Soft Parachutes chords by Paul Simon

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

G        Em
Soft parachutes
 D         Em
Fourth of July
 G          C
Villages burning
  G
Returning
      Am        G         D     D7
The bodies all laid in a line
  C              G
Like soft parachutes
      G         F
Last year as a senior
      G        C
In Emerson High school
   G          A
I had me a girlfriend
    Am          D7
We used to get high
 G       F
Now I am flyin
            C
Down some Vietnam highway
      Am           Em
Don't ask me the reason
     D          G
God only knows why
 G         Em
Soft parachutes
  C       Em
Fourth of July
  G       C
Villages burning
  G
Returning
      Am        G         D      D7
The bodies all laid in a line
 C             G
Like soft parachutes