Fifty Ways To Leave chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

~From: [email protected] (Trace Gunsch)
~Date: 16 Jul 1993 23:30:23 -0500

I'm not certain of any special procedures to posting lyrics since I'm new to
this group, but I saw two requests to have this posted and this is the
way I like to read music, so here goes:

Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
Words and Music by Paul Simon, 1975


Em/GEm/G      D6D6        CM7        B7-9  B7B7
"The problem ...
E minorEm       D#dim7D#dim7   GM9+5     BB+
"the answer ...

E minorEm     D6D6         CM7       B7-9
I'm here to ...
    B7B7   E minorEm  Am7Am7        E minorEm
there must be ...

Em/GEm/G      D6D6      CM7     B7-9  B7B7
She said, ...

E minorEm    D#dim7D#dim7      GM9+5     BB+
I hope my ...

   E minorEm      D6D6     CM7      B7-9
But I'll ...

    B7B7   E minorEm  Am7Am7        E minorEm
there must ...

E minorEm  Am7Am7        E minorEm
fifty ways ...


         G+G
Just slip ...
      Bb6Bb6
Make a new ...
           C7C7
You don't ...

         G+G
just get ...


      G+G
Hop on ...

           Bb6Bb6
You don't ...
         C7C7
Just drop ...
         G+G
and get ...

REPEAT CHORUS

Second verse:

She said, ...
...your lover."

REPEAT CHORUS twice.


Chords: (by request)

Em/GEm/G  322000
D6D6   xx0432
CM7   x32000
B7-9  x24222
B7B7   021202
E minorEm   022000
D#dim7D#dim7 xx1222
GM9+5  320203 <-- I don't have a guitar around right now, is this possible?
BB+   xx1004
Am7Am7   x02213
G+G    320003
Bb6Bb6   x13311
C7C7   x32310

Hope these help, and I hope they're right! Some of them are just plain
bizarre, so your guess is probably as good as mine. Happy fingering!

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