Paul Simon – Love And Hard Times (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bb C7 Eb Gbmaj7 Bb C F9sus4 Ebm(add9) [Verse 1]
Bb          Eb Ebm  Bb  Dm  Gm
God and His on-ly  Son

          Bb     C     F7sus4
Paid a courtesy call on Earth

             Bb
One Sunday morning

   Gb                           Db
Orange blossoms opened their fragrant lips

   Gb                    Db       F         Bb
Songbirds sang from the tips of Cottonwoods

Eb    Bb  Cadd9         Cm                 Bb
Old folks wept for His love in these hard times
[Verse 2]
  Bb                        C  Eb
"Well, we got to get going,

            Cmb5    Bb  D7     Gm
"said the restless Lord to the Son

             Bb     C         Eb
There are galaxies yet to be born

 Cm7b5       Bb         Gb
Creation is never done

               Bbm                   Ebm
Anyway, these people are slobs here

Ebm                           Db    F
If we stay it's bound to be a mob scene

 Bb   Eb Bb  C
But, dis-ap-pear,

          Cm       Eb  Cm7b5  Db Fm  Db
And it's love and hard times
[Verse 3]
Dbm
I loved her the first time I saw her

   Gb
I know that's an old songwriting cliche

Gmaj7                      Bb6
Loved you the first time I saw you

         C7                     Bb   Gm6  Eb
Can't describe it any other way

Ebm       Bb   Dm  Gm
Any other way

      Bb           C7       Eb         Ebm   Bb   Gb
The light of her beauty was warm as a summer day

  Gb         Db               Ebm
Clouds of antelope rolled by

            Db  F   Bbm
No hint of rain to come

         Eb7    C
In the prairie sky

           Eb    Cm    Bb    Db Fm   Db
It's just love, love, love, love, love
[Bridge]
          Abm                             Gb                   Gmaj7
When the rains came, the tears burned, windows rattled, locks turned

       G                              Bb6        Gm
It's easy to be generous when you're on a roll

                      C7                            Bb Gm6 Eb Ebm
It's hard to be grateful when you're out of control

             Bb   D Gm
And love is gone

     Bb           C7             Eb
The light at the edge of the curtain

        Ebm    Bb
Is the quiet dawn
[Verse 4]
Gb                       Bbm
The bedroom breathes in clicks and clacks

 Emb               Db     F    Bbm
Uneasy heartbeat, can't relax

               Eb   Bb   Cadd9
But then your hand takes mine

      Cm7    Cm7b5           Bb
Thank God, I found you in time

      Cm7    Cm7b5      Bb
Thank God, I found you

      Cm7                 Bb
Thank God, I found you