Kodachrome chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Kodachrome chords
Paul Simon 1973

Capo II *

D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD Em/A7

       D MajorD
When I think back
      D7D7        G+G
on all the crap I learned in high school
E minorEm
It's a wonder
A7A7       D MajorD E minorEm A7A7
I can think at all
       D MajorD     D7D7
And though my lack of education
    G+G
hasn't hurt me none
E minorEm       A augmentedA       D MajorD  D7D7
I can read the writing on the wall

  G+G B7B7 E MajorE
Kodachrome
  E7E7      A minorAm     D MajorD
You give us those nice bright colors
        G+G     C majorC
You give us the greens of summers
     A augmentedA       D MajorD        G+G  B7B7 E MajorE
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!
E7E7   A minorAm  D MajorD
I got a Nikon camera
         G+G  C majorC
I love to take a photograph
        A augmentedA    D MajorD      G+G  G+G B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA A7A7
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

      D MajorD        D7D7
If you took all the girls I knew
      G+G
when I was single
  E minorEm         A7A7       D MajorD  E minorEm A7A7
And brought them all together for one night
       D MajorD
I know they'd never match
  D7D7     G+G
my sweet imagination
E minorEm          A augmentedA    A7A7    D MajorD  D7D7
And everything looks worse in black and white

  G+G B7B7 E MajorE
Kodachrome
  E7E7      A minorAm     D MajorD
You give us those nice bright colors
        G+G     C majorC
You give us the greens of summers
     A augmentedA       D MajorD        G+G  B7B7 E MajorE
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!
E7E7   A minorAm  D MajorD
I got a Nikon camera
         G+G  C majorC
I love to take a photograph
        A augmentedA    D MajorD      G+G  G+G B minorBm E minorEm
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

      G+G    B minorBm     E minorEm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
      G+G    B minorBm     E minorEm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
      G+G    B minorBm     E minorEm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

G+G
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
B minorBm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
E minorEm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G+G
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
 B minorBm
(Leave your boy so far from home)
E minorEm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G+G               B minorBm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome whewwwwww
E minorEm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G+G B minorBm E minorEm . . .

* Alternate:

Open

D MajorD = E MajorE
D7D7 = E7E7
G+G = A augmentedA
E minorEm = F# minorF#m
A augmentedA = BB (or B7B7)
A minorAm = B minorBm
E7E7 = F7F7
B minorBm = C# minorC#m

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