Chords for dion "LIVE" (Sweet Surrender) 11-2009

_ I'm like [B] in school and they're [C] teaching me about Columbus [Bbm] discovered America.
And I said, I [D] got that.
Yeah, I got that.
And I go home and I had this gift for [G] writing.
So I [Bb] started writing.
Columbus did not [B] discover America.
[Eb] He did.
[Ab] Oceans [N] didn't just make themselves.
He did.
Who do you think taught birds to fly?
Who painted rainbows on the sky?
Who do you think made you and I?
He did.
That's what I'm saying.
_ So I was like a kid writing this stuff, you know.
_ And then and then I get these, you know, in my heyday,
I got I got like 12 gold records that are on the wall.
_ Thinking something's missing here. _ _ _
_ _ So, you know, [Db] I'm from the Bronx, Montgomery Catholic Church,
[N] Rand Phillips.
_ _ _ So I go in there one day and I kneel at the altar.
I said a prayer.
This is like 40 years ago.
And I walked out and I was changed.
Something happened to me.
And I think God said, _ _ _ _
[Bb] it's your time, kid.
[Dm] I walked [Bb] out.
I was like, yo,
[D] _ the kid is here.
So, _ you know, in [B] my neighborhood, the word surrender was a dirty word.
You did not surrender.
I don't [C] care if somebody was beating your head on the concrete.
[Bm] But there is a sweet surrender.
I found out [F] that day _ _
[Gm] it's to loving [Bb] someone. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thought I was bad and I had to get good.
_ [Cm] Thought I was smart, but I misunderstood.
_ _ [Eb] Thought I was weak [F] and I had to get [Bb] strong.
I was sure I was right.
Then I found I was wrong.
Thought I was lost and I had to get found.
[Cm] They called me square, so I tried to get round.
[Eb] Felt I was lazy [F] and I had to get [Bb] busy.
Swore I was high, but I was just [Eb] plain dizzy.
[Bb] Said now I really know
I'm _ [Cm] _ never before.
Never knew [Eb] it. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Long ago, dead box.
_ Oh, it's bad.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
It's bad.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
[F] Since you get
_ _ [Bb] _ _ all the _ time, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
since you get all the [Eb] time,
since you get all the time.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Thought I was bored, so I made a switch.
[Cm] Thought I was poor and I had to get rich.
[Eb] Then I was crazy [F] and I had to get [Bb] sane.
Wasn't enough, so I changed my name.
_ I put my ego in a cattle pack,
[Cm] _ _ put my energy in a cattle line.
[Eb] Then I was sitting [F] in the drug scene.
I [Bb] was still feeling very free.
_ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ hey, [Cm] yo, I'm moving forward.
_ [Eb] _ _ I'm [F] not gonna let _ [Bb] _ you go. _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
I'm not gonna let you go.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ I'm not gonna let [F] you _ _ [Bb] go. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm not gonna let you [Cm] _ go.
I'm not gonna let you [Eb] go.
I'm not gonna let you go.
I'm not gonna let [F] you go.
I'm not gonna let you go.
I'm not gonna let you go.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ I'm not gonna let you go.
I'm not gonna let you go.
I'm not gonna let you go.
I'm not gonna let you go.
You are not
I _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
don't
you are [Eb] _ not _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
getting now _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
lace
There's a piece [Eb] down in the sweat
[F] There's a piece in the jaw
[Bb] _ There's a piece in the jaw
There's _ _ _ _ _ a piece in the head
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
You can [Bb] have that for a few _ _ _ _