Chords for I Surrender
Tempo:
99.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
Bm
Em
D
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Yeah, I know what a [A] calling is.
We all have a calling in our life, [Bm] I believe.
I'm from the dirt, man.
[B] I come up in these [Em] streets.
I went without eating.
You [D] know what I'm saying?
Saw my mom go without eating.
[Dbm] I got tired of that.
I had [A] to get out there in them streets and hustle.
[Bm] You know what I'm saying?
[Em]
It's easy for [Eb] you all to say, [A] surrender your life.
Give your life to God and all that.
That's good.
I believe in [B] God.
But when you got bills at your front door all the time, you [Em] know what I'm saying?
And kids screaming, daddy, [D] mama, where the food at?
Man, it makes it kind [E] of hard to believe in, you know, have faith [Bm] in something that you can't see.
Even though you want [Em] to believe, but [A] y'all just going to have to pray for me.
You know what I'm saying?
Because, uh
Constantly, my mind and my heart is [B] racing.
Yeah.
All by [Em] myself, trying to [A] solve all of these problems [D] I'm facing.
Looking [A] to man, trying to find [Bm] hope.
But man will never [Em] know the [Eb] depth of my [D] struggles.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a [Bm] hand.
But when depending on [Em] myself, [A] failed time [D] again.
That's why I'm standing here [A] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't fight [Em] these battles, not [Eb] myself.
I [A] surrender, I surrender, I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, Lord.
[A] I [D] surrender, [A] I surrender, [Gb] I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, [Eb] Lord.
I [D] surrender, I surrender, [Gb]
I [B] surrender to [Dbm] you, [Gbm] Lord.
[Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
[G]
[A] [D] I tried everything I [A] could to make it [Bm] work.
But everything I [Em] seemed to try [A] just made it worse.
[D] And every road that [Dbm] I go down, there were no [Bm] signs.
Destination [Em] lonely, with [Eb] no peace of [A] mind.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a hand.
[Bm] But when depending on [Em] myself, I would fail [A] time again.
[D] That's why I'm standing here [Dbm] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't [Em] fight these battles, not myself.
[Eb] I surrender, [A] I surrender, I [B] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I [A] surrender, [D] I [A] surrender, I [Bm] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I tried [Eb] everything, but [D] now I surrender, [Gb] yeah.
I surrender [Bm] [B] to you, [Dbm] Lord.
[Gbm] [Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
[G]
[A] Lord, [D] you've got the place around me.
[Gbm] There's nowhere for me to go.
[E] Joy I have tried to find.
[Bm] See, I've searched high and [A] I've searched low.
You said you'd go through all the pain.
So [Gbm] come and rescue me from this [Bm] hell.
Because I can't do [Dm] it by [C] myself.
[Bb] I surrender, I surrender, I [C] surrender to [Fm] you, [Bb] Lord.
[Eb] I surrender, [Bb] I surrender to you.
[Cm] I'm sick and [Fm] tired of knowing [E] you.
[Eb] I need your help.
[Gm] I'm on my [G] way, Lord.
[Cm] I'm here [C] and willing to [Fm] make a [Bb] change, Lord.
I surrender all my [C] life.
Now you give me a life.
I surrender all my wrongs.
[Fm] Lord, you [Bb] make it right.
[Eb] I surrender situations [Bb] that no one fixes for [Cm] me.
No more hesitation.
[Fm] Here I am on [E] my knees.
[Bb] I surrender, I [Gm] surrender, I surrender [Cm] to [Fm] you, Lord.
[Bb] I surrender [Eb] myself, my heart, my kids, my wife.
[Bb] [C] [Fm]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
We all have a calling in our life, [Bm] I believe.
I'm from the dirt, man.
[B] I come up in these [Em] streets.
I went without eating.
You [D] know what I'm saying?
Saw my mom go without eating.
[Dbm] I got tired of that.
I had [A] to get out there in them streets and hustle.
[Bm] You know what I'm saying?
[Em]
It's easy for [Eb] you all to say, [A] surrender your life.
Give your life to God and all that.
That's good.
I believe in [B] God.
But when you got bills at your front door all the time, you [Em] know what I'm saying?
And kids screaming, daddy, [D] mama, where the food at?
Man, it makes it kind [E] of hard to believe in, you know, have faith [Bm] in something that you can't see.
Even though you want [Em] to believe, but [A] y'all just going to have to pray for me.
You know what I'm saying?
Because, uh
Constantly, my mind and my heart is [B] racing.
Yeah.
All by [Em] myself, trying to [A] solve all of these problems [D] I'm facing.
Looking [A] to man, trying to find [Bm] hope.
But man will never [Em] know the [Eb] depth of my [D] struggles.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a [Bm] hand.
But when depending on [Em] myself, [A] failed time [D] again.
That's why I'm standing here [A] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't fight [Em] these battles, not [Eb] myself.
I [A] surrender, I surrender, I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, Lord.
[A] I [D] surrender, [A] I surrender, [Gb] I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, [Eb] Lord.
I [D] surrender, I surrender, [Gb]
I [B] surrender to [Dbm] you, [Gbm] Lord.
[Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
[G]
[A] [D] I tried everything I [A] could to make it [Bm] work.
But everything I [Em] seemed to try [A] just made it worse.
[D] And every road that [Dbm] I go down, there were no [Bm] signs.
Destination [Em] lonely, with [Eb] no peace of [A] mind.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a hand.
[Bm] But when depending on [Em] myself, I would fail [A] time again.
[D] That's why I'm standing here [Dbm] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't [Em] fight these battles, not myself.
[Eb] I surrender, [A] I surrender, I [B] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I [A] surrender, [D] I [A] surrender, I [Bm] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I tried [Eb] everything, but [D] now I surrender, [Gb] yeah.
I surrender [Bm] [B] to you, [Dbm] Lord.
[Gbm] [Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
[G]
[A] Lord, [D] you've got the place around me.
[Gbm] There's nowhere for me to go.
[E] Joy I have tried to find.
[Bm] See, I've searched high and [A] I've searched low.
You said you'd go through all the pain.
So [Gbm] come and rescue me from this [Bm] hell.
Because I can't do [Dm] it by [C] myself.
[Bb] I surrender, I surrender, I [C] surrender to [Fm] you, [Bb] Lord.
[Eb] I surrender, [Bb] I surrender to you.
[Cm] I'm sick and [Fm] tired of knowing [E] you.
[Eb] I need your help.
[Gm] I'm on my [G] way, Lord.
[Cm] I'm here [C] and willing to [Fm] make a [Bb] change, Lord.
I surrender all my [C] life.
Now you give me a life.
I surrender all my wrongs.
[Fm] Lord, you [Bb] make it right.
[Eb] I surrender situations [Bb] that no one fixes for [Cm] me.
No more hesitation.
[Fm] Here I am on [E] my knees.
[Bb] I surrender, I [Gm] surrender, I surrender [Cm] to [Fm] you, Lord.
[Bb] I surrender [Eb] myself, my heart, my kids, my wife.
[Bb] [C] [Fm]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
Key:
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Bm
Em
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Bm
Em
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I know what a [A] calling is.
We all have a calling in our life, [Bm] I believe.
I'm from the dirt, man.
[B] I come up in these [Em] streets.
I went without eating.
You [D] know what I'm saying?
Saw my mom go without eating.
[Dbm] I got tired of that.
I had [A] to get out there in them streets and hustle.
[Bm] _ You know what I'm saying?
[Em]
It's easy for [Eb] you all to say, [A] surrender your life.
Give your life to God and all that.
That's good.
I believe in [B] God.
But when you got bills at your front door all the time, you [Em] know what I'm saying?
And kids screaming, daddy, [D] mama, where the food at?
Man, it makes it kind [E] of hard to believe in, you know, have faith [Bm] in something that you can't see.
Even though you want [Em] to believe, but [A] y'all just going to have to pray for me.
You know what I'm saying?
Because, uh_
Constantly, my mind and my heart is [B] racing.
Yeah.
All by [Em] myself, trying to [A] solve all of these problems [D] I'm facing.
Looking [A] to man, trying to find [Bm] hope.
But man will never [Em] know the [Eb] depth of my [D] struggles.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a [Bm] hand.
But when depending on [Em] myself, [A] failed time [D] again.
That's why I'm standing here [A] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't fight [Em] these battles, not [Eb] myself.
I [A] surrender, _ I surrender, I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, Lord.
[A] I [D] surrender, _ _ [A] I surrender, _ [Gb] I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, [Eb] Lord.
I [D] surrender, I surrender, _ [Gb] _
_ I [B] surrender to [Dbm] you, [Gbm] Lord.
[Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
_ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] I tried everything I [A] could to make it [Bm] work.
But everything I [Em] seemed to try [A] just made it worse.
[D] _ And every road that [Dbm] I go down, there were no [Bm] signs.
Destination [Em] lonely, with [Eb] no peace of [A] mind.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a hand.
[Bm] But when depending on [Em] myself, I would fail [A] time again.
[D] That's why I'm standing here [Dbm] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't [Em] fight these battles, not myself.
[Eb] I surrender, [A] _ I surrender, I _ _ [B] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I [A] surrender, _ [D] I _ [A] surrender, I _ [Bm] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I tried [Eb] everything, but [D] now I surrender, [Gb] yeah.
I surrender _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] to you, [Dbm] Lord.
_ [Gbm] _ [Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
_ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ Lord, [D] you've got the place around me.
[Gbm] There's nowhere for me to go.
[E] Joy I have tried to find.
[Bm] See, I've searched high and [A] I've searched low.
You said you'd go through all the pain.
So [Gbm] come and rescue me from this [Bm] hell.
Because I can't do [Dm] it by [C] myself.
[Bb] I surrender, _ I surrender, I [C] _ surrender to [Fm] you, [Bb] Lord.
_ [Eb] _ I surrender, [Bb] I surrender to you.
_ [Cm] _ I'm sick and [Fm] tired of knowing [E] you.
[Eb] I need your help.
[Gm] I'm on my [G] way, Lord.
[Cm] I'm here [C] and willing to [Fm] make a [Bb] change, Lord.
I surrender all my [C] life.
Now you give me a life.
I surrender all my wrongs.
[Fm] Lord, you [Bb] make it right.
[Eb] I surrender situations [Bb] that no one fixes for [Cm] me.
No more hesitation.
[Fm] Here I am on [E] my knees.
[Bb] I surrender, I [Gm] surrender, I surrender _ _ [Cm] _ _ to [Fm] you, Lord.
[Bb] I surrender [Eb] myself, my heart, my kids, my wife.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
We all have a calling in our life, [Bm] I believe.
I'm from the dirt, man.
[B] I come up in these [Em] streets.
I went without eating.
You [D] know what I'm saying?
Saw my mom go without eating.
[Dbm] I got tired of that.
I had [A] to get out there in them streets and hustle.
[Bm] _ You know what I'm saying?
[Em]
It's easy for [Eb] you all to say, [A] surrender your life.
Give your life to God and all that.
That's good.
I believe in [B] God.
But when you got bills at your front door all the time, you [Em] know what I'm saying?
And kids screaming, daddy, [D] mama, where the food at?
Man, it makes it kind [E] of hard to believe in, you know, have faith [Bm] in something that you can't see.
Even though you want [Em] to believe, but [A] y'all just going to have to pray for me.
You know what I'm saying?
Because, uh_
Constantly, my mind and my heart is [B] racing.
Yeah.
All by [Em] myself, trying to [A] solve all of these problems [D] I'm facing.
Looking [A] to man, trying to find [Bm] hope.
But man will never [Em] know the [Eb] depth of my [D] struggles.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a [Bm] hand.
But when depending on [Em] myself, [A] failed time [D] again.
That's why I'm standing here [A] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't fight [Em] these battles, not [Eb] myself.
I [A] surrender, _ I surrender, I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, Lord.
[A] I [D] surrender, _ _ [A] I surrender, _ [Gb] I [Bm] surrender to [Em] you, [Eb] Lord.
I [D] surrender, I surrender, _ [Gb] _
_ I [B] surrender to [Dbm] you, [Gbm] Lord.
[Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
_ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] I tried everything I [A] could to make it [Bm] work.
But everything I [Em] seemed to try [A] just made it worse.
[D] _ And every road that [Dbm] I go down, there were no [Bm] signs.
Destination [Em] lonely, with [Eb] no peace of [A] mind.
I was depending on [Gbm] myself to give myself a hand.
[Bm] But when depending on [Em] myself, I would fail [A] time again.
[D] That's why I'm standing here [Dbm] alone, with no one [Bm] else.
The one I realized that I can't [Em] fight these battles, not myself.
[Eb] I surrender, [A] _ I surrender, I _ _ [B] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I [A] surrender, _ [D] I _ [A] surrender, I _ [Bm] surrender to you, [Em] Lord.
I tried [Eb] everything, but [D] now I surrender, [Gb] yeah.
I surrender _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] to you, [Dbm] Lord.
_ [Gbm] _ [Bm] Coming out [D] with both [B] hands up, I [A] surrender.
_ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ Lord, [D] you've got the place around me.
[Gbm] There's nowhere for me to go.
[E] Joy I have tried to find.
[Bm] See, I've searched high and [A] I've searched low.
You said you'd go through all the pain.
So [Gbm] come and rescue me from this [Bm] hell.
Because I can't do [Dm] it by [C] myself.
[Bb] I surrender, _ I surrender, I [C] _ surrender to [Fm] you, [Bb] Lord.
_ [Eb] _ I surrender, [Bb] I surrender to you.
_ [Cm] _ I'm sick and [Fm] tired of knowing [E] you.
[Eb] I need your help.
[Gm] I'm on my [G] way, Lord.
[Cm] I'm here [C] and willing to [Fm] make a [Bb] change, Lord.
I surrender all my [C] life.
Now you give me a life.
I surrender all my wrongs.
[Fm] Lord, you [Bb] make it right.
[Eb] I surrender situations [Bb] that no one fixes for [Cm] me.
No more hesitation.
[Fm] Here I am on [E] my knees.
[Bb] I surrender, I [Gm] surrender, I surrender _ _ [Cm] _ _ to [Fm] you, Lord.
[Bb] I surrender [Eb] myself, my heart, my kids, my wife.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _