Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover

Em/G	D6	CM7	B7-9
"The problem is	all inside your h	ead," she said to m	e

	B7

Em	B+
"the answer is e[D#dim7]asy if you [GM9+5]take it logic'	lly.

Em	D6	CM7	B7-9
I'm here to	help you if you're	struggling to be	free;

	B7	Em	Am7	Em
there m	ust be	fifty	ways to leave your	lover."

Em/G	D6	CM7	B7-9	B7
She said, "It's	really not my	habit to int	rude;

Em	B+
I hope my [D#dim7]meaning won't be [GM9+5]lost or miscon	strued.

	Em	D6	CM7	B7-9
But I	'll repeat my	self at the	risk of being	crude;

	B7	Em	Am7	Em
there m	ust be	fifty	ways to leave your	lover."

Em	Am7	Em
fifty	ways to leave your	lover."

	G
Just slip out the	back, Jack.

	Bb6
Make a new	plan, Stan;

	C7
You don't need to be	coy, Roy,

↓

	G
just get yourself	free. (on repeat: Just listen to

me)

	G
Hop on the	bus, Gus;

	Bb6
You don't need to dis	cuss much;

	C7	G
Just drop off the	key, Lee. → and get yourself f	ree.

REPEAT CHORUS

Second verse:

She said, "It grieves me now to see you in such pain; I

wish there was somethin' I could do to make you smile

again."

I said, "I appreciate that, and could you please explain

about the → fifty ways?"

She said, "Why don't we both just sleep on it tonight;

I'm sure in the morning you'll begin to see the light."

And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was

right; there must be

fifty ways to leave your lover,

fifty ways to leave your lover."

REPEAT CHORUS twice.

America

Capo at 2nd fret

C	Cmaj7	Am	C/G	F
Let us be	lovers, we'll	marry our	fortunes tog	ether

C	Cmaj7	Am
I've got some	real-estate	here in my bag

Em	A7	Em	A7
So we bought a pack of	cigaretts, and	Mrs. Wagner	pies

Em	D	C	Em	C	Cmaj7	Am	C/G
And	walked	off to	look for	Am	erica

	F

C	Cmaj7	Am	C/G	F
Kathy I	said as we	boarded the	Greyhound in	Pittsburg

C	Cmaj7	Am
Michigan	seems like a	dream to me now

Em

It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw

D	Em	D	C	Cmaj7
I've	come to l	ook for	Americ	a

Bridge

	F
Laughing on the	bus, playing games with the faces

	C

	F
She said the man	in the gaberdine suit was a spy

↓

	C

	F	C	Cmaj7
I said be carefu	l his bowtie is really a	camera

	Am	C/G	F

C	Cmaj7	Am	C/G
Toss me a	cigarette	I think there's	one in my

	F
	raincoat

C	Cmaj7	Am
We smoked the	last one an	hour ago

Em	A7	Em	A7
So I looked at the	scenery, and	she read her maga	zine

	D	C	Em	C	Cmaj7
And the	moon	rose	over an	open	field

	Am	C/G	F

C	Cmaj7	Am	C/G
Kathy I'm	lost, I	said, though I	knew she was

	F
	sleeping

	C	Cmaj7	Am
I'm	empty and	aching and	I don't know why

Em

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike

	D	Em	D	Cmaj7	C
They've	all	gone to	look for	Americ	a

AMERICAN TUNE

	C	F	C	Dm	C	G
a	ny's the ti	me I'v	e bee	n mis	ta	ken

	Am	E	Am	C	F	C	Dm	C	G	E
and	many ti	mes conf	used →	Yes and	oft	en fe	lt f	ors	ake	n

	Am	E	Am
and c	ertain	ly mi	sused

	F	G	F	C
But I	'm a	ll right, I'm a	ll ri	ght

	F	C	G	Am
I'm just w	ear	y	to my b	ones

D	G	G7
Still, you do	n't ex	pect to be

	C	G	D	G	C	F	C	G	G7	G	Am
	bright	and	bon vi	vant →	So	far	awa	y fr	om	hom	e

F	C	G	C
So f	ar aw	ay from ho	me

And I don't know a soul →  who's not been battered

I don't have a friend who →  feels at ease

I don't know a dream that's →  not been shattered

or driven to its knees

But it's all right, it's all right

We've lived so well so long

Still when I think of the road

We're travelling on → I wonder what went wrong

I can't help it, I wonder →  what went wrong

↓

C	G
And I dreamed I was dying → And I dreamed that my s	oul

	Am	D	G
rose unexpe	ctedly → And loo	king back do	wn at me

	F	C	G	C
Smi	led reassuri	ngl	y → And I dreamed I was fl	ying

	G	G	Am
And high ab	ove my ey	es →  could cl	early see

	D7	G	F	C	G
The st	atue of libe	rty → Sail	ing aw	ay to	sea

	C
And I dreamed I was F	lying

We come on the ship they call

The Mayflower → We come on the ship that

sailed the moon → We come in the age's most

uncertain hour → And sing an american tune

But it's all right, it's all right

You can't be forever blessed → Still tomorrow's going to be

another working day

And I'm trying to get some rest

That's all I'm trying to get → some rest.

Baby Driver

	D
My	daddy was a family bassman,

my mama was an engineer,

and I was born one dark gray morn'

	G	D
with	music comin' in my ears,	in my ears.

Chorus

	G
They call	me Baby Driver, and once upon a pair of wheels

	D	Db	Am	B7
hit the road and I'm gone	ah; what's	my	num-	ber,

	Em	Em7
I	wonder how your engine feels, ba ba ba ba	ba,

D	D	Db	Am	B7
Scoot down the road,	what's	my	num-	ber,

	Em	D
I	wonder how your engine feels.

My daddy was a prominent frogman,

my mama's in the Naval reserve,

when I was young, I carried a gun,

but I never got the chance to serve, I did not serve.

Chorus

My daddy got a big promotion,

↓

my mama got a raise in pay.

There's no one home, we're all alone;

Oh, come into my room and play, yes, we can play.

Chorus, but first line is:

I'm not talkin' about your pigtails, but talkin' 'bout your

sex-appeal. → hit the road and I'm gone...

Bridge Over Troubled Water

	A	D	A
When you're w	eary, f	eeling s	mall,

D	G	D	A	D	A
When t	ears a	re i	n your e	yes, I'll d	ry them all.

	E	F#m	E	A
I'm	on	your si	de, oh, when times get ro	ugh,

A7	D	B	E
And friends just c	an't	be fo	und,

	A7	D	A	F#7
L	ike a br	idge over tro	ubled w	ater,

	D	C#7	F#m
	I will l	ay me d	own,

	A7	D	A	F#7
L	ike a br	idge over tro	ubled w	ater,

	D	E7	A
	I will l	ay me d	own.

When you're down and out, when you're on the street,

When evening falls so hard, I will comfort you.

I'll take your part, oh, when darkness comes,

And pain is all around,

Like a bridge over troubled water,

I will lay me down,

Like a bridge over troubled water,

I will lay me down.

↓

Sail on silver girl, sail on by,

Your time has come to shine, all your dreams are on their

way.

See how they shine, oh, if you need a friend,

I'm sailing right behind,

Like a bridge over troubled water,

I will ease your mind,

Like a bridge over troubled water,

I will ease your mind.

Cecilia

C	F	C
Cecilia, you're	breaking my	heart,

	F	C	G7
you're	shaking my	confidence	daily.

	F	C	F	C
Oh,	Cecili	a, I'm	down on my	knees;

	F	C	G7
I'm	begging you	please to come	home.

Chorus

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart,

you're shaking my confidence daily

Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees;

I'm begging you please to come home.

G7	C
Come on	home

Bridge:

	C	F
Making	love in the	afternoon

	C	F	G7	C
with	Cecilia	up in	my bed	room.

	C	F
(Making love) I got	up to	wash my face,

	C	G7	C
when I	come back to bed someone's	taken my	place.

↓

Chorus

Jubilation, she loves me again,

I fall on the floor and I'm laughing,

Jubilation, she loves me again,

I fall on the floor and I'm laughing

Cloudy

	D
Cl	oudy,

	G
The sky is grey and white and clou	dy.

	D	F#7	Ddim
Sometimes I think it's hanging d	own	on m	e.

	A	F#7
I	t's hitch-hike a hundred m	iles.

	A	Bm
I'm a	rag-a-muffin c	hild.

	E
P	ointed finger, painted smile.

	A	A7
I le	ft my shadow waiting down the	road for me a while.

	D
Cl	oudy,

	G
My thoughts are scattered and they're clou	dy.

	D	F#7	Ddim
They have no borders,	no b	oundar	ies.

	A	F#7	A	Bm
T	hey echo and they s	well, → From Tol	stoy to Tinker	bell,

	E
D	own from Berkeley to Carmel.

	A	A7
Got	some pictures in my pocket and a	lot of time to

↓

kill.

	D
Hey, Su	nshine--

	G
I haven't seen you in a l	ong time.

	D	F#7	Ddim
Why don't you show your face and be	nd	my m	ind?

	A	F#7
Th	ese clouds stick to the s	ky,

	A	Bm
Like a fl	oating question,	why?

	E
A	nd they linger there to die.

A	A7
They don't know where they're going, and my	friend,

neither do I.

	D	G	D	G
Clo	udy, Cl	oudy, Clo	udy,	Cloudy.

El Condor Pasa

English lyric by Paul Simon

	Em	G
I'd	rather be a sparrow than a	snail

	Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely	would

Hmm

	G
I'd rather be a hammer than a	nail

	Em
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely	would

Hmm

	C
A	way, I'd rather sail away

	G
Like a	swan that's here and gone

	C
A	man gets tied up to the ground

	G
He gives the	world its saddest sound

	Em
Its saddest	sound

	G
I'd rather be a forest than a	street

	Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely	would

↓

	G
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my	feet

	Em	C	G	C
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely	would

	G	Em

Feelin' Groovy

G	C	G6	Am
Slow	down, you	move too	fast.

G	C	G6	Am
You got to	make the	morning	last.

G	C	G6	Am
Just kickin'	down the	cobble	stones,

G	C	G6	Am
lookin' for	fun and Fee	lin'	Groovy.

Hello lamppost, what cha knowin'.

I've come to watch your flowers growing.

Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?

Dootin' doodoo, Feeling Groovy.

Got no deeds to do, no promises to keep.

I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep.

Let the morning time drop all its petals on me.

Life, I love you. All is groovy.

Hazy Shade Of Winter

	Dm	C	Bb	A7
intro →

Dm	C
Time, time, time, see what's be	come of me

	Bb	Am
While I	looked around for my possi	bilities

	C
I was so	hard to please

	Dm	C
But look aro	und, leaves are br	own

	Bb	A7	Dm
And the sk	y is a h	azy shade of w	inter

	C
Hear the salvation	army band

Bb

Down by the riverside, it's bound to be a better ride

Than what you've got planned → Carry your cup in your hand

And look around, leaves are brown now

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hang on to your hopes, my friend

That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass

away → Simply pretend

That you can build them again

Look around, the grass is high

↓

The fields are ripe, it's the springtime of my life

Bb	F	Fmaj7
Ahhh, seasons change with the	scener	y

	C9
Weaving time in a	tapestry

	Dm	A7	Dm
Won't you stop and re	mem	ber m	e

C

At any convenient time

Bb

Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts

Of unpublished rhyme → Drinking my vodka and lime

But look around, leaves are brown now

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Look around, leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground...

Homeward Bound

	G
I'm s	itting in a railway station,

	Bm	F	E	E7
Got a t	icket for my d	estina	tion	.

Am

On a tour of one night stands,

	F
My su	itcase and guitar in hand,

	G
And ev	ery stop is neatly planned

For a poet and a one man band.

	G	C
Chorus: →  Home	ward bo	und,

	G	C
I wish I w	as homeward bou	nd,

	G	C
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts are 'scaping,

	G	C
Ho	me, where my mu	sic's playing,

	G	Am	Am7	D
Ho	me, where my	love lies waiting si	lently for m	e.

Everyday's an endless stream → Of cigarettes and magazines.

And each town looks the same to me,

The movies and the factories,

And every stranger's face I see

↓

Reminds me that I long to be...

Chorus.

Tonight I'll sing my songs again,

I'll play the game and pretend,

But all my words come back to me

In shades of mediocrity, → Like emptiness in harmony,

I need someone to comfort me.

Chorus.

Homeward Bound

	G
I'm s	itting in a railway station,

	Bm	F	E	E7
Got a t	icket for my d	estina	tion	.

Am

On a tour of one night stands,

	F
My su	itcase and guitar in hand,

	G
And ev	ery stop is neatly planned

For a poet and a one man band.

	G	C
Chorus: →  Home	ward bo	und,

	G	C
I wish I w	as homeward bou	nd,

	G	C
Ho	me, where my tho	ughts are 'scaping,

	G	C
Ho	me, where my mu	sic's playing,

	G	Am	Am7	D
Ho	me, where my	love lies waiting si	lently for m	e.

Everyday's an endless stream → Of cigarettes and magazines.

And each town looks the same to me,

The movies and the factories,

And every stranger's face I see

Reminds me that I long to be...

↓

Chorus.

Tonight I'll sing my songs again,

I'll play the game and pretend,

But all my words come back to me

In shades of mediocrity, → Like emptiness in harmony,

I need someone to comfort me.

Chorus.

I Am A Rock

C	F	C
A winter's day- → in a	deep and dark De	cember

Dm	G7	F	C
I a	m al	one-

Dm7	Em7	Dm7	Em7
Gazing from my	window	to the streets be	low

	Dm	F	G
On a	freshly fallen	silent shroud of	snow.

F	C	F	G	C	Am
I am a	rock,	I am an	islan	d.

I've built walls, → A fortress deep and mity

That none may penetrate → I have no need of friendship

friendship causes pain

It's laughter and loving I disdain

I am a rock, I am an island

Don't talk of love

but I've heard the word before

It's sleeping in my memory

I won't disturb the slumber of the feelings that have died

If I never loved I never would have cried

I am a rock, I am an island

I have my books → and my poetry to protect me

↓

I am shielded in my armour

Hiding in my room, safe within my womb,

I touch no one and no one touches me.

F	C	F	G	C
I am a	rock,	I am an	islan	d

	Dm7	G	C	Dm7	G	C
And a	rock	feels no	pain, and an	island	never	cries.

Kathy's Song

G	C	G	Am	Em	C
I hear the	drizzle of the	rain_	Like a	memo	ry it

	Bm7
	falls

G	Bm	G	C	Am	Em	D
Soft and	warm con	tinu	ing_	Tapping	on my	roof and

	G	C	G
	walls

G	C	G	Am	Em
And from the	shelter of my	mind_	Through the	window

	C	Bm7
	of my	eyes

G	Bm	G	C	Am
I gaze be	yond the	rain drenched	streets_	To England

	Em	D	G	C	G
	where my	heart	lies

G	C	G	Am	Em
My mind's dis	tracted and	diffused_	My	thoughts are

	C	Bm7
many	miles a	way

G	Bm	G	C	Am
They lie with	you when	you're a	sleep_	And kiss you

	Em	D	G	C	G
	when you	start your	day

↓

G	C	G	Am
And a song I was	writing is left	undone_	I don't know

	Em	C	Bm7
	why I	spent the	time

G	Bm	G	C	Am	Em
Writing	song I	can't be	lieve_	With words that	tear

	D	G	C	G
and	strain to	rhyme

G	C	G	Am	Em
And so you	see I have come to	doubt_	All that	I once

	C	Bm7
	held as	true

G	Bm	G	C	Am	Em	D
I stand a	lone with	out be	liefs_	The only	truth I	know

	G	C	G
is	you

G	C	G	Am	Em
And as I	watch the drops of	rain	weave their	weary

	C	Bm7
	paths and	die

G	Bm	G	C	Am
I know that	I am	like the	rain_	There but for the

	Em	D	G	C	G
	grace of	you go	I.

Kodachrome

	F	F7	Bb
When I think	back on all the	crap I learned in h	igh

school

Gm	C7	F	Gm
It's a wonder	I can think at a	ll.

C7	F	F7	Bb
And though my la	ck of educ	ation hasn't	hurt me none,

Gm	C7	F
I can read the	writing on the	wall.

Chorus:

	F7	Bb	D7	G7	Cm
	Kod	ach	rome	, They give us those	nice

	F
bright	colors,

	Bb	Eb	Cm
They give us the	greens of sum	mers	,

	C	F	Bb
Makes you think a	ll the wor	ld's a sunny	day

	D	G
	Oh	yeah,

	Cm	F
I got a N	ikon cam	era, I love to take a

	Bb	Eb
	photograp	h,

	Eb	C7	F	Bb
	So momma, don't t	ake my	Kodachrome	away.

↓

	F	C7	Bb
If you took	all the girls I	knew when I was	single

Gm	C7	F	Gm
And brought them all to	gether for one	night,

C7	F	F7	Bb
I know they'd never m	atch my s	weet imagi	nation,

Gm	C7	F
And ev'rything looks	worse in black and	white.

Chorus

Me and Julio Down By the School Yard

	G
Mam	a pyjama rolled outta bed, she ran to the police

	C
s	tation

	D
When the	cop found out, he began to shout, he started the

	G
invest	igation

	D	G
And it's against the	law, it was against the l	aw

	D	G
What what mama	saw, it was against the l	aw

Mama looked down and spit on the ground ever time her name

gets mentioned

The cop said oy, if I get that boy

I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention

	C	G
Well I'm on my wa	y, I don't know w	here I'm goin'

	C	G	A	D
I'm on my	way, takin' my	time, but I d	on't know w	here

	C	G
Goodbye to R	osie, the queen of Co	rona

	F	C	D	G	C	G	D
Seein' me and Ju	lio d	own by the sch	ooly	ard

	F	C	D	G	C	G	D
Seein' me and Ju	lio d	own by the sch	ooly	ard

↓

(Instrumental break)

In a couple of days they're gonna take me away

When the press let the story leak

Now when the radical breach comes to get me released

Appears all on the cover of Newsweek

And I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm goin'

But I'm on my way, takin' my time, but I don't know where

Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona

Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard

Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard

Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard

Mrs. Robinson

E7	A	D	G	C	Am	E7	D
De de	de de	de d	e de	de de	de de	de de

Chorus

D	G	Em
And here's to	you Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	Am	D
Jesus loves you	more than you will	know,	wo wo wo

D	G	Em
God bless you	please Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	Am
Heaven holds a	place for those who	pray,	hey hey hey

E7

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files

A

We'd like to help you learn to help yourself

D	G	C	Am
Look around you	all you see are	sympathetic	eyes

E7	D
Stroll around the grounds un	til you feel at home

Chorus

E7

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes

A

Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes

↓

D	G	C	Am
It's a little	secret just the	Robinsons' a	fair

E7	D
Most of all you've got to	hide it from the kids

Chorus

D	G	Em
Koo koo ka	choo Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	Am	D
Jesus loves you	more than you will	know,	wo wo wo

D	G	Em
God bless you	please Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	Am
Heaven holds a	place for those who	pray,	hey hey hey

E7

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon

A

Going to the candidates debate

D	G	C
Laugh about it	shout about it	when you've got to

	Am
	choose

E7	D
Any way you look at it you	lose

Chorus

D	G	Em
Where have you	gone Joe Di	Maggio

G	Em	C	Am	D
A nation turns its	lonely eyes to	you,	woo woo woo

↓

D	G	Em
What's that you	say Mrs.	Robinson

G	Em	C	Am
Joltin' Joe has	left and gone	away,	hey hey hey, hey

	E7
hey	hey

Scarborough Fair

Am	G	Am
Are you going to	Scarborough	Fair

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

	C	G
Remember	me to one who lives	there

Am	G	Am
She once	was a true love of	mine

Am	G	Am
Tell her to make me a	cambric	shirt

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

	C	G
Without any	seam or fine needle	work

	Am	G	Am
And	then she'll	be a true love of	mine

Am	G	Am
Will you reap it with	sickle of lea	ther

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

	C	G
And tie it	all up with a peacock's fea	ther

	Am	G	Am
Or	never	be a true love of	mine

↓

Am	G	Am
Will you find me an	acre of	land

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

	C	G
Between the	sea foam and the sea	sand

	Am	G	Am
Or	never	be a true love of	mine

Am	G	Am
will you plough it	with a lamb's	horn

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

	C	G
And sow it all	over with one pepper	corn

	Am	G	Am
Or	never	be a true love of	mine

Am	G	Am
Tell her to wash it in	yonder dry	well

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

	C	G
Where water ne'er	sprung, nor drop of rain	fell

	Am	G	Am
And	then she'll	be a true love of	mine

Am	G	Am
Tell her to dry it	on yonder	thorn

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

↓

	C	G
Which never	bore blossom since Adam was	born

	Am	G	Am
And	then she'll	be a true love of	mine

Am	G	Am
When you've done and	finished your	work

C	Am	C	D	Am
Parsley	sage	rose	mary and	thyme

	C	G
Then come to	me for your cambric	shirt

	Am	G	Am
And	you shall	be a true love of	mine

Scarborough Fair

Bm	A	Bm
Are you going to	Scarborough	Fair,

	Bm	E7	Bm
Parsley,	sage, rose	mary and	thyme.

	Bm	D	F#m	A
Re	member me	to one who	lives	there,

Bm	A	Bm
Once she	was a true love of	mine.

Tell her to make me a Cambric shirt,

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Without any seam and needlework.

Then she will be a true love of mine.

Tell her to wash it in yonder dry well,

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Where the water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell

Then she'll be a true love of mine.

Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Which never bore blossom since Adam was born,

Then she'll be a true love of mine.

Oh, will you find me an acre of land,

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Between the sea foam and the sea sand,

↓

Or never be a true love of mine.

Oh, will you plough it with a lamb's horn

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

And sow it all over with one peppercorn,

Or never be a true love of mine.

Oh, will you reap it with a sickle of leather,

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

And tie it up with Peacock's feather,

Or never be a true love of mine.

And then you have done and finished your work,

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Then come to me for your cambric shirt,

Then you shall be a true love of mine.

SLIP SLIDING AWAY

Chorus: → Chorus

	C	Am
Slip sliding a	way, slip sliding	away

	C	G	F
You know the n	earer your destin	ation, the	more you slip

	G	C
sl	iding a	way

	Am	C
Whoah and I know a	man, he came from my h	ometown

	F	Fm
He wore his p	assion for his woman like a t	horny crown

	C	Am
He said D	olores, I live in	fear

	C	G	F	G
My love for y	ou's so overpow	ering, I'm af	raid that	I

	C
will dis	appear

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

Sounds of Silence

	Am	G
H	ello darkness my old fri	end,

	Am
I've come to talk with you ag	ain.

	C	F	C
Because a vi	sion softl	y creep	ing

	F	C
Left it's seed while I w	as sleep	ing,

	F	C
And the vis	ion that was planted in my br	ain

	Am
Still rem	ains

	C	G	Am
Wit	hin the s	ounds of si	lence.

In restless dreams I walked alone,

Narrow streets of cobble stone.

'Neath the halo of a street lamp,

I turned my collar to the cold and damp,

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sounds of silence.

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more.

People talking without speaking,

People hearing without listening,

People writing songs that voices never shared,

↓

And no one dared

Disturb the sounds of silence.

"Fools!" said I, "you do not know,

Silence like a cancer grows.

Hear my words that I might teach you,

Take my arms that I might reach you."

But my words like silent raindrops fell...

And echoed in the wells of silence.

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon gods they made.

And the sign flashed out its warning,

In the words that it was forming,

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written

on the subway walls → And tenement halls."

And whispered in the sounds of silence.

Sounds of Silence

	Am	G
H	ello darkness my old fri	end,

	Am
I've come to talk with you ag	ain.

	C	F	C
Because a vi	sion softl	y creep	ing

	F	C
Left it's seed while I w	as sleep	ing,

	F	C
And the vis	ion that was planted in my br	ain

	Am
Still rem	ains

	C	G	Am
Wit	hin the s	ounds of si	lence.

Am	G
In restless dreams I walked al	one,

	Am
Narrow streets of cobble st	one.

	C	F	C
'Neath the h	alo of	a street l	amp,

	F	C
I turned my collar to the c	old and d	amp,

	F	C
When my	eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon l	ight

	Am
That split the n	ight

	C	G	Am
And t	ouched the	sounds of si	lence.

↓

Am	G
And in the naked light I	saw

	Am
Ten thousand people, maybe m	ore.

	C	F	C
People talking	witho	ut speak	ing,

	F	C
People hearing with	out listen	ing,

	F	C
People	writing songs that voices never sh	ared,

	Am
And no one d	ared

	C	G	Am
Dist	urb the	sounds of si	lence.

	Am	G
"	Fools!" said I, "you do not	know,

	Am
Silence like a cancer gr	ows.

	C	F	C
Hear my words that	I m	ight teach	you,

	F	C
Take my arms that I m	ight reach	you."

	F	C
But my w	ords like silent raindrops	fell...

	Am	C	G	Am
And ech	oed	in the	wells of si	lence.

Am	G
And the people bowed and pr	ayed

↓

	Am
To the neon gods they m	ade.

	C	F	C
And the sign flashed	out	its warn	ing,

	F	C
In the words that it	was form	ing,

	F
And the sign said, "The w	ords of the prophets are written

	C	Am
on the subway	walls → And tenement h	alls."

	C	G	Am
And wh	ispered in the	sounds of si	lence.

Sparrow

Em	D
Who	will love a little sparrow,

	C	D
Who's travelled	far, and cries for	rest?

	Em	A
"Not	I," said the	oak tree.

	D	A
"I	won't share my branches with	no sparrow's nest;

	D	A	Em
And my	blanket of leaves won't w	arm her cold b	reast."

Who will love a little sparrow,

And who will speak a kindly word?

"Not I," said the swan.

"The entire idea is utterly absurd;

I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other swans heard."

And who will take pity in his heart,

And who will feed a starving sparrow?

"Not I," said the golden wheat.

"I would if I could but I cannot I know;

For I need all my grain to prosper and grow."

Who will love a little sparrow,

Will no one write her eulogy?

"I will," said the Earth.

"For all I've created returns unto me;

From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be."

The Boxer

C	Am
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom	told

	G
I have	squandered my resistance

	Dm	G	C
For a	pocket full of	mumbles, such are	promises

	Am	G	F
All lies and	jest, still a	man hears what he	wants to

	C	G	F	F	C
hear → And disregards the	rest

	C
When I	left my home and my family, I was no more than a

	Am	G
	boy → In the	company of strangers

	Dm	G	C
In the	quiet of a	railway station,	running scared

	Am	G	F
Laying	low, seeking	out the poorer	quarters

	C
Where the ragged people	go

	G	F	F	C
Looking	for the places	only	they would	know

Chorus

	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie, Lie la	lie la lie la lie, Lie la	lie,

G	F	C
Lie la lie la la la la, lie	la la la la	lie.

↓

	C	Am
Asking	only workman's wages I come looking for a	job

	G
But I get no	offers

	Dm	G	C
Just a	come-on from the	whores on Seventh	Avenue

	Am	G	F
I do de	clare, there were	times when I was	so lonesome

	C	G	F	F	C
I took some comfort	there →	Lie lie lie lie la

	C
Then I'm	laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was

	Am
	gone

	G	Dm	G
Going	home where the	New York City winters	aren't

	C	Am	G	F	C
	bleeding me	→ Leading	me,	going	home.

	C
In the	clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his

	Am
	trade

	G	G7
And he	carries a reminder of ev'ry	glove that laid him

down

	C	Am
Or	cut him till he cried out in his anger and his	shame

↓

	G	F
I am	leaving, I am	leaving

	C
But the fighter still re	mains

Chorus

The Boxer

C	Am
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom	told

	G
I have	squandered my resistance

	Dm	G	C
For a	pocket full of	mumbles, such are	promises

	Am	G	F
All lies and	jest, still a	man hears what he	wants to

hear

	C	G	G7	G6	C
And disregards the	rest

	C
When I	left my home and my family, I was no more than a

	Am	G
	boy → In the	company of strangers

	G7	G6	C
In the	quiet of a	railway station,	running scared

	Am	G	F
Laying	low, seeking	out the poorer	quarters

	C
Where the ragged people	go

	G	G7	G6	C
Looking	for the places	only	they would	know

Chorus

	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie, Lie la	lie la lie la lie, Lie la	lie,

↓

G	F	C
Lie la lie la la la la, lie	la la la la	lie.

	C	Am
Asking	only workman's wages I come looking for a	job

	G
But I get no	offers

	G7	G6	C
Just a	come-on from the	whores on Seventh	Avenue

	Am	G	F
I do de	clare, there were	times when I was	so lonesome

	C
I took some comfort	there

G	G7	G6	C
Lie lie lie lie la

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was

gone

Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding

me → Leading me, going home.

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

And he carries a reminder ov ev'ry glove that laid him

down

Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame

I am leaving, I am leaving

But the fighter still remains

Chorus

The Only Living Boy In New York

Capo 4th fret. → 4/4 time.

	G	G
INTRO: →

VERSE 1:

	G	G	C	C
T	om,	get your plane right on	time

	G	G	C	C
I	know	your part'll go f	ine

	G	G	C	C/B	C/A	C/G
F	ly	down to Mexico

	D/F#	D/F#	C	C
D	o-n-da-da-n-d	a-da-n-da-da and h	ere I am

	C	G	G
T	he only living boy in New	York.

VERSE 2: (two bars of C to lead in)

I get the news I need from the weather report

I can gather all the news I need from the weather report

Hey, I've got nothing to do to-day but smile

Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am

The only living boy in New York.

	E	Esus4	E
CHORUS: →

	Am	D7/F#
H	alf of the time we're g	one, but we don't know

↓

	G	C	C
W	here, and we don't know w	here

VERSE 3: → Ah....

Here I am.

CHORUS

VERSE 4:

Tom, get your plane right on time

I know that you've been eager to fly now

Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,

Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it shines on me

The only living boy in New York

The only living boy in New York.

BRIDGE:

	G	G	G	G
(	hammer	on and	pull of	f at the second fret on the A and

D strings)

	G	C	E	Esus4	E

	Am	D7/F#	G	C

VERSES 5 & 6: (as for Verse 3)

CODA:

	G	G	G	G	G
					Fine.