The Obvious Child chords by Paul Simon, Sting
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
Well I'm accustomed to the smooth (G major)
ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be (C major) treated
like a fool no more (F major)
(C major) I don't ex (G major) pect to
(D major) sleep through the night
(G major) Some (D major) people say a (G major) lie's a lie's a lie (D major)
(G major) But I say, "why (C major)
Why deny the (F major) obvi (C major) ous child?
Why deny the (F major) obvious child?" (C major)
(G major)
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Verse 2
And in re (D major) membering a (G major) road sign
I'm re (D major) membering a (G major) girl (D major) when
I was young (G major) (C major)
(F major) (C major) And we said,
(G major) "these (D major) songs are true (G major)
(D major) These days are (G major) ours
These tears (D major) are free" (G major)
And hey (C major)
The cross is in the (F major) (C major) ballpark
The cross is in the (F major) (C major) (G major) ballpark
Verse 3
We had a lot of fun
Had a lot of money (D major) (C major)
We (G major) had a little son and we thought
we'd call him Sonny (D major) (C major)
Sonny gets married (D major) and moves (G major) away
Sonny (C major) has a (D major) baby and bills to (G major) pay
Sonny (C major) gets sun (D major) nier
Day by (G major) day by day by (C major) day (D major)
Interlude 1
(G major)
Well, (D major) I've been waking (G major) up at sunrise
Verse 4
I've been fol (D major) lowing the
light across my room (G major)
I watch (D major) (C major) the night receive the
room (F major) (C major) of my (G major) day (D major) (G major)
Some people say the sky is (D major) just the sky
But I say (G major) (C major)
"Why deny the (F major) obvious (C major) child?
Why deny the (F major) ob vious (C major) child?"
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
Sonny (C major) sits
Verse 5
(G major) (C major) by (G major) his (D major) window
and think (C major) s to himself
How it's strange (G major) that some (D major)
rooms are like (C major) cages
Sonny's yearbook (G major) from (D major) high school
Is (C major) down on the shelf
And he idly (G major) thumb (D major) s
through the pages (C major)
Some have died (A minor)
Some have (G major) fled from themselves
Or struggled (C major) from (G major) here (D major) to
get (G major) (D major) there
Sonny (C major) (G major) wanders bey
(D major) ond his in (C major) terior walls
Runs his (G major) hands (C major) through his (G major)
(D major) thinning brown (C major) hair
Verse 6
Well, I'm accustomed to a (G major) smoother ride
Or maybe I'm a dog (D major) who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated
(C major) like a fool no more (F major)
I don't ex (D major) pect to sleep the night
(G major) Some people say a lie (D major) is just a lie (G major)
(D major) But I say (G major) (C major)
"The cross is in the (F major) (C major) ballpark
Why deny the (F major) obvious (C major) (G major) child?"
Outro 1
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(D major)
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(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major)
The Obvious Child
Paul Simon, Sting
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