Paul Simon – Jonah (Guitar)

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Easier to play: - transpose -1 - capo 1st fret to match the recording [Intro] Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb [Verse 1]
Ebm           Bb7/D                   Dbmaj7  
 Half an hour change your strings and tune up 

G7-9 F#7-9      Bmaj7   
     Sizing the room up 

Emaj9 Bb7          Ebm   Abm Bbm 
      Checking the bar 

Ebm            Bb7/D        Dbmaj7  
 Local girls unspoken conversation 

G7-9 F#7-9   Bm7    
     Misinformation 

E7      Amaj7   C#7+5
Plays guitar 
[Chorus]
        F#m7          Dmaj7          G#m7-5  C#7-9
They say Jonah he was swallowed by a whale 

      Fmaj7          Fm7-5 Bb7     Ebmaj7  
But I say there's no truth to that tale 

Eb7     Abm7           Db7            Gbmaj7   Cbmaj7/Bb
  I know Jonah, he was swallowed by a song
[Interlude] Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb [Verse 2]
Ebm                 Bb7/D           Dbmaj7  
 No one gives their dreams away too lightly 

G7-9 F#7-9          Bmaj7   
     They hold them tightly 

Emaj9 Bb7          Ebm    Abm Bbm 
      Warm against cold 

Ebm               Bb7/D                 Dbmaj7  
 One more year of traveling 'round this circuit 

G7-9 F#7-9        Bm7     E7   Amaj7   C#7+5
     Then you can work it into gold 
[Chorus]
        F#m7          Dmaj7          G#m7-5  C#7-9
They say Jonah he was swallowed by a whale 

      Fmaj7          Fm7-5 Bb7     Ebmaj7  
But I say there's no truth to that tale 

Eb7     Abm7           Db7            Gbmaj7   Cbmaj7/Bb
  I know Jonah, he was swallowed by a song
[Bridge]
Ebmaj7                            Abmaj7 
 Here's to all the boys who came along 

Dm7-5      Dbmaj7          C7              
  Carrying soft guitars in cardboard cases 

Fm7  Bb7   Am7-5 Abmaj7
 All night long 

Fm7                Bb7                   Am7-5  Abmaj7
 And do you wonder where those boys have gone? 

Fm7            Bb7                   Ebmaj7   Abmaj7  
 Do you wonder where those boys have gone? 
[Outro]
Ebmaj7 Abmaj7
(repeat and fade)