Chords for Jerry Wallace - Surprise Surprise

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A little girl in second grade [Gm] watched me while I played through [Ab] the corner [Eb] of her eye.
[Fm] But when it came to [Bb] girls with freckled face and curls, [Fm] guess that I was [Bb] kinda shy.
And [Eb] then when Christmas [Gm] came, she didn't draw my name, [Fm] but still she brought a gift [Abm] for me.
And I recall that [Cm] day I tried to slip away, [Fm] _ [Bb] so my friends [Eb] couldn't see.
_ [Bb]
She said, [Eb] surprise, _ [Gm]
surprise, [Fm] I brought you [Bb] a present.
[Fm] Now close your [Bb] eyes so you [Eb] can't see.
_ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] Now hold out [Gm] your hands, [Fm] this gift is [Bb] for you.
[Fm] Because you [Bb] mean so much [Eb] to me.
_ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] As the years went by, [Gm] my interest changed and I [Ab] began to see her now and [Eb] then.
[Fm] And every Christmas [Bb] time and maybe Valentine, [Fm] she'd laugh and say those words again.
[Bb]
Then came the magic [Gm] years when womanhood appears like [Fm] flowers blossoming in [Db] spring.
[Eb] And I began to [Dm] find [Cm] her always on [Fm] my mind.
_ [Bb] And I gave her [Eb] a ring.
_ [Ab] I said, [Eb]
surprise, _ [Gm] surprise, [Fm] I brought you [Bb] a present.
[Fm] Now close your [Bb] eyes so you [Eb]
can't see.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] Now hold out [Gm] your hands, [Fm] this gift is [Bb] for you.
[Fm] Because you [Bb] mean so much [Eb] to me.
_ [C] _ [Am] _ [F] Never thought that little [Am] girl with freckled face and curls [Bb] would grow up [F] to be my wife.
[Gm] With every passing day [C] she grew in every way [Gm] to be my joy, [C] to be my life.
[F] But she was small and frail, [Am] her health began to fail, [G] and angels carried [Eb] her afar.
[Fm] This lonely half a man [Dm] will join her when he [Gm] can, _ [C] and I'll take her [F] a star.
_ [D] I'll say, [F]
surprise, _ [Am] surprise, [Gm] I brought you [C] a present.
[Gm] Now close your [C] eyes so you [F]
can't see.
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] Now hold out your hands.
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