Allergies chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

Words & music by Paul Simon 1981


D7D7    |     |
Maladies, melodies,

G+G       |    |FF  | Am7/E|
 allergies to dust and grain

D7D7     |     |
 Maladies, remedies

G+G         |   |C majorC  | Em7/BEm7/B|Am7Am7 | | |
 Still these allergies remain

 |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
My hands can't touch a guitar string

 |Am(no 5th)  F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
My fingers just burn and ache

 |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)  |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
My head inter-cedes with my bodily   needs

   |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
And my body won't give it a break


 |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
My heart can stand a disaster

 |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
My heart can take a disgrace

   |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)  |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
But my heart is allergic to the women I  love

    |Am(no 5th)  F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)|
And it's changing the shape of my face


D MajorD     | |     |
Allergies,  allergies

G+G      |      FF  | Am7/E|
 Something's living on my skin

D MajorD     |
 Doctor please

 |     |
Doctor please

G+G   |      |C majorC  | Em7/BEm7/B|Am7Am7 | | |
 Open up it's me again

 |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
I go to a   famous physician

 |Am(no 5th)  F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
I sleep in the local  hotel

  |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
From what I can see of the people like me

   |Am(no 5th)   F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
We get better, but we never get well

  |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
So I ask   myself this question

    |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
(it's a question I often  repeat)

    |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)  |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
Where do allergies go, when it's after a  show

    |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)  |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)
And they want to get something to eat?


D MajorD     | |     |
Allergies,  allergies

G+G      |      FF  | Am7/E|
 Something's living on my skin

D MajorD     |
 Doctor please

 |     |
Doctor please

G+G   |      |C majorC  | | | |
 Open up it's me again


FF    | |    | |
Maladies,  melodies

Bb majorBb   |        |AbAb  |Eb/Ab Abmaj7/G|
  Allergies to dust and grain

F7F7     | |    |
  Maladies,  remedies

Bb majorBb      |      |Eb MajorEb | Gm7Gm7|C minorCm | |G7G7 | |D7D7 | | |
  Still these allergies remain

    |Am(no 3rd) | | | |