (Ukulele)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) (1974) (Lennon) From: "Walls and Bridges" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO (see above)
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 Sweet as the smell of success

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 Her body's warm and wet

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She gets me through this god awful loneliness

G          D          Em
 A natural high butterfly - oh I ...

  C     G     Am           [LINK – see above]
I need, need, need her

D
 Just like a willow tree

G            D             Em
 A breath of spring you see

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And oh boy you don't know what she do to me

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 She makes me sweat and forget who I am

  C     G     Am    G7[?] F   
I need, need, need, need, need her

           C             Fmaj7  E              Am         D
Well I was wondering how long    this could go on, on and on

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Well I thought I could never be surprised

             C       Fmaj7   E         Am         D
But could it be that I-ah-ah-ay bit my own tongue

         G               Em                  Dsus4 [break] D Dsus2 D
Oh yeah, it's so hard to swallow when you're wrong
[LINK – see above]
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 A bird of paradise

G            D             Em
 The sunrise in her eyes

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God only knows such a sweet surprise

G      D                 Em
 I was blind she blew my mind think that I

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I love, love, love, love, love her

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I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her

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 Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love (repeat and fade)