Always Expect The Unexpected

from Mirror, Mirror by Jan Hauenstein

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Always Expect The Unexpected Jan Hauenstein

(E) Always expect the unexpected,
It´s so unwise to neglect it,
It´s (A)not too hard (A7) to detect it,
(E)When you expect the (B7)(hold)(B7)(hold) unex(Em7)pected.

(Am)Once in China, and (G)this is not pc,
I (C)looked into a soup tureen, and (D)what did I see?
Oh (E)Lordy-Lord, oh (Am)my, oh me,
I was (F)sorely shocked (G) to the utmost de(Am)gree.
It was not (F)noodle soup, (G) it was (A)poodle soup,
And (Am)with my stomach (Em7) it did not a(Am)gree.

(E)Always expect the unexpected,
When from a foreign menu you selected
(A)Food that once had a (A7)tail, and wagged it,
(E)Always expect the (B7)(hold)(B7)(hold) unex(Em7)pected.

(Am)Love was in the air, but (G)I was in the water,
When (C)whom should I spy but (D) Neptune´s daughter,
Who (F)said, “You always oughta (Am)be in the water!
I (F)think you´re hotter (G)(hold)(G)(hold) than Harry (Am)Potter.”
(F)Up swam her father, the (Bb)King-Kong of the Ocean,
And (Am)took away her (E)#9 Love Potion.
(Am)“Ooh!” said she, “This (C)wild (D)love exp(E)losion
Was (Am)nothing but a crazy (Em7) ocean potion (Am)notion.”

(E)Always expect the unexpected,
Like e.g. love that´s misdirected,
(A)Sneaking up upon you, (A7) unsuspected,
(E)Always expect the (B7)(hold)(B7)(hold) unex(Em7)pected.

They play my (Am)songs on the radio, I (G)rule supreme,
By my (C)peers I am held in ex(D)tremely high esteem,
The fans (E)shower me with money and (Am)all the girls scream,
I´m the (F)golden boy, (G) I am running full (Am)steam,
I´m a (F)red-hot sensation, (G) I am (A)rocking the nation…
A(Am)las, when I woke up, (Em7) it was just a (Am)dream.

But (E)always expect the unexpected,
Don´t be too dejected when your music is rejected,
(A)Maybe someday (A7)someone will respect it,
(E)Always expect the (B7)(hold)(B7)(hold) unex(Em7)pected.

Time for a guitar solo! ‘Pling.’ Wow!! A genius!

(E)Always expect the unexpected,
It´s just not wise to neglect it,
It´s (A)not too hard, (A7)you can detect it,
(E)When you expect the (B7)(hold)(B7)(hold) unex(Em7)pected.

Jan Hauenstein, Words 09 May, Music 10 May 2019, Goettingen

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

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from Mirror, Mirror, released September 27, 2019

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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