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You'd Be Surprised
Words & Music by
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.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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