Paul Simon – How Can You Live In The Northeast (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] |: A | G6 | F#m | E :|

A
We heard the fireworks

G6
Rushed out to watch the sky

F#m             E
Happy-go-lucky, Fourth of July

[Chorus 1]

E5

How can you live in the South?

How can you build on the banks of a river

When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

[tab]E5
How can you be a Christian?

How can you be a Jew? How can you be a Mulsim, a Buddhist, a Hindu? How can you? [Verse 2]

A                       G6
Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on earth

F#m                     E
Names and religion come just after date of birth

    A
And everybody gets a tongue to speak

    G6
And everyone hears an inner voice

  F#m                           E                     A
A day at the end of the week to   wonder and rejoice

                 G6              F#m                    E
If the answer is infinite light, why do we sleep in the dark?

[Chorus 2]

E5
How can you live in Northeast?

How can you live the South? How can you build on the banks of a river When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

E5
How can you tattoo your body?

Why do you cover your head? How can you eat from a rice bowl? The holy man only breaks bread [Link 1]

A    G6  F#m  E
Ooh____________

[Verse 3]

A                        G6
We watched the fireworks till they were fireflies

F#m                      E
Followed a path of stars over the endless skies

[Link 2] | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | [Chorus 3]

E5
How can you live in the Northeast?

How can you live in the South? How can you build on the banks of a river When the floodwater pours from the mouth? [Link 3] | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | | E5 | E5 [Outro]

E
I’ve been given all I wanted

Only three generations off the boat I have harvested and I have planted I am wearing my father’s old coat | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 |