Richard Buckner Surprise, Az written by Richard Buckner
[G]Mother do you [D]see [Am]what's about to [C]happen
[G]I'm gonna turn us [Em]around and we'll be [D]gone
[G]Put your arms up [D]dear [Am]and we'll keep the casket [C]open
[G]When they take us back to [Em]Oklahoma where we [D]belong
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery
[G]In [D]34 [Am]you were [C]21
[G]He told me once that he [Em]knew when he first saw [D]you
[G]But were you happy [D]then
[Am]I'd like to [C]know
[G]I think about him still [Em]when I see you [D]alone
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery
SOLO
[G]And you know about [D]me [Am]at only [C]23
[G]you saw her come and [Em]go as I went through everything I[D] had
[G]But mother did you [D]see [Am]what was gonna [C]happen
[G]She let me down so [Em]far I never quite made it [D]back
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery[G][D][Am][C][G][Em][D][G]
>From Richard Buckner "Bloomed"
Buckeluckus Music/Stip Ltd
Lloyd Maines steel guitar/dobro
Ponty Bone accordion
Lanny Fiel fiddle
Joe Carr mandolin
Butch Hancock harmonica
Richard Buckner vocals/acoustic guitar
[G]Mother do you [D]see [Am]what's about to [C]happen
[G]I'm gonna turn us [Em]around and we'll be [D]gone
[G]Put your arms up [D]dear [Am]and we'll keep the casket [C]open
[G]When they take us back to [Em]Oklahoma where we [D]belong
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery
[G]In [D]34 [Am]you were [C]21
[G]He told me once that he [Em]knew when he first saw [D]you
[G]But were you happy [D]then
[Am]I'd like to [C]know
[G]I think about him still [Em]when I see you [D]alone
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery
SOLO
[G]And you know about [D]me [Am]at only [C]23
[G]you saw her come and [Em]go as I went through everything I[D] had
[G]But mother did you [D]see [Am]what was gonna [C]happen
[G]She let me down so [Em]far I never quite made it [D]back
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery
[C]Surp[D]rise [G]Ar[G/F#]izona[Em]
[C]Put us out of our sweet [D]misery[G][D][Am][C][G][Em][D][G]
>From Richard Buckner "Bloomed"
Buckeluckus Music/Stip Ltd
Lloyd Maines steel guitar/dobro
Ponty Bone accordion
Lanny Fiel fiddle
Joe Carr mandolin
Butch Hancock harmonica
Richard Buckner vocals/acoustic guitar