Thelma chords by Paul Simon
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Intro 1
(C major)
(F major) (C major)
Verse 1
If (F major) (C major) (F major)
(C major) (F major) a (C major) baby is born
and no one complains
Then that's good luck,
runnin' through young veins (F major)
And if life (C major) is a blessing
That brushes the tops of the trees
Well it's a short walk,
in a sweet breeze (F major)
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Verse 2
I will need (C major) you, feed (F major) you,
Seed you, plead with you (C major)
All for a taste of your sweet love, Thelma (F major)
Verse 3
(C major) If the (F major) heart is an (C major) open memory book
That was the chance I took
The more I searched
(Csus4) The more (C major) I shook (F major) for Thelma (D minor)
Verse 4
Last night I slept on a rented (C major) pillow
(B flat major) A sil (C major) ver moon above my head (D minor)
A thirsty dreamless sleep (C major) re
leased me
And I reached for (B flat major) the phone (C major) by the
Interlude 1
side of the bed
(F major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 5
Now (F major) the (C major) first time that I
saw you I thought
She's beautiful,
but she's too young (F major) to be caught
(C major) People aware (F major) of my history
(C major) Trying to steer you away from me
I left a message at your hotel
Don't let man (F major) agement poison the well
Verse 6
I will need (C major) you, feed (F major) you,
Seed you, plead (C major) with you (F major) (C major)
All for a taste of your sweet love,
Thelma
(F major) (D minor)
Verse 7
The phone is ringing and I realize (C major)
We are (B flat major) time zones (D minor) and oceans apart
The words I speak
in the middle of (C major) my night
Fall (B flat major) on your yesterday's (D minor)
Interlude 2
heart
(C major) (D minor) (C major)
(D minor) (C major)
Verse 8
If the sun (C major) don't shine
(F major) If the wind don't break (C major)
If the clock don't jump off the wall
Thelma, my darlin',
I will cushion your fall (F major)
Verse 9
I will need (F major) you, feed you,
Seed you, plead with you (C major)
Without the taste of your sweet love, (F major) Thelma
I am only a man who skir (C major) ted
the edge of despair
For a long time, (F major) now
And I don't care (D minor)
Verse 10
I watch you sleeping in the hos (C major) pital bed
(B flat major) The baby (D minor) curled (C major) up (D minor) in a ball
Winter sunlight hits the fam (C major) ily tree
And (D minor) everything (B flat major) else (C major) becomes
Outro 1
nothing at all
(F major) (C major) (F major)
(C major) (F major)
(C major) (F major)
(C major)
Thelma
Paul Simon
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