Surrounded Selflessness

Published by Greg Peary on June 21, 2026June 21, 2026

Surrounded Selflessness

Source Material: The Animals - The House of The Rising Sun (Instrumental)
Reference: Instrumental Music on YouTube
Time Signature: 6/8 Time (Compound Duple Meter)
Beats Per Minute: ~118 BPM (Counting 8th Notes)
Tempo: Moderato - Blues & Folk Waltz
Key: Am (A-Minor)
Chord Progression: Am – C – D – F | Am – C – E – E | Am – C – D – F | Am – E – Am – E
Chord Progression (Final Verse): Am – C – D – F | Am – C – E – E | Am – E – Am – E

[3-3-3-3 Split Measure Arpeggiated Rhythm Guitar Pattern]

(00:00)
🎸 3: Here outside, [Am]
🎸 3: Grab-bing me. [Am]
🎸 3: Your essence, [C]
🎸 3: Is assured. [C]

(00:03)
🎸 3: Ev-idenced, [D]
🎸 3: Ev-er clear. [D]
🎸 3: Sur-rounded, [F]
🎸 3: Self-lessness. [F]

(00:06)
🎸 3: Your searing, [Am]
🎸 3: Em-pathy. [Am]
🎸 3: Weigh-ing down, [C]
🎸 3: Dread-ed doubts. [C]

(00:09)
🎸 3: Breath-taking, [E]
🎸 3: Cast your smile. [E]
🎸 3: Ra-diate, [E]
🎸 3: Up-on me. [E]

(00:12)
🎸 3: Re-flecting, [Am]
🎸 3: Off folders. [Am]
🎸 3: I now sense, [C]
🎸 3: You glowing. [C]

(00:15)
🎸 3: Shift out from, [D]
🎸 3: Their dimness. [D]
🎸 3: We don’t crave, [F]
🎸 3: Fake salutes. [F]

(00:18)
🎸 3: We’re not Ken, [Am]
🎸 3: Nor Barbie. [Am]
🎸 3: We reject, [E]
🎸 3: The Dollhouse. [E]

(00:21)
🎸 3: Pro-portions, [Am]
🎸 3: Ours are wrong? [Am]
🎸 3: Can you break, [E]
🎸 3: A leg now? [E]

(00:24)
🎸 3: Is that love, [Am]
🎸 3: Pass-ing by? [Am]
🎸 3: Late out front, [C]
🎸 3: Jo-sephine’s? [C]

(00:27)
🎸 3: Let’s cut the, [D]
🎸 3: Chees-iness. [D]
🎸 3: Grab Michael, [F]
🎸 3: An-thony’s? [F]

(00:31)
🎸 3: Clutch-ing fuel, [Am]
🎸 3: Pa-per joe. [Am]
🎸 3: Es-presso, [C]
🎸 3: In left hand. [C]

(00:34)
🎸 3: Ex-posing, [E]
🎸 3: My shy ways. [E]
🎸 3: Should I hide, [E]
🎸 3: My bud Joe? [E]

(00:37)
🎸 3: Self buzz cut, [Am]
🎸 3: Num-ber four. [Am]
🎸 3: My black shades, [E]
🎸 3: Shield blue globes. [E]

(00:40)
🎸 3: I’m gazing, [Am]
🎸 3: Down at Earth. [Am]
🎸 3: With boots sized, [E]
🎸 3: Num-ber ten. [E]

(00:43)
🎸 3: Through Elmhurst, [Am]
🎸 3: Aim-ing West. [Am]
🎸 3: Shoot-ing Star, [C]
🎸 3: Is my trail. [C]

(00:46)
🎸 3: E-vading, [D]
🎸 3: All the swarms. [D]
🎸 3: South on the, [F]
🎸 3: Prai-rie Path. [F]

(00:49)
🎸 3: My sheltered, [Am]
🎸 3: Nar-row stretch. [Am]
🎸 3: Forced me to, [C]
🎸 3: Now raise eyes. [C]

(00:52)
🎸 3: Strik-ing so, [E]
🎸 3: Her allure. [E]
🎸 3: Three hundred, [E]
🎸 3: Yards nearby. [E]

(00:55)
🎸 3: Too confined, [Am]
🎸 3: This rail trail. [Am]
🎸 3: Now I must, [E]
🎸 3: Say hello. [E]

(00:58)
🎸 3: Long brown hair, [Am]
🎸 3: Sways with ease. [Am]
🎸 3: Heart thumps like, [E]
🎸 3: A drum kick. [E]

(01:01)
🎸 3: Oh no yeah, [Am]
🎸 3: No big deal. [Am]
🎸 3: I played it, [C]
🎸 3: Su-per cool. [C]

(01:04)
🎸 3: I wasn’t, [D]
🎸 3: Dis-tracted. [D]
🎸 3: By her eyes, [F]
🎸 3: Cop-per hints. [F]

(01:07)
🎸 3: Think to self, [Am]
🎸 3: Roll with it. [Am]
🎸 3: Her left hand, [C]
🎸 3: Waves hello. [C]

(01:11)
🎸 3: No wedding, [E]
🎸 3: Ring it seems. [E]
🎸 3: Sheep-ishly, [E]
🎸 3: Re-ply hi. [E]

(01:14)
🎸 3: For-eign words, [Am]
🎸 3: Warm accent. [Am]
🎸 3: East Europe, [E]
🎸 3: Or Northern? [E]

(01:17)
🎸 3: Packed with charm, [Am]
🎸 3: She’s surreal. [Am]
🎸 3: I’ll decode, [E]
🎸 3: Words closely. [E]

(01:20)
🎸 3: Part-ing ways, [Am]
🎸 3: Stunned in daze. [Am]
🎸 3: Too shy to, [C]
🎸 3: Glimpse behind. [C]

(01:23)
🎸 3: I’m unfit, [D]
🎸 3: To voice more. [D]
🎸 3: So poignant, [F]
🎸 3: I penned this. [F]

(01:26)
🎸 3: Blue ink signed, [Am]
🎸 3: Muddy doubts. [Am]
🎸 3: Shoot-ing Stars, [C]
🎸 3: Deep lone wish. [C]

Inscribed By,
Gregory M. Peary

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