Thelma chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: C major
Intro 1
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F
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Verse 1
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If
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a baby is born
and no one complains
Then that's good luck,
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runnin' through young veins
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And if life is a blessing
That brushes the tops of the trees
Well it's a short walk,
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in a sweet breeze
Verse 2
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C

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I will need you, feed you,
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C

Seed you, plead with you
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F

All for a taste of your sweet love, Thelma
Verse 3
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If the heart is an open memory book
That was the chance I took
The more I searched
Csus4
Csus4

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Dm
Dm

The more I shook for Thelma
Verse 4
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Last night I slept on a rented pillow
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Bb

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C

Dm
Dm

A silver moon above my head
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A thirsty dreamless sleep re
leased me
Bb
Bb

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And I reached for the phone by the
Interlude 1
side of the bed
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Verse 5
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Now the first time that I
saw you I thought
She's beautiful,
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but she's too young to be caught
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People aware of my history
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Trying to steer you away from me
I left a message at your hotel
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Don't let management poison the well
Verse 6
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I will need you, feed you,
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C

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Seed you, plead with you
All for a taste of your sweet love,
Thelma
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Dm
Dm

Verse 7
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The phone is ringing and I realize
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Bb

Dm
Dm

We are time zones and oceans apart
The words I speak
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in the middle of my night
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Dm
Dm

Fall on your yesterday's
Interlude 2
heart
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Dm
Dm

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Dm
Dm

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Verse 8
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If the sun don't shine
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If the wind don't break
If the clock don't jump off the wall
Thelma, my darlin',
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I will cushion your fall
Verse 9
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I will need you, feed you,
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Seed you, plead with you
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Without the taste of your sweet love, Thelma
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I am only a man who skirted
the edge of despair
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For a long time, now
Dm
Dm

And I don't care
Verse 10
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C

I watch you sleeping in the hospital bed
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Bb

Dm
Dm

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Dm
Dm

The baby curled up in a ball
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Winter sunlight hits the family tree
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Dm

Bb
Bb

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And everything else becomes
Outro 1
nothing at all
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F Csus4 Dm Bb

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