Paul Simon – God Bless The Absentee (Ukulele)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Paul Simon
From: "One-Trick Pony" (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Soprano C
Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: Bb
For chords in original key, transpose +1 (and “use flats”).
CHORDS
g-C-E-A
B7 2-3-2-2
B7-9 2-3-2-3
G#dim7 1-2-1-2
A#7 1-2-1-1
Dm7 2-2-1-3
Dm6 2-2-1-2
Db6 1-1-1-1
Bm7-5 4-5-5-5
Bbmaj7 3-5-5-5
F#m11 2-4-2-2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
[Verse 1]
Em D A Lord, I am a working man Em D A And music is my trade Em D A I’m traveling with this five-piece band B7 B7-9 I play the ace of spades Em D G G#dim7 Am7 G D Dm I have a wife and family, but they don’t see much of me Em A#7 A7 God bless the absentee
[Interlude]
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
[Verse 2]
Em D A Lord, I am a surgeon Em D A And music is my knife Em D A It cuts away my sorrow B7 B7-9 And purifies my life Em D G G#dim7 Am7 G D Dm But if I could release my heart from veins and arteries Em A#7 A7 I’d say, God bless the absentee
[Interlude]
| Em D | A |
[Bridge]
Dm7 Dm6 I miss my woman so Db6 F I miss my bed Bm7-5 Bbmaj7 I miss those soft places F#m11 I used to lay my head
[Solo]
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | B7 | B7-9 |
| Em D | G G#dim7 | Am7 G | D Dm |
| Em A#9 | A9 | % |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
[Bridge]
Dm7 Dm6 My son don’t need me yet Db6 F His bones are soft Bm7-5 Bbmaj7 He flies a silver airplane F#m11 He wears a golden cross
[Verse 3]
Em D A God bless the absentee Em D A Lord, this country’s changed so fast Em D A The future is the present B7 B7-9 The present’s in the past Em D G G#dim7 Am7 G D Dm The highways are in litigation, the airports disagree Em A#7 A7 God bless the absentee
[Outro]
| Em D | A | Em D | A | God bless the absentee | Em D | A | Em D | A | God bless the absentee
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
(repeat and fade)