Paul Simon – Obvious Child (Ukulele)
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G Well I'm accustomed to a smooth ride D G D G Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite D G C F I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more C G D D I don't expect to sleep through the night D C G D G Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie D G C But I say why F C Why deny the obvious child F C G Why deny the obvious child D G C And in remembering a road sign G D C G D G C I am remembering a girl when I was young F C G D G And we said These songs are true D G These days are ours D G These tears are free D G And hey C F C The cross is in the ballpark F C G The cross is in the ballpark
We had a lot of fun
D C We had a lot of money G D C We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny D G Sonny gets married and moves away C D G Sonny has a baby and bills to pay C D Sonny gets sunnier G C D Day by day by day by day G Doh doh doh doh
Doh doh doh doh
D C G Well I've been waking up at sunrise D G D G I've been following the light across my room D G C F C G D I watch the night receive the room of my day G D C G D G Some people say the sky is just the sky D G But I say C F C Why deny the obvious child F C Why deny the obvious child G C/G G Mm--------- C/G G C G D C Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself D G C G D C How it's strange that some rooms are like cages D G C G D Sonny's yearbook from high school C Is down from the shelf D C G D C And he id-ly thumbs through the pages Ab Bbm Some have died G Some have fled from themselves C G D G D G D Or struggled from here to get there C G C G D C Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls G C G D C Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair G Well I'm accustomed to a smooth ride D G D G Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite D G C F I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more C G D D I don't expect to sleep through the night D C G D G Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie D G But I say C F C the cross is in the ballpark F C G Why deny the obvious child