The Afterlife chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: Db major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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After I died, and the makeup had dried
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I went back to my place
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No moon that night
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But a heavenly light shone on my face
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Still I
Verse 2
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thought it was odd
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There was no sign of God just
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to usher me in
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Then a voice from above
Sugar coated with love, said,
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"let us begin"
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You got to
Verse 3
fill out a form first
And then you wait in the line
You got to fill out a form first
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And then you wait in the line
Verse 4
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Okay, a new kid in school
Got to follow the rule
You got to learn the routine
Woah, there's a girl over there
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With the sunshiny hair,
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like a homecomin' queen
Verse 5
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I said, "hey, what you say?
It's a glorious day,
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By the way how long you
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been dead?"
Maybe you, maybe me
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Maybe baby makes three
But she just shook her head
Verse 6
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You got to fill out a form first
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And then you wait in the line
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You got to fill out a form first
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And then you wait in
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the
line
Verse 7
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Buddah and Moses and all the
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noses from narrow to flat
Had to stand in the line
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Just to glimpse the divine
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What you think about that?
Verse 8
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Well it seems like our fate to suffer
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And wait for the knowledge
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we seek
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It's all his design, no one cuts in the line
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No one here, likes a sneak
Verse 9
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You got to fill out a form first
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And then you wait in the line
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You got to fill out a form first
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And then you wait in the line
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
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After you climb, up the ladder of time
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The Lord God is
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here
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Face to face, in the vastness of space
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Your words disappear
Verse 11
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And you feel like swimming
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in an ocean of love,
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And the current is strong
But all that remains
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When you try to explain is a
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fragment of song
Verse 12
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Lord is it, be bop a lu la
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Or ooh poppa do
Lord, be bop a lu la or ooh poppa do
Outro 1
Be bop a lu la
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