Patterns chords by
Paul Simon

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Key: Db major

Intro 1

Verse 1
E E 
 
The night sets softly
E E 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
With the hush of falling leaves
Casting shivering shadows
D D 
 
On the houses through the trees
E E 
 
And the light from a street
lamp
G G 
 
E E 
 
Paints a pattern on my wall
D D 
 
Like the pieces of a puzzle
D D 
 
E E 
 
Or a child's uneven scrawl

Verse 2
E E 
 
Up a narrow flight of stairs
G G 
 
E E 
 
In a narrow little room
As I lie upon my bed
E E 
 
D D 
 
In the early evening gloom
E E 
 
Im paled on my wall
G G 
 
E E 
 
My eyes can dimly see
D D 
 
The pattern of my life
D D 
 
E E 
 
And the puzzle that is me

Verse 3
E E 
 
From the moment of my birth
G G 
 
To the instant of my death
E E 
 
There are patterns I must follow
D D 
 
Just as I must breathe each breath
E E 
 
Like a rat in a maze
G G 
 
E E 
 
The path before me lies
D D 
 
And the pattern never al ters
D D 
 
E E 
 
E E 
 
Until the rat dies
E E 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 

Verse 4
The pattern still remains
G G 
 
E E 
 
On the wall where darkness fell
And it's fitting that it should
D D 
 
For in darkness I must dwell
E E 
 
Like the color of my skin
G G 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
Or the day that I grow old
D D 
 
My life is made of patterns
D D 
 
That can scarcely be controlled
E E 
 

Outro 1

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ChordsE G D

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