The Coast Chords

The Coast (Paul Simon, Vincent Nguini) - 4/4:, Key=Bb, Capo 3 Intro: || G/D C/G | G/D G | G/D C/G | % || || G/D C/G | G/D G | G/D C/G | G/D G || V: || G/D C | G/D G :||x3 | G/D C | G/D / G G/B | P-C: || Am G G/B / | % | Am G | D G/B Am G D/F# | C/G || ||: Bb Am G / C :||x4 | Bb Am G / | Ch: || G / / C | G / / D | G / / C | G / G/B Cm G | ---------------------------------------------------- VERSE 1: |G/D C |G/D G A family of musicians took shelter for the night |G C |G/D G | In the little harbor church of St. Cecilia C |G/D G | Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine C |G/D G G/B | Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea

Pre-Chorus: Am G G/B | Am G G/B | Am G | This is a lone---ly life D G/B Am G D/F#|C/G | Sorrows everywhere you turn |Bb Am G C | And that's worth something when you think about it Bb Am G C | That's worth some money |Bb Am G C | And that's worth something when you think about it Bb Am G C |Bb Am G That's worth some money VERSE 2: |G/D C |G/D G | A trip to the market, a trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight C |G/D G | That settles over Washington C |G/D G A trip to the market, a trip around the world | C |G/D G Where the evening meal is negotiable, if there is one. PRE-CHORUS: G/B |Am G G/B| Am G G/B | Am G | This is a lonely-lone, lonely life D G/B Am G D/F#|C/G | Sorrows everywhere you turn |Bb Am G C | And that's worth something when you think about it Bb Am G C | That's worth some money |Bb Am G C | And that's worth something when you think about it Bb Am G C |Bb Am G | C | G | C |G G/B Am| That's worth some money CHORUS: G C |G D | To prove that I love you, Because I believe in you G C |G G/B Am G| Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast G C |G D | If I have money If I have children G C |G G/B Am G| Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast G C |G D | Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah G C |G G/B Am G| Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast N.C | % | G C | G | C | VERSE 3: G | C |G/D G We are standing in the sunlight, the early morning sunlight | C | In the harbor church of Saint Cecilia G/D G C |G/D G To praise a soul's returning to the earth | C |G/D G G/B | To the Rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea PRE-CHORUS: Am G G/B |Am G G/B |Am G | C | % | % This is the on-----ly life |Bb Am G C | And that's worth something when you think about it Bb Am G C | That's worth some money |Bb Am G C | And that's worth something when you think about it Bb Am G C |2/4 Bb Am G| G C | G G/B Am | That's worth some money CHORUS: G C |G D | To prove that I love you, Because I believe in you G C |G G/B Am G| Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast G C |G D | If I have money If I have children G C |G G/B Am G| Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast G C |G D | If I have weaknesses don't let them blind me now G C |G G/B Am G| Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast G C |G D | Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah G C |G G/B Am | Summer skies, stars are falling G C |G D |G C | Leaving the shadow of the valley behind me now G G/B Am | All along the injured coast Repeat and fade: G C |G D | Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah G C |G G/B Am G | Summer skies, stars are falling all along the in---jured coast G/D: xx0003 C/G: 332010 G/B: x20003 D/F#: 200232 Intro riff x: = tied note s s s s s e s. s e. e e s s s s s e s. s e s. s s e s s s s e|--------||----------------------------|---------------------------------|| B|--------||----------------------------|---------------------------------|| G|--------||*---------------------------|--------------------------------*|| D|-6-5----||*---------------5-5---------|-------------------------6-5----*|| A|-----8-6||-6:-5-------5--6-6--6-5----|--------------5-5:-6-8------8-6-|| E|--------||-------8-8:-------------8-6|6:-6-8-8:-6--------------------|| x3 s e s. s e. e e s s s s s e s. s e. q. e e|---------------------------|-------------------------| B|---------------------------|-------------------------| G|---------------------------|-----------------------5-| D|---------------5-5---------|-------------------------| A|6:-5-------5--6-6--6-5----|-------------------------|