You'd Be Surprised

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Recorded by



Words & Music by Irving Berlin, 1919
Recorded by Dean Martin, 1953

D     Am7 Cdim G  Cdim    G        Am7       G  Cdim     G    Gdim
She's not  so good in a crowd, but when you get her a - lone,

D7    Am7 Cdim    D7
You'd be  sur - prised;

    Am7       D7  Am7    D        Am7    D7   Am7  D7   F#7
She is - n't much at a dance, but when I take her home,

G     D7 Cdim    G     
You'd be sur - prised.

G7  Am7         C        Am7       D          Cm
She does - n't look like much of a lov - er,

Cm7-5 G            B7           Cdim  E7
 But don't judge a book by it's cov - er;

 A    Em7      A  Em7    A   Cdim A7
She's got the face of an an - gel but

D      Am7  D9  Am7 D9 Am7  D7
There's a  dev - il in her eye.


D     Am7 Cdim G       Cdim    G        Am7      G  Cdim   G    Gdim
She's such a  del - i - cate thing but when we start to squeeze,

D7    Am7 Cdim    D7
You'd be  sur - prised

      Am7         D7  Am7       D        Am7        D7  Am7      D7   F#7
She's does - n't look ver - y strong and tho' she's weak in the knees,

G     D7 Cdim    G 
You'd be sur - prised.

C    Am7         Em7  Cm
At a par - ty or at a ball,

Cm7-5 G          B7         E7          Cdim   
I've got to ad - mit she's noth - ing at all,

    E7   D          Am7   D7      Cdim        G     D+  Bbm  D7
But in a Mor - ris chair,    you'd be sur - prised.


D     Am7 Cdim G  Cdim    G         Am7     G  Cdim     G    Gdim
She's not  so good in the house, but on a bench in the park,

D7   Am7 Cdim    D7
You'd be sur - prised;

   Am7       D7   Am7     D        Am7      D7  Am7      D7   F#7
She is - n't much in the light but when she gets in the dark,

G     D7 Cdim    G
You'd be sur - prised.

  G7   Am7    C       Am7        D       Cm
I know she looks as slow as the E - rie, 

Cm7-5  G            B7          Cdim   E7
You  don't know the half of it, dear - ie;

A    Em7      A  Em7    A   Cdim A7
She looks as cold as an Es - ki - mo,

D          Am7   D9 Am7 D9 Am7  D7
But there's fi - re in her eyes.

D     Am7 Cdim G   Cdim    G         Am7       G    Cdim     G    Gdim
She does - n't say ver - y much, but when she starts in to speak,

D7   Am7 Cdim    D7
You'd be sur - prised;

     Am7      D7  Am7       D       Am7    D7  Am7     D7   F#7
She's not so good at the start, but at the end of the week,

G     D7 Cdim    G
You'd be sur - prised.

C    Am7         Em7       Cm
On a street - car or in a train,

Cm7-5   G            B7         E7        Cdim
You'd think she was born with - out an - brain,

    E7   D         Am7   D7  Cdim        G     Am7alt  Cdim  G
But in a tax - i - cab, you'd be sur - prised.


*Yes, I'm taking some liberties here. Martin's version didn't use the second verse at all, reprising the first verse and breaking it up with instrumentals. Other versions have both verses, however, and I have altered the gender references to stay with the male perspective.

Thanks to recent visitor J.M. Vanderplas for the suggestion.



 
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