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.

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

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

# 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

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

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

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

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

"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)

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

Sorry I couldn't figure out the chords in the original song, nor in the Kris Allen version, but here's what I wrote

Intro: Dm, Bb, Dm, C
 
Dm
In the night I hear 'em talk,

Bb
The coldest story ever told,

Dm
Somewhere far along this road

C
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?

Dm, Bb, Dm, C (it continues like this for the rest of the song, the rest is just the lyrics)

How could you be so,
Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo
Just remember that you talking to me yo
You need to watch the way you talking to me you know
I mean after all the things that we been through
I mean after all the things we got into
And yo I know of some things that you ain't told me
And yo I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back
And you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend
Well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?


How could you be so Dr. Evil
You're bringing out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we weren't gonna speak so why we up 3 a.m. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me for, homie I don't know she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up cause I already know how this thing goes,
You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see,
You'll never find nobody better than me

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?


Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk,
Baby lets just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
and you can't make it right
Im gon' take off tonight
Into the night...

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?

Heartless

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

Intro
G G G G G G G C D D C G G G C D D C G

G                        G    C    D
You think it's fair, to walk right up
D                 D   C   G
Take my life and fuck it up
G                      G     C     D
I don't care if every drops been drunk
D                      D    C    G 
I don't care it every wars been won

Second verse same

G
Oh, you think you're dangerous
G
Oh, so very dangerous
G
Oh, I think you're special
G
Oh, so very special

(pause)

G                        D   C  D
So why'd you have to go fuck it up
D                      D   C  G
Why'd you have to go fuck it up
G                        G   C  D    
Seems you always gotta fuck it up
D                       D    C  G                
So why'd you always go fuck it up


Repeat all that, then

G     C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G   
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G    
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D     C  G
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G
Fuck it up

Fuck It Up 

Intro: E - A - E - A


E                   A
Tú endulzas mi canción
                   E
Le das un buen sabor,
               A
a cada situación
         E  A  E  A
Siempre Tú

  E                   A
¿Quién podría ser mejor?
                 E
Contigo sale el sol
                A
Sazonas mi interior, siempre


E
Se derrite el corazón
     F#m       A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
     F#m             A       B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                    A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
    E             B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E            A
Uuh uh uh uh uh
E             A
uuh uh uh uh uh



E                  A
Tú, tú mi inspiración
               E
Receta de pasión
                A
Amor sin condición, siempre



E
Se derrite el corazón
    F#m        A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
    F#m              A      B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     C#m
Oh oh oh oh oh

                 A
Una probada y nomás
                   C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                 A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  C#m
Así me quiero quedar
                 A
Una probada y nomás
                  C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                  A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  F#m       B7
Así me quiero quedar, Contigo


E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E    A    E     A    E

Chocolate

C    Em  Am         F     C      G
Wise men say, only fools ruuuush in 
    F  G    Am    F          C      G    C
But I can't help falling in loooove with you
C     Em Am            F     C     G
Shall I stay, would it beeee aaaaa sin 
   F  G    Am    F          C      G       C
If I can't help falling in loooove wiiiith you


Bridge:
Em            B7      Em            B7
Like a river flooows, surely to the sea
Em             B7      Em         A7            Dm G
Darling so it goeeees, some things are meant to be


C    Em  Am            F       C   G  
Take my hand, take my whooole life too
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you


REPEAT BRIDGE


C    Em  Am            F       C   G  
Take my hand, take my whooole life too
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you

Can't Help Falling In Love With You

[Intro]
C          Em                  Am              F
Feels like,  I'm standing in a timeless dream
  C         Em               Am    F
A light mist   of pale amber rose
C          Em              Am            F
Feels like,  I'm lost in a deep cloud of heavenly scent
Am       G            F
Touching,  discovering you


[Verse 1]
C           Em                  Am              F
Those days,  of warm rains come rushing back to me
         C        Em              Am   F
Miles of windless,   summer night air
       C       Em             Am              F
Secret moments,   shot in the heat of the afternoon
           C        Em             Am     F
Out of the stillness,   soft spoken words


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you


[Verse 2]
C         Em                       Am             F
You've got,  the most unbelievable blue eyes I've ever seen
C         Em                   Am    F
You've got, me almost melting away
      C        Em                      Am           F
As we lay there,   under a blue sky of pure white stars
          C        Em             Am    F
It's like sweetness,  and magical time


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you


[Bridge]
C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

I Love You Always Forever

Am                              Am
       In a Manner of speaking 
                     Am/G
I just want to say
                    Am/G                 F
That I could never forget the way
                      Dm
You told me everything
                  E7/G#
By saying nothing

Am                              Am
        In a manner of speaking
                  Am/G
I don't understand
                  Am/G                           F
How love in silence becomes reprimand
                            Dm
But the way that i feel about you
     E7/G# 
Is beyond words

  Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                    E7/G#
That tell me nothing
Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                   E7/G#
That tell me everything

In a manner of speaking
Semantics won't do
In this life that we live we live we only make do
And the way that we feel
Might have to be sacrified
So in a manner of speaking
I just want to say
That just like you I should find a way
To tell you everything
By saying nothing.

O give me the words
Give me the words
That tell me nothing
O give me the words...
Give me the words
Give me the words

best with Low G

In A Manner Of Speaking

Intro: Am7   Em x3
       D     E7
         
Am7              Em
Goin' out of my mind
Am7                Em
Don't even know my own name half the time
Am7              Em
How'd I get so blind that I couldn't se
D         E7 
What was right in front of me?

Am7          Em
Wish I was wrong
Am7                   Em
I wish that you were right here lyin' in my arms
Am7         Em
Deep down inside I got to face the truth
D     E7            
That you're not comin' home


Am7       Em
This looooove is over
F     E      Am7        Em
       This love is over

Am7   Em

Am7          Em
God knows I tried
Am7           Em
Everything I could to keep you satisfied
Am7      Em                        D
Bein' my baby was just a part you played
     E7 
It was all some kind of game

Am7              Em
And just like a child
Am7          Em
Just like a child you got to have your way
Am7      Em                  
Nothin' ventured, nothing gained
D             E7 
Now there's nothin' left to say


Am7       Em
This looooove is over
F     E      Am7        Em
       This love is over

Am7   Em x2
D     E7

Am7      G              C 
Baby, I know I'll get along
                      E
Sometimes you got to make it on your own
Am7                 G                  C  
It's more than my pride that's got me all tied
      E                      
Up inside, girl, it's all the lyin'

F            E 
Guess, It's time to close the door
F             E  
I don't wanna cry anymore
F                   E               Am7    Em   
It's just not worth fightin' for this loooooove
   F      E       Am7      Em 
It's over, this love is over 

Am7    Em

This Love Is Over

(Intro)
D  A 

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
D                    G
My girl's name is Senora
  D                    A
I tell you friends, I adore her
    D                    G
And when she dances, oh brother!
         D     		  A
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather

(Chorus)
  D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
  D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D                 G
You can talk about Cha Cha
 D                  A
Tango, Waltz, or de Rumba
 D                     G
Senora's dance has no title
     D
You jump in the saddle
  A
Hold on to de bridle!

 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Rock your body, child!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Somebody, help me!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time (Whoa)
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line (Yep)
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D                 G
Senora, she's a sensation
 D                A
The reason for aviation
 D                      G
And fellas, you got to watch it
       D                       A
When she wind up, she bottom, she go like a rocket!

 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Hoist those skirts a leetle higher!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Up the chim-en-y!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa oh oh oh!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D              G
Senora dances Calypso
 D                   A
Left to right is de tempo
     D                   G
And when she gets the sensation
       D                    A
She go up in the air, come down in slow motion

(Chorus)
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Somebody, help me!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whooooa!

(Outro)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     
Work, work, work, Señora!!

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