The Paul Simon Songbook

The Rhythm Of The Saints 

The Essential Paul Simon

Graceland 

Ultimate Romantic Guitar

Still Crazy After All These Years

 is a world-famous American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He first gained world-wide recognition as the writing talent behind the popular American folk-rock duo Simon &amp; Garfunkel formed with fellow musician Art Garfunkel. When Simon &amp; Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon quickly began his solo career with the release of the self-titled album, Paul Simon. This was followed by There Goes Rhymin' Simon and Still Crazy After All These Years, both of which featured chart-topping hits such as Loves Me Like A Rock and Kodachrome.

# Verses #

G    Bm    C    G    Bm    C    G

# Chorus #
(# this D is played by barring 2nd fret and putting pinkey on 5th fret of A string #)
D
so...

C          G    Em
continue...

C         Em
My...

A        C      Cmaj7     G 
Flowers..

Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall

D                Em         A            D
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.
                        C           D
Im twenty-two now but I wont be for long
G     A
Time hurries on.
        D      C        G  A          D
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
         Bm
And they wither with the wind,
         A
And they crumble in your hand.


and so on...

Leaves That Are Green

G            
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride  
   D           G         D        G  
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite  
          D       G  C                      F  
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more  
C           G       D                 D  
  I don't expect to sleep through the night  
     D      C     G       D       G  
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie  
    D G   C  
But I say why  
             F       C       
Why deny the obvious child?  
              F       C      G   
 Why deny the obvious child?  
 
 
         D           G    C     
And in remembering a road sign  
G        D     C     G         D     G     C   
  I am remembering a girl when I was young  
F C        G          D         G  
    And we said These songs are true  
      D        G  
These days are ours  
      D         G  
These tears are free  
    D  G   
And hey  
C                     F   C     
  The cross is in the ballpark  
                     F   C    G    
 The cross is in the ballpark  
 
 
      
We had a lot of fun  
                       D C   
We had a lot of money  
   G                                                    D C      
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny  
           D           G            
Sonny gets married and moves away  
C           D        G              
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay  
C          D         
Sonny gets sunnier  
G             C      D     
Day by day by day by day  
 
 
G                       
  Doh, doh,  doh, doh 
 Doh, doh,  doh, doh  
 
 
                 D      C     G         
 Well, I've been waking up at sunrise  
           D             G      D        G  
 I've been following the light across my room  
  D     G   C                 F       C  G  D    
I watch the night receive the room of my day  
G      D      C       G      D        G  
  Some people say the sky is just the sky  
    D G     
But I say  
C              F       C        
  Why deny the obvious child?  
              F       C        
 Why deny the obvious child?  
 
 
 
G   C/G G     
Mm---------  
 
 
C/G   G    C  G   D          C                   
Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself  
     D    G       C    G    D              C       
 How it's strange that some rooms are like cages  
    D    G   C    G    D     
 Sonny's yearbook from high school  
   C               
Is down from the shelf  
D       C G  D                  C       
And he id-ly thumbs through the pages  
      Ab   Bbm    
 Some have died  
           G                      
 Some have fled from themselves  
    C    G    D    G    D  G   D       
 Or struggled from here to get there  
 C     G  C    G D          C        
 Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls  
         G    C       G   D              C      
Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair  
 
 
                          G             
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride  
   D           G         D        G  
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite  
          D       G  C                      F  
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more  
C           G       D                 D  
  I don't expect to sleep through the night  
     D      C     G       D       G  
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie  
    D G     
But I say   
C                     F   C      
  the cross is in the ballpark  
              F C     G                    
 Why deny the obvious    child?

Obvious Child

Loves me like a rock    (intro)    (Listen to midi)

    G - C    G - C      G - C       - G

      - - - - - - - - - - - -    G               
1. When I was a little boy, and the devil would call my name, 
                            C7                                                G     
    I'd say, "Now, who do, who do you think you're fooling?"
                                                  G7              C           
    I'm a consecrated boy I'm a singer in a Sunday choir.

                         G               D 
Oh , my mama loves, she loves me, 
        G                                         Em 
she get down on her knees and hug me, 
              C       D             G    
like she loves me like a rock. 
C                                      F         C              G       
    She rocks me like the rock of ages, and loves me.

She love me, love me, love me, love me. 

      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -     G           
2. When I was grown to be a man, and the devil would call my name,
                            C7                                                G
    I'd say, "Now, who do, who do you think you're fooling?" 
                                                        G7                 C
    I'm a consummated man, I can snatch a little purity.   

                         G               D 
Oh , my mama loves, she loves me, 
        G                                         Em 
she get down on her knees and hug me, 
              C       D             G    
like she loves me like a rock. 
C                                      F         C              G       
    She rocks me like the rock of ages, and loves me.

She love me, love me, love me, love me. 

                                  G 
3. And if I was President, the minute Congress call my name,
                            C7                                                G     
    I'd say, "Now, who do, who do you think you're fooling?"
                                                                            G7                   C
    I've got the Presidential Seal, I'm up on the Presidential Podium. 

                         G               D 
Oh , my mama loves, she loves me, 
        G                                         Em 
she get down on her knees and hug me, 
              C       D             G    
like she loves me like a rock. 
C                                      F         C              G       
    She rocks me like the rock of ages, and loves me.

She love me, love me, love me, love me.

Loves Me Like A Rock

Intro: 
Amaj7   Emaj7     Em   Am7   Cmaj7   D7   G    C    G 


          G   G7/B            C                 Cm6
I met my old lover on the street last night

           G/D           F#dim               
She seemed so glad to see me.    

        B7sus4  B7 Em7
I just smiled,

Ebm7     Dm7             G9                    
And we talked about some old times 

       Csus4            C#    C#dim
And we drank ourselves some beers.

      G/D          D7        Em      C#dim
Still crazy after all these years   Oh...

      G/D           D7         Cm     Cm    D7    Em      
Still crazy after all these years
         
            G   G7/B            C                 Cm6
I'm not the kind of man who tends to socialize

    G/D    
I seem to lean on 

 F#dim       B7sus4  B7 Em7
old familiar ways

Ebm7     Dm7             G9    
And I aint no fool for love songs 

Csus4       C#    C#dim
that whisper in my ears.

      G/D          D7        Em      C#dim
Still crazy after all these years   Oh...

      G/D           D7         Cm     Cm    D7    Em      
Still crazy after all these years.


Amaj7     
Four in the morning

E           Em    
Crapped out, yawning

G#m7      C#sus C#  F#maj7  
Longing my life  a--way

Em         B  C 
I'll never worry

B   C      G 
Why should I?

G7     C        B   C B C B Am7 
   It's all gonna fade


     G        G7  B
Now I sit by my window

     C             
And I watch the cars

F7   G               F#dim 
I  fear I'll do some damage

        Bsus4 B7
One fine day

E D/E  A              A7/C# 
  But I would not be convicted

    D         D#dim
By a jury of my peers

     A          E   E#dim  F#m 
Still crazy after all these years

D#dim     A    
Oh, still crazy

       D    
 Still crazy

       A/E         E7        A    D A
 Still crazy after all these years

Intro: Em D Cmaj7 B7 
       Em7 D Cmaj7 Ebdim 
       Em7 D Cmaj7 B7 
       Em Am7 Em

Em                 D           Cmaj7        B7
The problem is all inside your head she said to me,
Em7                D       Cmaj7         Ebdim
The answer is easy if you take it logically.
Em7               D                Cmaj7     B7   
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free.
          Em           Am7                Em
There must be - fifty ways to leave your lover.


Em                 D           Cmaj7        B7   
You know it's really not my habit to intrude,
Em                 D           Cmaj7        Ebdim
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or miss-construed,
Em                 D           Cmaj7        B7  
But I'll repeat myself, at the risk of being crude.
          Em         Am7                Em
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
G      Am7                Em
Fifty ways to leave your lover


Chorus X 2

                      G                     Bb
Just slip out the back Jack, make a new plan Stan,
                  C7                    G
No need to be coy Roy, just listen to me
               G                      Bb
Hop on the bus Gus, don't need to discuss much,
                      C7                      G
Just drop off the key Lee, and set yourself free


Em                 D           Cmaj7        B7  
You know it grieves me so to see you in such pain
Em                 D           Cmaj7              Ebdim 
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again
Em                 D           Cmaj7            B7
I said "I appreciate that, and would you please explain
           Em    Am7     Em
'Bout the fifty ways"


Em                 D           Cmaj7        B7  
She said "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight,
Em                 D           Cmaj7                    Ebdim 
And I believe that in the morning you'll begin to see the light."
Em                 D               Cmaj7        B7
She kissed me and I realized she probably was right,
           Em                Am7       Em 
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
G         Am7             Em
Fifty ways to leave your lover


Chorus X  2


                      G                     Bb
Just slip out the back Jack, make a new plan Stan,
                  C7                    G
No need to be coy Roy, just listen to me
               G                      Bb
Hop on the bus Gus, don't need to discuss much,
                      C7                     G
Just drop off the key Lee, and set yourself free

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

A|----------------------------------------|
E|-2-4-5--2-4-5--2-4-5--2-4-5--4-0-0------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|-2-4-6--2-4-6--2-4-6--2-4-6--4-2-1------|

F#m                                        E 
Time it was, and what a time it was, it was

A|----------------------------------------|
E|-0-4-0-2-0---0--0-2-0-4-0---0-----------|
C|-----------1----------------------------|
G|-1-4-1-2---2------2-1-4---4-------------|
          
          A                      E
A time of innocence, a time of confidences

F#m                                        E
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
              A                            E
Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you

Bookends

Intro: Ex4 bars

|E                    |
The Mississippi Delta was shining

                  |A  |
Like a National guitar

     |C#m          
 I am following the river

        | 
Down the highway

                               |B  |
Through the cradle of the civil war


 A           |E    
 I'm going to Graceland, Graceland
 
  |              B
In Memphis Tennessee

    A       |E        | D A|
I'm going to Graceland

E                          |
Poor boys and Pilgrims with families

    B      A       |E        | D
And we are going to Graceland

A   |E                     |           B
  My traveling companion is nine years old

A        |E                         | D
He is the child of mv first marriage

A         |E
  But I've reason to believe

  |               B      A |E        | D A|E |
We both will be received In Graceland


                  |                  |
 She comes back to tell me she's gone

  |A                
As if I didn't know that

  |                       |C#m |
As if I didn't know my own bed

  |B                   |
As if I'd never noticed

                                      |E       |
 The way she brushed her hair from her forehead

            |      |
And she said losing love

                        |     |
Is like a window in your heart

                      |C#m        |
 Everybody sees you're blown apart

              |B            |
Everybody sees the wind blow


     A       |E        |
 I'm going to Graceland

              B
Memphis Tennessee

    A       |E        | D A|
I'm going to Graceland

E                          |
Poor boys and Pilgrims with families

    B      A       |E        | D
And we are going to Graceland

A   |E                       |                 B   A
  My traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets

   |E                            | D
I'm looking at ghosts and empties

A         |E
  But I've reason to believe

  |              B      A |E        | D A|E |
We all will be received In Graceland


          |                  
There is a girl in New York City

   |                             |A   |
Who calls herself the human trampoline

   |C#m                        |
And sometimes when I'm falling, flylng

  |                         |
Or tumbling in turmoil I say

B                      |
Oh, so this is what she means

                             |E        |
She means we're bouncing into Graceland

         |      |
And I see losing love

                        |     |
Is like a window in your heart

                      |C#m        |
 Everybody sees you're blown apart

                    |B        |
 Everybody feels the wind blow


  |E                      |
In Graceland, in Graceland

 B A            |E        | D 
    I'm going to Graceland

A            |E 
For reasons I cannot explain

            |           B        A  |
There's some part of me wants to see

E        |
Graceland

D     A        |E         
  And I may be obliged to defend
 
     |            B
Every love, every ending

   A            |E                 | D
Or maybe there's no obligations now

A             |E           
  Maybe I've a reason to believe

  |              B  
We all will be received

A |E        |
In Graceland


Repeat and fade:
E | B A |E | D A |

Graceland

This is a really tasty solo. I didn't see any tabs for this song on the internet so here it goes.

The ukulelist uses a wah pedal, and does some notes 2 full depresses of the pedal before playing the next note
Example of this is the first 2 notes, you just have to listen. Timing can be a little tricky towards the end
of the solo so just watch for that. This is easy to play as long as you get the wah pedal technique down.

[solo]

(wah,wah) (wahhh) (wahh) (wah)
e|------------------------|------0-----------------|------------------------|
B|--0-----------0---------|-----12-----10----------|------------------------|
G|--6------4----11------9-|--------------12--------|--11-------------9-11---|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------12---------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|----------12------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
(wahhhh)(wahh) (waaaaaah) (slow wah)
e|------------------------|------------------------|--17-----------14-------|
B|-0-----0----------------|--12--------------------|------------------------|
G|-11----11-----11---9----|--10--------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
(press wah) (release wah) (slow wah) (fast wah)
e|--14--------------------|--9----------7----------|------------------21----|
B|---------------14-------|----------------7-------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------9----|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|--19---15h17p15---------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|





Run That Body Down solo

 Chorus:
              C                Am
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
              C                G          F               G      C
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away


                   Am                    C
Whoah and I know a man, he came from my hometown
             F                            Fm
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
         C                 Am
He said Dolores, I live in fear
             C              G            F         G         C
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear

chorus

I know a woman, (who) became a wife
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
She said a good day ain't got no rain
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
And I think of things that might have been

chorus

And I know a father who had a son
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd done
He came a long way just to explain
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
Then he turned around and he headed home again

chorus

Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
We're workin' our jobs, collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away

chorus repeats 2x

Slip Sliding Away

"Still Crazy After All These Years"

Words & music By Paul Simon 1974


Amaj7 Emaj7 Emmaj7 Am7 Cmaj7 


G               G7
I met my old lover

       C                
On the street last night

F     G                F#dim
  She seemed so glad to see me

       Bsus4 B7
I just smiled

Em Ebm7  Dm7               G7 
   And we talked about some old times

       C                    C#dim
And we drank ourselves some beers

      G           D7        Em   
Still crazy afler all these years

C#dim     G          D7        Cm     D7 G C 
Oh, still crazy after all these years


G                  G7 
I'm not the kind of man

            C        
Who tends to socialize

F   G              
  I seem to lean on

F#dim        Bsus4 B7
Old familiar ways

Em Ebm7  Dm7              G7 
   And I aint no fool for love songs

     C             C#dim
That whisper in my ears

      G          D7        Em   
Still crazy afler all these years

C#dim     G           D7        G9   
Oh, still crazy after all these years


Amaj7      
Four in the morning

E            Em     
Crapped out, yawning

G#m7       C#sus C# F#maj7 
Longing my life  a--way

Em         B  C
I'll never worry

B   C      G 
Why should I?

G7      C         B   C B C B Am7 
   It's all gonna fade


      G         G7
Now I sit by my window

      C             
And I watch the cars

F7                 F#dim 
I  fear I'll do some damage

         Bsus4 B7
One fine day

E D     A              A7
  But I would not be convicted

    D          D#dim
By a jury of my peers

      A           E   E#dim F#m  
Still crazy after all these years

D#dim     A    
Oh, still crazy

       D    
 Still crazy

       A         E7        A    D A 
 Still crazy after all these years

Still Crazy After All These Yeas (easier)

What a wonderful world - James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel

       F#m        D         E                A
What a wonderful, wonderful world this would be
       F#m        D          Bm         E         A         D E
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world.

A                     F#m
Don't know much about history
D               E
Don't know much biology
A                     F#m
Don't know much about science book
D                         E
Don't know much about the French I took
A                  D
But I do know that I love you
A                      D            Bm
And I know that if you love me too
     F#m          D         E                A     D E
What a wonderful, wonderful world this would be

A                     F#m
Don't know much about geography
D               E
Don't know much trigonometry
A                     F#m
Don't know much about algebra
D                       E
don't know what a slide rule is for
A                     D
But I do know one and one is two
A                     D             Bm
And if this one could be with you
       F#m        D         E                A
What a wonderful, wonderful world this would be
       F#m        D          E         A
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world

    E                A
Now I don't claim to be an "A" student
E                 A
But I'm trying to be
             F#m      E        F#m          C#m   Bm
I think that maybe by being an "A" student, baby, baby
                 E             A
I could win your love for me

A                        F#m
Don't know much abou the middle ages
D                          E
Look at the pictures and I turn the pages
A                           F#m
Don't know nothing 'bout no rise and fall
D                        E
Don't know nothin' 'bout nothing at all
A                            D
Girl it's you that I've been thinking of
A                   D               Bm
And if I could only win your love

       F#m        D         E                A
What a wonderful, wonderful world this would be
       F#m        D         E                 A
What a wonderful, wonderful world this would be
       F#m        D          Bm         E         A
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world

What A Wonderful World

#use a capo or +3 half#

INTRO
(guitar and synth)
|     D   A     Em7 |    D   A     D   | 

(full band)
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 


VERSE
D 
A man walks down the street
       Em7        Asus4       A
He says, Why am I soft in the middle now?
D 
 Why am I soft in the middle?
        Em7         Asus4   A
When the rest of my life is so hard!
D 
 I need a photo-opportunity
Em7       Asus4     A
 I want a shot at redemption
D 
Don't want to end up a cartoon
    Em7      Asus4 A
In a cartoon graveyard


BRIDGE
D 
Bonedigger, Bonedigger,
Em7          A
 Dogs in the moonlight
D                 Em7          A
 Far away from my well-lit door
    D 
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
Em7              A
Get these mutts away from me!
           D                       Em7       A
You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore


CHORUS
D               A
If you'll be my bodyguard
Em7           A         |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
I can be your long lost pal
D              A
I can call you Betty
    Em7              A 
And Betty, when you call me
       |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
You can call me Al


VERSE
D 
 A man walks down the street
       Em7        Asus4      A
He says, Why am I short of attention?
     D 
Got a short little span of attention
   Em7       Asus4      A
And whoa, my nights are so long!
D 
 Where's my wife and family?
Em7        Asus4 A
 What if I die   here?
D 
 Who'll be my role-model?
Em7          Asus4  A
 Now that my role - model is


BRIDGE
D 
Gone, gone
   Em7                  A
He ducked back down the alley
         D                  Em7           A
With some roly-poly, little bat-faced girl
     D 
All along, along
           Em7           A
There were incidents and accidents
          D                      | Em7 A |
There were hints and allegations


CHORUS
D               A
If you'll be my bodyguard
Em7           A         |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
I can be your long lost pal
D              A
I can call you Betty
    Em7              A 
And Betty, when you call me
       |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
You can call me Al ...                 Call me Al ...


SOLO (pennywhistle) = verse + bridge
| D | Em7  Asus4 A | D | Em7  Asus4 A |
| D | Em7  Asus4 A | D | Em7  Asus4 A |

| D | Em7 A | D | Em7 A |
| D | Em7 A | D | Em7 A |


INTERLUDE
(guitar and synth)
|     D   A     Em7 |    D   A     D   | 

(full band)
| D  A | Em7 A  | 
| D  A | Em7 A  | 
| D  A | Em7 A  | 


VERSE
D 
 A man walks down the street
     
      Em7          Asus4   A
It's a street in a strange world
D 
 Maybe it's the Third World
Em7             Asus4      A
 Maybe it's his first time around
D 
 He doesn't speak the language
  Em7       Asus4 A
He holds no currency
  D 
He is a foreign man
Em7       Asus4   A
 He is surrounded by the 


BRIDGE
D 
Sound, the sound 
Em7            A
 Cattle in the marketplace
D                            | Em7 A |
 Scatterlings and orphanages
          D 
He looks around, around
        Em7           A
He sees angels in the architecture
D
 Spinning into infinity
         Em7       A
He says, Amen! and Hallelujah!


CHORUS
D               A
If you'll be my bodyguard
Em7           A         |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
I can be your long lost pal
D              A
I can call you Betty
    Em7              A 
And Betty, when you call me
       |   D  A |  Em7 A  |
You can call me Al ...                 Call me...


VERSE (instrumental)
D               Em7      Asus4 A
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na    na...
D               Em7      Asus4 A
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na na na na ...
D               Em7      Asus4 A
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na    na...
D               Em7      Asus4 A
 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na na na na ...


BRIDGE (instrumental)
D           | Em7 A |
Mmmh, mmmh
D           | Em7 A |
 Mh, mh
D           | Em7 A |
Mmmh, mmmh
D           | Em7 A |
 Mh, mh


BREAK (bass solo)
| N.C. | % |


CHORUS (instrumental)
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 
| D  A |  Em7 A  | 


OUTRO (chorus)
D               A              | Em7 D/A A    |
If you'll be my bodyguard ...

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

D              A        | Em7 D/A A    |
I can call you Betty ...

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

D               A              | Em7 D/A A    |
If you'll be my bodyguard ...

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

D              A        | Em7 D/A A    |
I can call you Betty ...

| D  A |  Em7 A  | 

(repeat and fade)

You Can Call Me Al

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

Slow Graffiti

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

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E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
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[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

A|----------------------------------0-2-------2------------|
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