Old chords by 
Paul Simon 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The first time I
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heard â??Peggy Sueâ??
I was 12 years old
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Russians up in rock et ships
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And the war was cold
Now many wars have
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come and gone
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Genocide still goes on
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Buddy Holly still goes on
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But his catalog was sold
Verse 2
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First time I smoked
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Guess what, paranoid
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First time I heard
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â??Satisfactionâ??
I was young and unemployed
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Down the decades every year
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Sum mer leaves and my birthday's here
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And all my friends stand up and cheer
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And say Man you're old
Getting old
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Old
Interlude 1
Getting old
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Verse 3
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We celebrate the birth of Jesus
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on Christmas day
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And Buddha found nir vana
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along the lotus way
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About 1,500 years ago the mes
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senger Moham mad spoke
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And his wisdom like a river flowed
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Through hills of gold
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Wis dom is old
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The Koran is old
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The Bible's old
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Greatest story ever told
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Verse 4
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Disagreements?
Work 'em out
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Verse 5
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The human race has walked
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the earth for 2.7 million
And we estimate the uni
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verse at 13-14 billion
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When all these numbers tumble
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into your imagina tion
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Con sider that the Lord was there
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be fore creation
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God is old
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We're not old
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God is old
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He made the mold
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Verse 6
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Take your clothes off
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Adam and Eve
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E F#m G...
A
D
E
F#m
G
C
F
Capo: 2
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