Suddenly Chords

by Billy Ocean
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author Kengus [a] 4,697.
2 contributors total, last edit on Oct 7, 2020

Chords

Am
Dm7
A
Am7/G
C
Cmaj7
Fmaj7
Esus4
Asus2
G
E7
E7sus4
C/E

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SUDDENLY – Billy Ocean
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Tabbed by: Kengus
 
What can you say - they don't make 'em like this any more... This must be
one of the cheesiest, corniest songs from the 80s, but what the hey. It
deserves to be posted. Try it out.
 
Standard tuning               Am = x02210    Dm7 = xx0211       A = x02220
Capo on first fret!        Am7/G = 302010      C = x32010   Cmaj7 = x32000
                           Fmaj7 = 133210  Esus4 = 022200   Asus2 = x02200
[INTRO]                        G = 320033     E7 = 020100  E7sus4 = 057700
Am  Am7/G  Fmaj7  G  x2                                       E7* = 056700
 
 
[VERSE 1]
 
Am            Am7/G               Fmaj7             C/E
    I used to think that love was just a fairytale
Dm7            G           C            Esus4      E7
    Until that first hello,  until that first smile
Am            Am7/G            Fmaj7  C/E
    But if I had to do it all again
Dm7                                   Esus4              E7
    I wouldn’t change a thing, ‘cause this love is everlasting
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
      A  Dm7            G           A
Suddenly,   life has new meaning to me
        Dm7        G                   Cmaj7            Fmaj7
There's beauty up above, and things we never take notice of
    Esus4              E7            Am...
You wake up, and suddenly, you’re in love
 
 
[INTERLUDE]
 
... Am7/G  Fmaj7  G  Am  Am7/G  Fmaj7  G
                    ooh yeah           girl
 
 
[VERSE 2]
 
  Am              Am7/G                Fmaj7  C/E
You’re everything a man could want and more
Dm7                       G              C                Esus4  E7
    One thousand words are not enough to say what I feel inside
Am                  Am7/G             Fmaj7  C/E
   Holding hands as we walk along the shore
      Dm7                             Esus4            E7
Never felt like this before, now you’re all I’m living for
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
      A  Dm7            G           A
Suddenly,   life has new meaning to me
        Dm7        G                  Cmaj7             Fmaj7
There's beauty up above, and things we never take notice of
   Esus4               E7            Asus2  G
You wake up, and suddenly, you’re in love
 
 
[BRIDGE]
 
Fmaj7          C/E     C        Dm7               C/E     Fmaj7  G
      Each day,    I pray, this love affair would last forever,    oh hoh
 
 
[CHORUS]
 
  A       Dm7         G           A
Suddenly, life has new meaning to me
        Dm7        G                  Cmaj7             Fmaj7
There's beauty up above, and things we never take notice of
    Esus4          E7           Am...
You wake up, suddenly you’re in love
 
 
[INTERLUDE]
 
...Am7/G  Fmaj7  G  Am  Am7/G  Fmaj7
 
 
[OUTRO]
 
Dm7  G  A               Dm7        G              Cmaj7             Fmaj7
           Ooh, there's beauty up above, things we never take notice of
   E7sus4             E7*               Am  Am7/G  Fmaj7  G  A
You wake up, and suddenly, you’re in love,         ooooh     ooooh.
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23 comments
dageri1
Really good job man... I joked with a friend of mine try ing to remember really cheesy 80's songs and I remembered this one. I think I'm going to have to do it now... thanx!
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tmaxi
Cant add anything to the other posts. Great job I really enjoy playing this
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abenamer
There's a surprisingly good version of this song played with an acoustic at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAjInKiOkqo Anybody care to write the tab for this? Yes, it's cheesy but it sounds fantastic on acoustic guitar.
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