Congratulations chords by Paul Simon

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

A/B    E      D#aug
Congratulations
E7                             F#m7  D#m7-5  Bm/D
  Oh, seems like you've done it again
Bm/D     C#m    Bm A       A7/G   Bm7/F#
  And I ain't had such misery
      F#aug        G   B7  E
  Since I don't know when
E       F#dim  E/G# A    D
Oh, and I don't know when,
E       F#dim  E/G# A   D
oh, and I don't know when

Verse 2:

E        A  E/G# F#m7 E   E7
 I notice so ma - ny people
         F#m7 D#m7-5  Bm/D
Slipping away
Bm/D     C#m Bm  A             A7/G   Bm7/F#
  And many more waiting in the lines
       F#aug        G  B7  E
   In the courtrooms today
E           F#dim  E/G# A  D A A7
  oh, in the courtrooms  today


Chorus:

B
Love is not a game
B
Love is not a toy
E          A     D A7
Love's no romance
B
Love will do you in
B
And love will wash you out
   E           A
And needless to say
   E/G#         F#m7         B7           E      F#m7 G#m
You won't stand a chance, you won't stand a chance


Verse 3:

A/B             E       D#aug
   I'm hungry for learning
E7                  F#m7    D#m7-5  Bm/D
  Won't you answer me please
Bm/D         C#m  Bm A   A7/G   Bm7/F#
  Can a man and a  woman
       F#aug     G     B7  E
   Live together in peace,
E                   A     D E A
 Oh, live together in peace?


*Keyboard Instrumental*