Paul Simon – Street Angel (Guitar)

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Words and Music by Paul Simon From the album Stranger to Stranger [Intro] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Bbm/Db |F/C | Bbm/Db |F/C | Bbm/Db [Chorus]
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~   My heart goes out to the street angels
Working their way back home
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My heart goes out to the street angels

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~   I saved my change for a street angel

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Working his way back home
[Verse 1] N.C. I had this exchange with the street angel: [spoken word to the rhythm] "Nobody talks to me much I said, nobody talks to me much Nobody."
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So he says
F/C N.C. [spoken word to the rhythm] Bbm/Db ~ "I make my verse for the universe F/C N.C [spoken word to the rhythm] ~ I write my rhymes for the universities And I give it away for the hoot of it I tell my tale for the toot of it I wear my suit for the suit of it The tree is bare, but the root of it Goes deeper than logical reasoning [Verse 2]
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It's God goes fishing
And we are the fishes He baits his lines With prayers and wishes
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They sparkle in the shallows

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~     They catch the falling light

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~     We    hide our hearts like holy hostages
While hungry for the love, and so we bite." N.C. | N.C.(2 measures) [Verse 3]
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Working his way back ~    ho-me

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He's working his way ba-ck   ~

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They took him away in the am-bu-lance

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Made away with the am-bu-lance

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He waved goodbye from the am-bu-lance

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My heart goes out to the street angel