Paul Simon – The Cool Cool River (Guitar)

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Words & music by Paul Simon 1989
F#m                              | 
Moves like a fist through traffic 
| Anger and no one can heal it Shoves a little bump into the momentum | It's just a little lump | But you feel it in the...
F#m G#m        A           G#m   |F#m G#m A G#m| 
        In the creases and the shadows 

F#m G#m        A             G#m|F#m G#m A G#m| 
        With a rattling deep emo-tion 

F#m     G#m  A G#m |F#m G#m A G#m| 
    The cool,  cool riv-er 

F#m G#m        A     G#m   |F#m G#m A G#m| 
    Sweeps the wild, white ocean 

F#m11                             | 
Yes Boss. The government handshake 
| Yes Boss. The crusher of language Yes Boss. Mr. Stillwater, | | The face at the edge of the banquet
F#m G#m     A    G#m    |F#m  G#m A G#m| 
        The cool,    the cool riv-er 

F#m     G#m  A G#m|F#m  G#m A G#m| 
    The cool,  the cool riv-er 
F#m11 | |Eadd9add11/B |F#m/A I believe in the future
D/A  |A   D/A    A |Eadd9add11/B  
I may live    in my car 

  |     |F#m/A  
My radio tuned to 

D/A |A    D/A A     |Eadd9add11/B | 
The  voice      of a star 
| Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
F#m/A                          D/A         |A D/A A | 
Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm 
Eadd9add11/B | | And these old hopes and fears
F#m/A             D/A |A D/A A |  |F#m |  | 
      Still at my side 

F#m                         | 
Anger and no one can heal it 
| Slides through the metal detector Lives like a mole in a motel | | A slide in a slide projector
F#m     G#m  A G#m |F#m  G#m A G#m| 
    The cool,       cool riv-er 

F#m G#m   A     G#m        |F#m  G#m A G#m| 
    Sweeps  the wild, white ocean 

F#m     G#m  A     G#m    |F#m  G#m   A     G#m| 
    The rage,  the rage of love turns inward 

F#m G#m    A       G#m |F#m   G#m A G#m| 
        To prayers of devotion 

F#m 
    And these prayers are 
| | The constant road across the wilderness | These prayers are
                      |F#m G#m A G#m |F#m G#m A    G#m| 
 These prayers are the memory                   of God 

F#m G#m A G#m    |F#m G#m A G#m|F#m       | 
              The memory            of God 
|Eadd9add11/B |F#m/A And I believe in the future
D/A     |A   D/A        A      |  
We shall         suffer no more 
Eadd9add11/B | |F#m/A Maybe not in my lifetime
D/A       |A     D/A A       |Eadd9add11/B | 
    But in yours       I feel sure 
| Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
F#m/A                          D/A         |A D/A A | 
Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm 
Eadd9add11/B |D And these streets
          |A  
Quiet as a sleeping army 

          |E7/G#             |A      |D/A          | 
Send their battered dreams to heaven,     to heaven 

                  E/B     |A 
 For the mother's restless son 

        |                    |D/A    | 
Who is a witness to, who is a warrior 

                     E/B|A   
 Who denies his urge to  break and run 
| Who says: Hard times? | I'm used to them
D/A                        
    The speeding planet burns 
| I'm used to that
                     E/B    |A 
 My life's so common it disappears 

   |         |D/A           | 
And sometimes     even music 

              E/B     |A      | 
 Cannot substitute for   tears 
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