Darling Lorraine chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The first time I saw her
I couldn't be sure
But the sin of impatience
Said, "She's just what
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you're looking for"
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So I walked right up to her
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And with the part of me that talks
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I introduced myself as Frank
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From New York, New York
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She's so hot
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She's so cool
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I'm not
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I'm just a fool in love
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With darling Lorraine
Verse 2
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All my life, I've been a wanderer
Not really, I mostly lived near
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my parents' home
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Anyway, Lorraine and I got married
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And the usual marriage stuff
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Then one day she says to me
From out of the blue
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She says, "Frank,
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I've had enough
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Romance is a heart breaker
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I'm not meant to be a homemaker
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And I'm tired of being darling
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Lorraine"
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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What, you don't love me anymore?
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What, you're walking out
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the door?
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What, you don't like the way I chew?
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Hey, let me tell you
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You're not the wo man that I wed
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You say you're depressed,
but you're not
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You just like to stay in bed
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I don't need you,
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darling Lorraine
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Darling Lorraine
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Lorraine
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I long for your
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love
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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Financially speaking
I guess I'm a washout
Everybody's buy and sell,
and sell and buy
And that's what the whole
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thing's all about
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If it had not been for Lorraine
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I'd have left here long ago
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I should have been a musician
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I love the piano
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She's so light
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She's so free
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I'm tight, well, that's me
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But I feel so good
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With darling Lorraine
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Verse 5
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On Christmas morning Frank awakes
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To find Lorraine has made
a stack of pancakes
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They watch the television,
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husband and wife
All afternoon,
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"It's A Wonderful Life"
Interlude 3
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Verse 6
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What, you don't love
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me anymore?
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What, you're walking out the door?
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What, you don't like the way I chew?
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Hey, let me tell you
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You're not the woman
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that I wed
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Gimme my robe, I'm going back to bed
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I'm sick to death of you,
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Lorraine
Verse 7
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Darling Lorraine
Lorraine
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Her hands like wood
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The doctor was smiling
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But the news
wasn't good
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Verse 8
Darlin' Lorraine
Please don't leave me yet
I know you're in pain
Pain you can't forget
Your breathing is like an
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echo of our love
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Maybe I'll go down to the corner store
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And buy us something sweet
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Here's an extra blanket honey
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To wrap around your feet
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All the trees were washed
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with April rain
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And the moon in the meadow
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Took darling Lorraine
Outro 1
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