Biography:
Richard Buckner is an American singer songwriter born in California, resident in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for a number of years, and currently living in Brooklyn, NY. A critically-acclaimed artist most often associated with the Alternative Country movement, Buckner has in recent albums eschewed his initial acoustic approach and displayed an increasing interest in more abstract music styles.
Buckner began his career with the acoustic "Bloomed" (1994)
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[Verse 1]
G D Am C
Mother do you see what's about to happen
G Em D
I'm gonna turn us around and we'll be gone
G D Am C
Put your arms up dear and we'll keep the casket open
G Em D
When they take us back to Oklahoma where we belong
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
[Verse 2]
G D Am C
In 34 you were 21
G Em D
He told me once that he knew when he first saw you
G D
But were you happy then
Am C
I'd like to know
G Em D
I think about him still when I see you alone
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
[Verse3]
G D Am C
And you know about me at only 23
G Em D
you saw her come and go as I went through everything I had
G D Am C
But mother did you see what was gonna happen
G Em D
She let me down so far I never quite made it back
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
[Outro]
G D Am C G Em D G
G D Am C
Mother do you see what's about to happen
G Em D
I'm gonna turn us around and we'll be gone
G D Am C
Put your arms up dear and we'll keep the casket open
G Em D
When they take us back to Oklahoma where we belong
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
[Verse 2]
G D Am C
In 34 you were 21
G Em D
He told me once that he knew when he first saw you
G D
But were you happy then
Am C
I'd like to know
G Em D
I think about him still when I see you alone
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
[Verse3]
G D Am C
And you know about me at only 23
G Em D
you saw her come and go as I went through everything I had
G D Am C
But mother did you see what was gonna happen
G Em D
She let me down so far I never quite made it back
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
C D G G/F# Em
Surprise Arizona
C D
Put us out of our sweet misery
[Outro]
G D Am C G Em D G
Richard Cootes
Richard Dawson
richard dgilis
Richard Digance
Richard Durand