• Song:

    Take Me By Surprise

  • Artist:

    Ray Lamontagne

This song is pretty hard to find, but it is a magnificent piece of work.  So simplistic,
so deep and moving. -MRG
Not sure if most of the words are correct.  Kind of hard to decipher since it was a live performance.

Take Me By Surprise

EADGBE Tuning

G C Am Dsus2  x2

Verse 1:
G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)       	  Am (x02210@1)           DsusSometimes (xx0233@1)I feel so aimless If I've been shameless in my pride
           G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)           DsusThat (xx0233@1)my soul showed.  That I could go on.  Live without you in my life.

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                Dsus2All (xx0230@1)the roads I've traveled
       G (320003@1)               EmAll (022000@1)the mountains I put behind
       C (x32010@1)            Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                 GBut (320003@1)still I can't seem to get you off of my mind
          C (x32010@1)            Dsus2 (xx0230@1)     G (320003@1)        EmAnd (022000@1)after all the years, baby, the worry and lies
       C (x32010@1)                 Dsus2 (xx0230@1)           GAnd (320003@1)still you're smile can take me by surprise.
G (320003@1)  F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)         G (320003@1)  F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)Verse 2:
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)                   Am (x02210@1)             Dsus2Time (xx0230@1)rose past its slumber, but still I wonder what went wrong.
            G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)       Dsus2Did (xx0230@1)I loose you, or did I trade you for a moment or a song

Bridge:
Em (022000@1)                 Am (x02210@1)           Dsus (xx0233@1)             C (x32010@1)     GOhhh (320003@1)to be here like we once were, like we never will again
Em (022000@1)                Am (x02210@1)         Dsus2Ohhh. (xx0230@1)To be sent home used to please me
           C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)CWas (x32010@1)enough just to be your friend

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                Dsus2All (xx0230@1)the roads I've traveled
       G (320003@1)               EmAll (022000@1)the mountains I put behind
       C (x32010@1)            Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                 GBut (320003@1)still I can't seem to get you off of my mind
          C (x32010@1)      Dsus2 (xx0230@1)       G (320003@1)              EmAnd (022000@1)after all the years, the pain, the worry and lies
       C (x32010@1)                  Dsus2 (xx0230@1)        CAnd (x32010@1)still you're smile can take me by surprise.
       C (x32010@1)                  Dsus2 (xx0230@1)        C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)     GAnd (320003@1)still you're smile can take me by surprise.

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