Cool Papa Bell chords by Paul Simon

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4
G       C   D

Verse 1:
   G
It turns out to be
  C               D
A great thing for me
        G
I don't worry (and)
        C      D
I don't think (because)
G                  C           D
It's not my job to worry or to think
G       C
  Not me
D

I'm more like

Verse 2:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4
G   C   D

G             C              D
Every day I'm here, I'm grateful
               G              C
And that's the gist of it
D            G            C          D
Now, you may call that a bogus, bullshit
       G         C
New-Age point of view

Chorus:
D                   G     C  D
But check out my tattoo
                    G     C  D
Says 'Wall-to-Wall Fun'
                    G     C  D
Does everyone know everyone?
                 G    C  D
Mr. Wall-to-Wall Fun
                     G    C  D
Meet Dr. Well, Well, Well
        G   C        D
And Cool Papa Bell
            G      C       D
The fastest man on Earth did dwell
      G      C     D  G
As Cool Papa Bell

Bridge:
      C       D
Motherfucker!
C    G
Ugly word!
    C         D
Ubiquitous and often heard
C   G      C            D          C
As a substitute for someone's Christian name
            G         C          D          G
And I think yeah, the word is ugly, all the same
  C  D      C
Ugly got a case to make
             G      C           D
It's not like every rodent gets a birthday cake
C       G           C         D           C
No, it's, 'You're a chipmunk, how cute is that?'
        G          C           D        C
But you, you motherfucker, are a filthy rat!

                G     C  D
And well, well, well
           G     C      D
Is it true, Papa Bell?
                        G
That the beauties go to heaven
        C          D
And the ugly go to hell
          G      C  D
Cool Papa Bell?
                    G  C  D
Let the tubas cry!

Verse 3:
         G
Have you all heard the news?
C       D
'Heaven Finally Found!'
G          C            D             G
Okay, it's six trillion light years away
          C         D              G
But we're all gonna get there someday
     C               D             G
Yes, we're all gonna get there one day
     C      D            G                 C     D
And, we all gon-na, get, we all gonna get, we...
         G        C
But, but not you
D
You stay and explain
G   C        D                 G
The suffering and the pain you caused
C          D               G             C      D
The thrill you feel when evil dreams come true

Chorus:
D                   G     C  D
And check out my tattoo
                    G     C  D
Says 'Wall-to-Wall Fun'
                    G     C  D
Does everyone know everyone?
                 G    C  D
Mr. Wall-to-Wall Fun
                     G    C  D
Meet Dr. Well, Well, Well
        G   C        D
And Cool Papa Bell
               G        C       D
The fastest man on Earth did dwell
      G      C     D  G  C
As Cool Papa Bell

Outro:
D            G
And you’re never gonna stop him
  C
Never gonna stop
  D
Never gonna stop him
      G
I’m never gonna stop
      C
You never gonna
  D
Never gonna stop
D
No, no, you
           D
Ah, you're never gonna stop, you're never gonna stop