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Version 1 Version 2TITLE: Late in the Evening ARTIST: Paul Simon (Paul Simon) ALBUM: "One-Trick Pony" (1980) [Intro] E E E E A A E E A A E E B7 B7 E E [Verse 1] A The first thing I remember, I was lyin' in my bed E I couldn't have been no more than one or two A And I remember there's a radio, comin' from the room next door E And my mother laughed the way some ladies do B7 E When it's late in the evening, and all the music's seeping through [Verse 2] A The next thing I remember, I am walkin' down the street E Feelin' all right, I'm with my boys, I'm with my troops, yeah A And down along the avenue some guys were shooting pool E And I heard the sound of a cappella groups, yeah B7 E Singin' late in the evening, and all the girls out on the stoops, yeah [Verse 3] A Then I learned to play some lead guitar, I was underage in this funky bar E I stepped outside to smoke myself a 'J' A When I come back to the room, everybody just seemed to move E And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play B7 E And it was late in the evening, and I blew that room away [Break] A A E E A A E E B7 B7 E E [Verse 4] A The first thing I remember, when you came into my life E I said I'm gonna get that girl, no matter what I do A Well, I guess I'd been in love before and once or twice I been on the floor E But I never loved no one the way that I loved you B7 E It was late in the evening and all the music seeping through [Outro] A A E E A A E E B7 B7 E E