Paul Simon – Allergies (Guitar)

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Words & music by Paul Simon 1981
D7       |         |  
Maladies, melodies, 

G             |        |F    | Am7/E| 
  allergies to dust and grain 

D7         |         | 
  Maladies,  remedies 

G                 |      |C   | Em7/B|Am7 |  |  | 
  Still these allergies remain
|Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) My hands can't touch a guitar string |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) My fingers just burn and ache |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) My head inter-cedes with my bodily needs |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) And my body won't give it a break |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) My heart can stand a disaster |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) My heart can take a disgrace |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) But my heart is allergic to the women I love |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th)| And it's changing the shape of my face
D         |  |         | 
Allergies,    allergies 

G            |            F    | Am7/E| 
  Something's living on my skin 

D         |       
  Doctor please
| | Doctor please
G     |           |C   | Em7/B|Am7 |  |  |   
  Open up it's me again
|Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) I go to a famous physician |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) I sleep in the local hotel |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) From what I can see of the people like me |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) We get better, but we never get well |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) So I ask myself this question |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th)|Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) (it's a question I often repeat) |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) Where do allergies go, when it's after a show |Am(no 5th) F(no 5th) |Eb(no 5th) Em(no 5th) And they want to get something to eat?
D         |  |         | 
Allergies,    allergies 

G            |            F    | Am7/E| 
  Something's living on my skin 

D         |       
  Doctor please
| | Doctor please
G     |           |C   |  |  |  | 
  Open up it's me again 

F        |  |        |  | 
Maladies,    melodies 

Bb     |                |Ab   |Eb/Ab Abmaj7/G| 
   Allergies to dust and grain 

F7          |  |        | 
   Maladies,    remedies 

Bb            |           |Eb  | Gm7|Cm |  |G7 |  |D7 |  |  | 
   Still these allergies remain
|Am(no 3rd) | | | | I can't breathe!