You’d Be Surprised
Words and music by Irving Berlin
Key: C
1919

Lyrics and chords provided by Judy Muldawer
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Verse1::

C          G7          C
Johnny was bashful and shy
       G7             C
Nobody understood why
Am7 GdimG
Mar y loved him
                    C      Am7 G7
All the other girls passed him by

C        G7        C
Ev'ryone wanted to know
              G7          C
How she could pick such a beau
       G
With a twinkle in her eye
Am7 D7        G7
She made this reply

Chorus1::

            C
He's not so good in a crowd but when you get him alone
G7
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance but when he’s taking you home
C           C7
You'd be sur prised

           F                   Fm
He doesn't look like much of a lover
    C              Cmaj7   C7   A7
But  don't judge a book by it's cover
D7
He's got the face of an angel
G7
But there's a devil in his eye

            C
He's such a delicate thing but when he starts in to squeeze
G7
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look very strong but when you sit on his knee
C        C7
You'd be surprised

F             Fm
At a party or at a ball
     C         Cmaj7C7        A7
I've got to advmit  that he's nothing at all
         G7
But in a morris chair
             C     G7
You'd be sur prised

Verse2:

C        G7        C
Mary con tinued to praise
            G7       C
Johnny's re markable ways
Am7GdimG
To the ladies
                   C   Am7 G7
And you know adver tis ing pays

C            G7      C
Now Johnny's never a lone
           G7      C
He has the busiest phone
       G
Almost ev'ry other day
  D7            G7
A new girl will say

Chorus2:

            C
He's not so good in the house but on a bench in the park
G7
You'd be surprised
He isn't much in the light but when he gets in the dark
C            C7
You'd be sur prised

          F                     Fm
I know he  looks as slow as the Erie
    C                  Cmaj7   C7  A7
But you don't know the half of it, dearie
D7
He looks as cold as an Eskimo
G7
But there's fire in his eyes

           C
He doesn't say very much but when he starts in to speak
G7
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start but at the end of the week
C           C7
You'd be surprised

F                      Fm
On a streetcar or in a train
      C           Cmaj7 C7  A7
You'd think he was born without any brain
         G7
But in a taxicab
            C      G7C
You'd be surprised