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Sweet Surrender

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Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A.
Sweet Surrender
 Am9: X05500
D6(addE) : XX0200
Intro:   Am9  Em7  
Am9Now you wanna know the rEm7eason
Am9Why I cheated on Em7you
Am9Well I had to be a Em7hunter again
Am9This little man had to tAry
                        Em7  D6(addE)
To make love feel new again
Em7'Cause there's just a few things honey
D6(addE)
I'm not old enough to do for you
And there are tEm7hings, mama
D6(addE)                        Em7  
You just never care to show me
So this fBblim flam lEm7over boy foBbund him a flamEm7ingo
BbAnd his fEm7lamingo shBbowed him how to tEm7ango
BbAnd when they tEm7angoed it'd seBbnd their hearts a fluEm7tter
BbTease them till they Em7stutter
Made them Bbso young and teEm7nder
BbSweet to suEm7rrender in sBbo sweet suEm7rrender
BbIn sweet suEm7rrender
BbAhh sweet surrEm7ender tBbo loEm7ve
ABut now you're gonna go out and get yourself a repEm7utation
But AI'm gonna have to show you where to stEm7art
AAnd then you're gonna bring back your little rEm7eputation
              A                 Am7            Em7  D6(addE)   Em7  D6(addE)
And prove to me what I could not prove to you
Em7'Cause I was just too young and hot
D6(addE)       Em7  
I was just too cold honey
         D6(addE)
Just too hot to care
Ah just too Em7hot to suAm7rrender, surrAender to lEm7ove
Sweet surrAm7ender surArender to Em7love
If we could just surrAm7ender Alove would hEm7eal the mess we made
So give it up mamaEm7  
It ain't gonna be no good to keep going round and round
              Em7  D6(addE)
You hurt me then I hurt you again
                    Em7  D6(addE)
All there's left to do is give it up
      Em7  D6(addE)
Give it up and surrender
                 Em7  D6(addE)
Sweet surrender Sweet surrender your love
To love... to love...

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Sweet Surrender

by Tim Buckley

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Am9

Em7

Am7

Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A.

Sweet Surrender

Am9

: X05500

(addE) : XX0200

Am9 Em7

Intro:

Am9 Em7

Now you wanna know the reason

Am9 Em7

Why I cheated on you

Am9 Em7

Well I had to be a hunter again

Am9 A

This little man had to try

Em7 D6

(addE)

To make love feel new again

Em7

'Cause there's just a few things honey

(addE)

I'm not old enough to do for you

Em7

And there are things, mama

D6 Em7

(addE)

You just never care to show me

Bb Em7 Bb Em7

So this flim flam lover boy found him a flamingo

Bb Em7 Bb Em7

And his flamingo showed him how to tango

Bb Em7 Bb Em7

And when they tangoed it'd send their hearts a flutter

Bb Em7

Tease them till they stutter

Bb Em7

Made them so young and tender

Bb Em7 Bb Em7

Sweet to surrender in so sweet surrender

Bb Em7

In sweet surrender

Bb Em7 Bb Em7

Ahh sweet surrender to love

A Em7

But now you're gonna go out and get yourself a reputation

A Em7

But I'm gonna have to show you where to start

A Em7

And then you're gonna bring back your little reputation

A Am7 Em7 D6 Em7 D6

(addE) (addE)

And prove to me what I could not prove to you

Em7

'Cause I was just too young and hot

D6 Em7

(addE)

I was just too cold honey

(addE)

Just too hot to care

Em7 Am7 A Em7

Ah just too hot to surrender, surrender to love

Am7 A Em7

Sweet surrender surrender to love

Am7 A Em7

If we could just surrender love would heal the mess we made

Em7

So give it up mama

It ain't gonna be no good to keep going round and round

Em7 D6

(addE)

You hurt me then I hurt you again

Em7 D6

(addE)

All there's left to do is give it up

Em7 D6

(addE)

Give it up and surrender

Em7 D6

(addE)

Sweet surrender Sweet surrender your love

To love... to love...

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