Paul Simon – Thats Why God Made The Movies (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paul Simon From: “One-Trick Pony” (1980) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Soprano C ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro] / [Interlude] / [Solo]
 [E7              [A7           [E7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
A|--7-5---2-------|0---2-----------|
E|--4-4---0---0---|0---0-3---2---0-|
C|--4-4---2---2---|1---1-1---1---2-|
g|--------1---1---|0---0-0---0-----|

CHORDS (alphabetically)
          g-C-E-A
A7        0-1-0-0

B7sus4    2-4-2-2
B7(+5)    2-3-3-2

E         1-4-0-2

Emaj7     1-3-0-2
E7        1-2-0-2

C#m7-5    0-1-0-2

D9        2-4-2-3

F#7       3-4-2-4

F#m       2-1-2-0
F#m7      2-4-2-4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 | | E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 | [Verse 1]
           E7              B7(+5)
When I was born, my mother died

           Gmaj7    C#m7-5    Cmaj7  F#7
She said, “Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye”

         G#m             D9
I said, “Where you goin? I’m just born”

                E       Emaj7      E7 
She said, “I’ll only be gone for a while”

   C#7             F#7             B7sus4
My mother loved to leave in style (break)
| N.C. | That’s why God made the movies [Interlude] | E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 | [Verse 2]
              E7                    B7(+5)
Well, I laid around in my swaddling clothes

          Gmaj7           C#m7-5         Cmaj7  F#7
Until the doctor came and turned out the light

       G#m               D9
Then I packed my bag and my name tag

  E          Emaj7    E7 
I stole away into the night

C#7                 F#7             B7sus4
Hoping things would work out right (break)
| N.C. | That’s why God made the movies [Middle 8]
| E7 |    E       F#m7  E    |  A
          Say you will, say you will

A           E       F#m7    Emaj7
 Say you’ll take me to your lovin’ breast

Emaj7                            F#m7
 Say you’ll nourish me with your tenderness

F#m7                          C#m
 The way the ladies sometimes do

| B E       F#m7   E    |  A
    Say you won’t, say you won’t

A              E        F#m7   Emaj7
 Say you won’t leave me for no other man        5/4

Emaj7                        F#m    F#m7  B    | B  |
 Say you’ll love me just the way I am      ...   say you will, baby

B                           [ E7 ]
 Say you will, just say you will
[Interlude]
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
        Say you will ...
[Solo] | E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 | | E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 | [Verse 3]
           E7              B7(+5)
When I was born, my mother died

           Gmaj7    C#m7-5    Cmaj7  F#
She said, “Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye”

         G#m             D9
And since that day, I’ve made my way

      E        E7 #       E7 
The notorious boy of the wild

 C#7           F#7                          B7sus4
Adopted by the wolves when he was a child  (break)
N.C. That’s why God
B7sus4
 That’s why God

B7sus4
 That’s why God made the movies ...
[Outro] | E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 | | E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 | (repeat and fade)