Paul Simon – Proof Of Love (Guitar)

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Time Sig: 12/8 [Intro] Am | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % [Verse 1]
Am
Begin again
No easy trick Without a guide or walking stick Begin before the bells of twilight peal [Verse 2]
Am
Downhill town
The road ahead Spiral, as a serpent’s bed A teaspoon of desire for my meal [Pre-Chorus]
  F/C   G/B   G/D
I trade my    tears

   F   E   Dm/F
To ask the Lord

    Am7              Am | %
For proof of love

   F  Em Dm            F
If on-ly for the conso-lation

   G             Am          | %  |  %
Of gazing at the stars above
[Chorus]
A      A   E     A
A-men, ~ A-men, A-men
[Verse 3]
Am
The road is steep
The air is thin I hear a voice inside my skin Don’t be afraid Your days won’t end with night Feel the sun Drink the rain Let your body heal its pain Bathe beneath a waterfall of light [Pre-Chorus]
  F/C   G/B   G/D
I trade my    tears

   F   E   Dm/F
To ask the Lord

    Am7              Am | %
For proof of love

   F  Em Dm            F
If on-ly for the conso-lation

   G             Am          | %  |  %
Of gazing at the stars above

[Chorus]
A      A   E           A
A-men, ~ A----men, A----men
[Bridge]
    E7        E
The valley be-low

   Am                Am | E7 | % | Am | %
An ocean of debris
[Flute Solo] Am | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | [Post-Chorus]
F/A   C/G    Am7
I     ask the Lord

             Dm/F  A/E
For proof of love_____

Am
Love is all I seek

Dm/F          Am
Love is all I seek

    F    Em Dm       Am/C     Dm/F Am/E
And when at times my words de-sert me

Am
Music is the tongue I speak

A5      E5       A5
M_______m________mmmmm    I-
[Verse 4]
E                  Am
~~ rest my head be-side a white oak tree

          E
No deadly nightshade, Belladonna

           Am
Dare lay a leaf on me
[Verse 5]
F   Esus4  Dm     Am
Si--lent   night

F/C   Em/B Dm/A   Am
Still as   prayer

         A7/E       Dm/F
Darkness fills with light

Am               Dm/A   Am
Love on Earth is ev----ery-----where