Slow Surprise

Emmylou Harris Slow Surprise written by Chris Smither Am G F Am G F C Am There is a way that subtle changes come to stay F Am Barely noticed, hardly known C Am One day you'll say my situation's locked away F Am But by tomorrow you're all alone C F Am It seems so sudden, but it's not, it's only grown C G F Am From a seed that long ago was left forgotten in the snow C F Am And has a way with slow surprises all its own Am C Am It's hard to show, but like a boulder rollin' slow F Am Or a rumble deep in the ground C Am Things whisper low and by the time I really know F Am What's been movin' they've settled down C F Am Too late to see the way they're shiftin' round C G F Am Too late to say there's bound to be another way C F Am It's all been said and done without a sound Am G F Am G F C Am This comes to me, and now that I begin to see F Am It's not dramatic, it's nothing grand C Am I used to be half of the whole of you and me F Am Now I'm the limit of all I am C F Am It seems so simple, nothin' much to understand C G F Am You walked out and closed the door, said I don't live here anymore C F Am And now nothin's hangin' heavy in my hands C F Am Now nothin's hangin' heavy in my hands C Am In my hand in my hands F Am Nothin's hanging heavy in my hands The Horse Whisperer [Original Soundtrack] MCA Records 1998