Obvious Child Chords & Tabs
Paul Simon Chords & Tabs
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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
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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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