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Surprise by Stereophonics
Surprise
My first tab, cant believe there are no others of this brilliant 'phonics song.
Standard tuning, not too sure about the G in this tab, have been using just the top
heavy on the top
3 strings for the riffs.Play along to the song (7:15 into rooftop,
Riff : Esus4 E G(just top string) A x 2
Verse 1
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E Asus2 E
There's just time for another,
Asus2 E
Could down me another one,
Asus2 E
When I'm leaving with the others,
A
Going home sweet home,
E
Surprise someone,
Asus2 E
Put my key into the front door,
Asus2 E
Keeping quiet but I'm drunk,
Asus2 E
When I'm creeping up the old stairs,
A E , E
Stepping over the one, the one that's done,
Chorus
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B A
Now my head is starting spinning,
B A
Spinning round and round,
B A
Could be you with a man in our bed,
B A (one strum)
Or it could be the wine,
Riff x 2
Sur____prise ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Verse 2
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E Asus2 E
There's still time for another,
Asus2 E
Could down me another one,
Asus2 E
But while I'm leaving with the others,
A
No home sweet home,
E
Surprise no one,
Asus2 E
Throw my keys into the river,
Asus2 E
Singing louder than a drunk
Asus2 E
And while we're sleeping on the old stairs,
A E , E
Staying up 'till its sun, down another one
Chorus
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B A
Now my head is starting spinning,
B A
Spinning round and round,
B A
Could be you with a man in our bed,
B A (one strum)
Or it could be the wine,
Riff x 2
Sur____prise ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOLO ---- D D Dsus2 A A D E D D
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Riff (Step up) D A E G D, D A E G D
A D A D A D
Dsus2
A D A
There's still time for another,
D A
Could down me another one,
D A
When I'm leaving with the others,
D (one strum) D(one slow strum)
Going home sweet home,
A (one strum) D (slow) A (slow) End
Surprise no one. ---
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version 2
INTRO:
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--x--x--x---6--/--5---2---4---2---2---2--2-------2--/--4--4--4--4--/--6--|
--x--x--x---4--/--5---0---4---0---2---0--0-------0--/--2--2--2--2--/--4--|
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--6--/--7--7-------x--6--/--7---2---6---2---4---2--2---------------------|
--6--/--7--7-------x--6--/--5---2---4---2---2---2--2---------------------|
--4--/--5--5-------x--4--/--5---0---4---0---2---0--0---------------------|
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--2--/--4--4--4--4--/--6--6--/--7--7--------x--x--2----------------------|
--2--/--4--4--4--4--/--6--6--/--7--7--------x--x--2----------------------|
--0--/--2--2--2--2--/--4--4--/--5--5--------x--x--0----------------------|
VERSE: Acoustic...
CHORUS: use palm muting for the chords, improvise around where I've put
them where to play em.
head inside is spinnin'....
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--4--/--5--5--5--5--5--/--7--7-------------------------------------------|
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-----------------------------------4-----------------------7-------------|
-----------------------------------2-----------------------7-------------|
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spinnin' round and round.... etc...
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--4------------------------------------------4---------------------------|
--4------------------------7-----------------4---------------------7-----|
--2------------------------7-----------------2---------------------7-----|
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--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
--4------------------------7-~~~~~---------------------------------------|
--2------------------------7-~~~~~-------- INTRO ------------------------|
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VERSE
CHORUS & INTRO
SOLO:
light distortion
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--5-/-7--7--7--7--7-----5-/-7--7--p5h-7--p5--7---------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------4-/-6--6--6--6--6-|
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------------------------------------------5-/-7--7--7--7--7--------7--5--|
--p4h6-6-6--p4h6--p4--2h4~--2--------------------------------------------|
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-------------------5-------5-------5-------5~-5-------5-------5-------5~~-|
--5--5--5--5--5h7-----5h7-----5h7-----5h7--------5h7----5h7-----5h7-------|
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heavy distortion
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--3b5-b5-b5--------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------4-/-6-\--4--2---------2--4b6--2-----2--4b6--2-----2---------|
-----------------------------2--4-------------4-------------4------------|
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--3b5-b5-b5------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------4-/-6-\--4--2---------2--4--2-----2--4--2-----2--4--2-----|
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Cannot hear how this goes, this improvisation
sounds fine though!
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--2--4--2~~~-------------------------------------------------------------|
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OUTRO: Acoustic
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version 3
standard tuning:
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D---X-X-6/7-7---6------4-----------------4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7--------
A---X-X-6/7-7---6------4-----------------4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7--------
E---X-X-4/5-5p0-4p0-0--2p0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/5-5-5--------
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D---X-X-6/7-7---6------4-----------------4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-----2--
A---X-X-6/7-7---6------4-----------------4-4-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-----2--
E---X-X-4/5-5p0-4p0-0--2p0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4/5-5-5-----0--
This riff is played at the intro and at the end of each chorus.
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