Save The Life Of My Child chords by Simon & Garfunkel

Chords with lyrics

Intro chords:
G+G D MajorD FF

Verse 1:

G+G
“Good God! Don’t Jump!”
G+G
A augmentedA boy sat on the ledge
           C majorC       G+G
And old man who had fainted was revived
  FF               G+G    G7G7
And everyone agreed ‘twould be a miracle indeed
   C majorC
If the boy survived

Chorus:

 C majorC          DmDm
“Save the life of my child!”
           C majorC     G+G D MajorD FF
Cried the desperate mother

Verse 2:

G+G
The woman from the supermarket
G+G
Ran to call the cops
           C majorC      G+G
“He must be high on something,” someone said
G+G              C majorC
Thought it never made the New York Times

G+G               C majorC
In the Daily News the caption read

Chorus:

C majorC           DmDm
“Save the life of my child!”
           C majorC     G+G D MajorD FF
Cried the desperate mother

Verse 3:

G+G
A augmentedA patrol car passing by
G+G
Halted to a stop
        C majorC       G+G
Said officer MacDougal in dismay
   G+G         C majorC
“The force can’t do a decent job
      G+G
‘Cause the kids got no respect
       C majorC
For the law today” (and blah blah blah)

Chorus:

C majorC           DmDm
“Save the life of my child!”
           C majorC
Cried the desperate mother
               Dm7Dm7
“Oh, what’s becoming of the children?”
 DmDm          C majorC
People asking each other

Verse 4:
G+G
When darkness fell, excitement kissed the crowd
G+G
And it made them wild
           C majorC     G+G
In an atmosphere of freaky holiday

G+G
When the spotlight hit the boy
G+G
The crowd began to cheer
C majorC
He flew away

Outro:

FF            C majorC
“Oh my Grace, I got no hiding place”
FF            C majorC
“Oh my Grace, I got no hiding place”