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Surprises

Billy Joel

RockAdvanced for beginners21 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
Esus4Diagram coming soon
D××
A×
C#Diagram coming soon
C×
G
BDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
F
E
Dm××
A7×
Am×
Bb6Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon
D7××
EbDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Em 
 
Verse 1: 
Esus4              Em 
Don't get excited, don't say a word 
D 
Nobody noticed, nothing was heard 
       A/C#         C 
It was committed discreetly 
       G/B        Bb 
It was handled so neatly 
       F              C/E        Dm       A7sus4 A7 
And it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know 
 
Verse 2: 
E                      Em 
Break all the records, burn the cassettes 
       D 
I'd be lying if I told you that I had no regrets 
              A/C#      C 
There were so many mistakes 
           G/B           Bb 
And what a difference it makes 
             F           C/E           Dm       Am 
But still it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know 
  G       C            G/B          Bb6       A7 
I said it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know 
 
Bridge: 
D     A7   Bb  F#m Gm  D7   Eb     F 
Don't look now but you have changed 
     Gm   G       Cm  A7   D    B7 
Your best friends wouldn't tell you 
 
Verse 3:  
Esus4               Em 
Now it's apparent, now it's a fact 
   D 
So marshal your forces for another attack 
            A/C#        C 
You were so young and naive 
            G/B       Bb 
I know it's hard to believe 
           F             C/E         Dm       Am 
But now it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know 
G     C            G/B          Bb6      A7 
No it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know 
 
Bridge: 
D     A7   Bb  F#m Gm  D7   Eb     F 
Gm   G       Cm  A7   D    B7 
 
Verse 4: 
Esus4                  Em 
What has it cost you, what have you won 
    D 
The sins of the fathers are the sins of the sons 
       A/C#       C               G/B        Bb 
It was always within you. it will always continue 
       F           C/E           Dm       Am 
But it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know 
  G       C         G/B             Am       Em 
I said it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know 
 
Intro: Em 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · Esus4 · D · A · C# · C · G · B · Bb · F · E · Dm · A7 · Am · Bb6 · F#m · Gm · D7 · Eb · Cm · B7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.