The Cool, Cool River

The Cool, Cool River easy guitar chords by Paul Simon

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

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  • Em

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Asus4

  • Em

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Asus4

  • Intro 1

    Verse 1

    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 

    The cool, 
    cool 
    river

    Sweeps 
    the wild, 
    white 
    ocean

    Verse 2
    Yes 
    boss, 

    the 
    government 
    handshake 

    Yes boss, 
    the 
    crusher 
    of language 

    Yes 
    boss, 
    Mr. Stillwater 

    The 
    face 
    at the 
    edge 
    of the 
    banquet 

    The 
    cool, 
    the cool 
    river

    The 
    cool, 
    the 
    cool river 


    Verse 3
    I be
    lieve 
    in the 
    future 

    I may 
    live 
    in 
    my 
    car 

    My 
    radi
    tuned 
    to 

    The 
    voice of 
    a star 

    Song 
    dogs 
    barking 
    at the 

    break of 
    dawn 

    Lightning 
    pushes 
    the edge 

    of a 
    thunderstorm 

    And 
    these 
    old 
    hopes 
    and 
    fears 

    Still 
    at 
    my side 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 4

    Anger 
    and no 
    one can 
    heal 
    it 

    Slides 
    through 
    the metal 
    detector 

    Lives 
    like a mole 
    in 
    a motel 

    slide 
    in a slide 
    projector 

    The cool, 
    cool 
    river 

    Sweeps 
    the wild, 
    white 
    ocean 

    The rage 
    of love 
    turn

    s inward 

    To prayers 
    of 
    de
    votion 

    And these 
    prayers 
    are 

    The 
    constant 
    road 
    across 
    the wilderness 

    These 
    prayers 
    are 

    These 
    prayers 
    are 
    the memory 

    of God 

    The memory 
    of 
    God 

    Verse 5
    And I 
    believe 
    in the 
    fu
    ture 

    We shall 
    suffer 
    no 
    more 

    Maybe 
    not 
    in 
    my 
    life
    time 

    But in 
    yours 
    I feel 
    sure 

    Song 
    dogs 
    barking 
    at the break 

    of 
    dawn 

    Lightning 
    pushes 
    the edges 

    of a 
    thunderstorm 

    And these 
    streets 

    Quiet 
    as a 
    sleep
    ing 
    army 

    Send 
    their 
    battered 
    dreams 
    to 
    heaven, 

    to heaven 

    For 
    the mother's 
    restless 
    son 

    Who is 
    witness 
    to, 
    who is 
    warrior 

    Who 
    denies 
    his urge 
    to break 
    and 
    run 

    Verse 6
    Who 
    says: 
    Hard 
    times? 

    I'm 
    used to them 

    The speeding 
    planet 
    burns 

    I'm used 
    to that 

    My 
    life's 
    so com
    mon 

    it disappears 

    And sometimes 
    even 
    music 

    Cannot 
    sub
    stitute 
    for tears 

    Outro 1



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