The Cool, Cool River chords by 
Paul Simon 
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Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
F#m
A
Verse 1
A
Moves like a fist through traffic
Anger and no one can heal it
Shoves a little bump into the momentum
It's just a little lump
But you feel it
In the creases and the shadows
With a rattling deep emotion
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A
The cool, cool river
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A
F#m
A
Sweeps the wild, white ocean
Verse 2
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Yes boss,
A
the government handshake
Yes boss, the crusher of language
Yes boss, Mr. Stillwater
The face at the edge of the banquet
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A
The cool, the cool river
The cool, the cool river
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A
Verse 3
A
E
F#m
I be lieve in the future
D
A
D
A
Bsus4
I may live in my car
E
A
F#m
My radi o tuned to
D
A
D
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Bsus4
The voice of a star
E
A
Song dogs barking at the
break of dawn
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D
Lightning pushes the edge
A
D
A
of a thunderstorm
E
A
And these old hopes and fears
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D
Still at my side
Interlude 1
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D
A
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Verse 4
A
Anger and no one can heal it
Slides through the metal detector
Lives like a mole in a motel
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A
A slide in a slide projector
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean
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A
F#m
A
The rage of love turn
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s inward
A
F#m
A
To prayers of de votion
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A
And these prayers are
The constant road across the wilderness
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A
These prayers are
These prayers are the memory
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A
of God
The memory of God
Verse 5
E
A
F#m
And I believe in the fu ture
D
A
D
A
We shall suffer no more
E
A
F#m
Maybe not in my life time
D
A
D
A
Bsus4
E
But in yours I feel sure
Song dogs barking at the break
A
of dawn
F#m
Lightning pushes the edges
D
A
Bsus4
of a thunderstorm
E
D
And these streets
A
Quiet as a sleep ing army
E
A
Send their battered dreams to heaven,
D
A
D
to heaven
A
For the mother's restless son
D
Who is a witness to, who is a warrior
A
Who denies his urge to break and run
Verse 6
A
Who says: Hard times?
I'm used to them
The speeding planet burns
I'm used to that
D
A
My life's so com mon
it disappears
And sometimes even music
D
A
Cannot sub stitute for tears
Outro 1
A
F#m
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m A E D Bsus4
F#m
A
E
D
Bsus4
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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