The Obvious Child chords by
Paul Simon
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Intro 1

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Verse 1
Ab Ab 4
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Well I'm accustomed to the smooth
ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
Db Db 4
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I don't expect to be treated
Gb Gb 2
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like a fool no more
Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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I don't expect to
Eb Eb 6
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sleep through the night
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
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But I say, "why
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Why deny the obvious child?
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Why deny the obvious child?"
Ab Ab 4
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Verse 2
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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And in remembering a road sign
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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I'm remembering a girl when
Ab Ab 4
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I was young
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Db Db 4
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And we said,
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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"these songs are true
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Ab Ab 4
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These days are ours
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Ab Ab 4
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These tears are free"
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And hey
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Db Db 4
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The cross is in the ballpark
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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The cross is in the ballpark

Verse 3
We had a lot of fun
Eb Eb 6
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Had a lot of money
Ab Ab 4
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We had a little son and we thought
Eb Eb 6
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we'd call him Sonny
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Ab Ab 4
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Sonny gets married and moves away
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
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Eb Eb 6
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Sonny gets sun nier
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Day by day by day by  day

Interlude 1

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Well, I've been waking up at sunrise

Verse 4
Eb Eb 6
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I've been following the
Ab Ab 4
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light across my room
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Db Db 4
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I watch the night receive the
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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room of  my day
Eb Eb 6
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Some people say the sky is just the sky
Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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But I say
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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"Why deny the obvious child?
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Db Db 4
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Why deny the ob  vious child?"

Interlude 2

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Sonny sits

Verse 5
Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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by  his window
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and thinks to himself
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Eb Eb 6
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How it's strange that some
Db Db 4
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rooms are like cages
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Sonny's yearbook from high school
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Is down on the shelf
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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And he idly thumbs
Db Db 4
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through the pages
Bbm Bbm 
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Some have died
Ab Ab 4
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Some have fled from themselves
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Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Or struggled from here to
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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get there
Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Sonny wanders bey
Eb Eb 6
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Db Db 4
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ond his interior walls
Ab Ab 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Runs his hands through his
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Db Db 4
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thinning brown hair

Verse 6
Ab Ab 4
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Well, I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
Eb Eb 6
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Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated
Db Db 4
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Gb Gb 2
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like a fool no more
Eb Eb 6
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I don't expect to sleep the night
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Some people say a lie is just a lie
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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But I say
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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"The cross is in the ballpark
Gb Gb 2
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Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Why deny the obvious child?"

Outro 1
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Eb Eb 6
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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Eb Eb 6
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