Chords for Chris Smither - Slow Surprise

Tempo:
115 bpm
Chords used:

Bm

G

D

B

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chris Smither - Slow Surprise chords
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[A] [G] [B]
[Bm] [D] [G]
[B] [Bm] There is [D] a way
[Bm] Subtle changes come to stay
[G] Barely noticed and hardly [Bm] known
One [D] day you'll say
My [Bm] situation's locked away
But by [G] tomorrow you're [Bm] all alone
It [D] seems so sudden, [G] but it's not
It's [Bm] only grown
[D] From a seed that [A] long ago
Was left [G] forgotten [Bm] in the snow
And [D] has a way with slow [G] surprises
All in [Bm] all,
[D] [B]
[Bm] it's hard [D] to show
[Bm] Like a boulder rolling slow
[G] Or a rumble deep in [B] the ground
Things [D] whisper low
[B] By the time I really [Bm] know
What's [G] been moving
And they've settled [B] down
[Bm] [D] Too late to [G] see the way they're shifting [B] round
[Bm]
[D] Too [A] late to say there's [G] bound to be [B] another way
[D] It's all been [G] said and done without [B] a sound
[Bm] This [D]
[A] [G] [Bm]
[D] [G] [Bm] [B]
comes [D] to me
[Bm] Now that I begin to see
It's [G] not dramatic
There's [B] nothing grand
[Bm]
I [D] used to be
Half [B] the whole of you and me
Now [G] I'm the limit of [B] half a man
[Bm] It seems [D] so simple, [G] nothing much to [B] understand
You [Bm] walked [D] out and [A] closed the door
Said I [G] don't live here [B] anymore
[D] Now nothing's [G] hanging heavy [B] in my hands
[D]
[G] Nothing's hanging heavy [B] in my hands
[Bm] [D] [A] [G]
[Bm] [D] [G]
[Bm] [B]
Key:  
Bm
13421112
G
2131
D
1321
B
12341112
A
1231
Bm
13421112
G
2131
D
1321
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] There is [D] a way
_ _ [Bm] Subtle changes come to stay
[G] Barely noticed _ and hardly [Bm] known
One [D] day you'll say
_ My [Bm] _ situation's locked away
But by [G] tomorrow _ you're [Bm] all alone
_ It [D] seems so sudden, [G] but it's not
It's [Bm] only grown
_ _ [D] From a seed that [A] long ago
Was left [G] forgotten [Bm] in the snow
And [D] has a way with slow [G] surprises
All in [Bm] all, _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Bm] it's hard [D] to show _ _
[Bm] Like a boulder rolling slow
[G] Or a rumble _ deep in [B] the ground _
Things [D] whisper low
_ _ [B] By the time I really [Bm] know
What's [G] been moving
And they've settled [B] down
[Bm] _ _ [D] Too late to [G] see the way they're shifting [B] round
[Bm] _ _
_ [D] Too [A] late to say there's [G] bound to be [B] another way
[D] It's all been [G] said and done without [B] a sound
_ [Bm] This _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ [B] _
_ _ comes [D] to me _ _
[Bm] Now that I begin to see
It's [G] not dramatic
_ There's [B] nothing grand
[Bm] _
I [D] used to be
_ Half [B] the whole of you and me
Now [G] I'm the limit _ of [B] half a man
[Bm] It seems [D] so simple, [G] nothing much to [B] understand
You [Bm] walked [D] out and [A] closed the door
Said I [G] don't live here [B] anymore
[D] Now nothing's [G] hanging heavy [B] in my hands
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] Nothing's hanging heavy [B] in my hands _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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