Guitar chords "Beautiful Surprise" by India Arie

I've received quite some requests for the chords or tabs of Beautiful Surprise by India.Arie but I don't know how to write it down. I play everything by ear and I just improvise.

However, I will try to show you the basic chords. Please note this is not like a tutorial video. To hear and see how the basic chords are being played in the song, check out my instrumental video of Beautiful Surprise:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tX5VU50D6oM

My knowledge on how to write down notes is very limited so I'm sorry if I made some mistakes.

I hope this video will be helpful to you.

Tabs thanks to user BoogieRock:

Numbers from left to right = the fret on each string.
X means not to use that string.

Chord #1: 5x6600
Chord #2: 4x4400
Chord #3: x42440
Chord #4: 2x2200
Chord #5: 4x4400
Chord #6: 5x5500

Good Luck & Happy playing!
Eliza Gabriël


Beautiful Surprise by India.Arie
(C) 2002 Motown Records, UMG
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[IronKepz]

once again EG this will help a lot of players wanting to learn this song keep em coming if you have the time to make more tuts on other songs. . .. . like "dance with me by Earl Klugh**coughs*hint hint*coughs**. . .lol . . . . always a pleasure listening toyou play so thank you!

[ElizaGabriel]

Do you want some water for your coughs? lol ;-) Thanks again for stopping by mate!

"Dance with me" by Orleans is a real classic where I come from. Just heard Earl Klugh's version. Really good. Nice groove too. The way he plays it (fingerstyle) is tough for me and it's played in a different tuning which makes it difficult too. Maybe someday I can try to play like that.

Check out roldanh's rendition. You can download the mp3 & tabs from his site. I will send you his video.

[babamajek]

wow! I can't wait to try this out. Thanks so much for this mate.

[ElizaGabriel]

You're welcome babamajek.

Good luck to you mate!

[BoogieRock]

Thank you so much!!!

I took the time to make a simple tab for the song if anyone needs it. Numbers from left to right = the fret on each string. X means not to use that string.

Chord #1: 5x6600

Chord #2: 4x4400

Chord #3: x42440

Chord #4: 2x2200

Chord #5: 4x4400

Chord #6: 5x5500

Thanks again!!

[ElizaGabriel]

You're welcome BoogieRock! And thank you for the tabs. At first it looked like just a bunch of numbers to me, but I think I understand how it works now... I hope ;-)

[cmartinjr2]

This is nice, this is exactly the best way for me to learn chords.. thanks for posting..

[king2ab]

What order do the chords come in the song???

[jswanchez]

Its awesome!!!!

[massiveeyes]

You are excellent! Such a simple way of teaching. Thank you :)

[AJnsm]

wow, hoe heb je geleerd om op je gehoor te spelen?

[MrBhusha]

cool

[patchesnpebbles]

Hey can you do THE TRUTH by India Arie Please?

[ReoSoul01]

no easier than that! Love ya guy!

[msdyson05]

great lesson!

very clear!

you're awesome!

THANKS!!!!!!

[RedHandWarriors08]

P.S. it would be sooo awesome if you could play any of india arie's other songs and do the same fr them like u done with beautiful surprise ?.. soo awesome.. i'm looking everywhere for a india arie backingtrack that isn't Beautiful Surprise OR I am ready for Love.. many thanks fr yur beautiful guitaring - (:

[RedHandWarriors08]

This is awesome. I love acoustic guitar by itself and nothing else its sounds so soothing.. i listened to ur instrumental version of this and it's sounded so good i used it fr this concert - check it on my vids :) MOVE06 .