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            Words & music by Paul Simon 1975
Em/G                 D6             |Cmaj7              B7-9 B7|
     "The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
Em               D#dim7       |F#dim7        B+|
   The answer is easy if you take it logically
Em             D6              |Cmaj7          B7-9
   I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
      B7     |Em       Am7               |Em   |
There must be    fifty ways to leave your lover
Em/G               D6           |Cmaj7      B7-9 B7
     She said it's really not my habit to intrude
      |Em              D#dim7            |F#dim7       B+
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
   |Em            D6         |Cmaj7         B7-9
But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
      B7     |Em       Am7               |Em   |
There must be    fifty ways to leave your lover
       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
           |        |
 Hop on the bus, Gus
                     |Bb6      |
 You don't need to discuss much
                  |C7      |
 Just drop off the key, Lee
                 |G   |
 And get yourself free
                  |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
           |        |
 Hop on the bus, Gus
                     |Bb6      |
 You don't need to discuss much
                  |C7      |
 Just drop off the key, Lee
                 |G   |  |  |  |
 And get yourself free
Em/G             D6              |Cmaj7           B7-9
     She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
  B7            |Em                   D#dim7 |F#dim7         B+  |
I wish there was    something I could do to make you smile again
Em            D6               |Cmaj7              B7-9
   I said I appreciate that and would you please explain
 B7      |Em        Am7|Em   |
About the fifty ways
Em/G              D6                |Cmaj7         B7-9
     She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight
    B7 |Em           D#dim7            |F#dim7        B+   
And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light
            |Em              D6          |Cmaj7        B7-9
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
      B7     |Em       Am7               |Em   |
There must be    fifty ways to leave your lover
       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
           |        |
 Hop on the bus, Gus
                     |Bb6      |
 You don't need to discuss much
                  |C7      |
 Just drop off the key, Lee
                 |G   |
 And get yourself free
                      |G         |
 You 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
           |        |
 Hop on the bus, Gus
                     |Bb6      |
 You don't need to discuss much
                  |C7      |
 Just drop off the key, Lee
                 |G   |  |  |  |    
 And get yourself free
Em/G    32200x
D6      x5443x
CM7     x3200x
B7-9    x2121x
B7      x2120x
Em      02200x
D#dim7  xx1212
F#dim7  xx4545
B+      7x544x
Am7     x02010
G       32003x
Bb6     x1303x
C7      x3231x