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The Obvious Child by Paul Simon - Guitar Chords

Artist Paul Simon How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord D.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord F.jpg How to play the guitar chord Ab.jpg How to play the guitar chord Bbm.jpg

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            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?    
        

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