The Obvious Child chords by Paul Simon (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well I'm accustomed to the smooth ride
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Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
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I don't expect to be treated
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like a fool no more
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I don't expect to sleep through the night
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Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
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But I say, "Why?
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Why deny the obvious child?
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Why deny the obvious child?"
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And in re membering a
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Verse 2
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road sign
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I'm remembering a girl when I was young
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And we said,
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"These songs are true
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These days are ours
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These tears are free," and hey
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The cross is in the ball park
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The cross is in the ball park
Bridge 1
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We had a lot of fun
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Had a lot of money
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We had a little son
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We thought we'd call him Sonny
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Sonny gets married and moves away
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Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
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Sonny gets sunnier day by day
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by day by day
Interlude 1
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(Bum bum, bum bum)
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(Bum bum, bum bum)
Verse 3
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Well, I've been waking up at sunrise
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I've been following the light across my room
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I watch the night receive
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the room of my day
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Some people say the sky is just the sky
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But I say "Why deny the obvious child?
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Why deny the obvious child?"
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Interlude 2
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hmm mm- hmm
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Sonny
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sits by his window
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and thinks to himself
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How it's strange that some rooms
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are like cages
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Sonny's yearbook from high school
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Is down from the shelf
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And he idly thumbs through its pages
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Some have died
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Some have fled from themselves
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Or struggled from here to get there
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Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
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Runs his hands
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through his thinning brown hair
Verse 4
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Well, I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
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Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated
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like a fool no more
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I don't expect to sleep the night
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Some people say a lie is just a lie
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But I say "The cross is in the ball park
Why deny
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the obvi ous child?"
Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]
The Obvious Child
Paul Simon
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