9 OCTOBER 2026

FAITH NO MORE

SURPRISE!
YOU’RE DEAD!

Guitar songbook + speed practice

Full song video · First-line speed practice

01 / START LEARNING

Learn. Play. Build speed.

01

Play the full song

Notation above TAB. Set a tempo, loop a passage and follow every section of the supplied score.

Open full-song score player ↗01

Learn the song

Listen to the full Faith No More recording. Pause and replay one short passage at a time.

Watch the full song ↗02

Build your speed

Relax your picking arm and keep the change from downstroke eighth notes to alternate-picked sixteenth notes steady.

Open score player ↗

02 / SONG & PLAYBACK SPEEDS

Surprise! You’re Dead!

Faith No More · The Real Thing (1989)

WATCH THE FULL SONG ↗

Slow it down

In YouTube, open Settings → Playback speed. Try 0.5× to learn a passage, 0.75× to connect it, then 1× when comfortable. The direct link remains available if the embedded player is blocked.

03 / SPEED EXERCISES

Relax. Stay steady. Build endurance.

PLAY SPEED EXERCISES ↗

04 / TAKE IT WITH YOU

Scores to keep.

Printable song score Original supplied PDF ↗Printable Speed Exercises First line · bars 1–4 ↗Full-song Guitar Pro file Editable .gp ↗Speed Exercises Guitar Pro file Guitar Pro ↗