It Took Me By Surprise

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 3 half steps down [ -3 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 3 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Verse 1:
Gm
I would react badly
-nc-
To the slightest hint of hesitance
Gm
He’d bend awkwardly to suit my mood
-nc-
No word from his defense


Gm
I’d cry knowing how my tears
-nc-
Felt like acid burning through his skin
Gm
Pushed every little button
                                      Gm
But the right one that would let me in

Pre-Chorus:
    Gm             F6   Dm7
Now he’s afraid of me
Gm             F6   Dm7
He’s afraid of me

Chorus:
   Eb            F
It took me by surprise
    Gm            Bbmaj7
The hatred in his eyes
     Eb                 F
I’ve pushed this man as far as he could go
Gm                  Bbmaj7
  But he lacked the words to let me know
Eb         F              D7                 Gm
  He acted out, now I can see it is my fault

Verse 2:
Gm
I made changes that went unnoticed
-nc-
Sang songs for deaf ears
Gm
He mistook my silence for punishment
-nc-
As it had been all these years
Gm                                                                  Gm
I’d cry knowing how my tears felt like acid burning through his skin

Pre-Chorus:
    Gm             F6   Dm7
Now he’s afraid of me
Gm             F6   Dm7
He’s afraid of me

Chorus:
   Eb            F
It took me by surprise
    Gm            Bbmaj7
The hatred in his eyes
     Eb                 F
I’ve pushed this man as far as he could go
Gm                  Bbmaj7
  But he lacked the words to let me know
Eb         F
  He acted out, now I


   Eb            F
It took me by surprise
    Gm            Bbmaj7
The hatred in his eyes
     Eb                 F
I’ve pushed this man as far as he could go
Gm                  Bbmaj7
  But he lacked the words to let me know
Eb         F              D7                 Gm
  He acted out, now I can see it is my fault
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Rachelb

This is amazing! Thanks:)

Rachelb

This is amazing! Thanks:)
Some lyrics are wrongg….

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Maria Viktoria Mena (born February 19, 1986) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter.

Mena was thirteen years old she moved to live with her musician father. She sang and wrote lyrics as a form of therapy for her feelings and frustrations. Not all the stories in her diary became songs, but “My Lullaby” was one of them, expressing her pain from her parents’ divorce. After pleading with her father to make a demo, he contacted some industry experts to record Maria’s songs in the studio.

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