Paul Simon – The Obvious Child (Guitar Live)

G     D             G
I'm accustomed to a smooth ride

   D     C     G         D        G
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite

          D       G  C                          F C
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

          G       D                 G
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
And in remembering a road sign

       D    C      G         D     G   C F C
I am remembering a girl when I was young

       G          D     C   G
And we said these songs are true

      D    C   G
These days are ours

      D         G
These tears are free

D   C
And hey

    C               F   C
The cross is in the ballpark

    C               F   C      G
The cross is in the ballpark

                      G D C
We had a lot of money

   G                                                     G D C
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him "Sonny"

C          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     G
Day by day by day by day

                       G
I've been waking up at sunrise

          D    C        G      D        G
I've been following the light across my room

D       G   C                 F    C     G   D G
I watch the night receive the room of my day

     D      C       G      D        G
Some people say the sky is just the sky

    D G     C
But I say:

             F       C
Why deny the obvious child?

             F       C       G
Why deny the obvious child?

C/G   G    C/G    D          C
Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself

         G       C/G  G    D              C
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages

        G   C/G  G    D
Sonny's yearbook from high school

   C
Is down from the shelf

       G C/G G D                  C
And he i-dl--y thumbs through the pages

     C/B  Am
Some have died

          G
Some have fled from themselves

   C     C/B  Am   G    C/G    D
Or strug-gled from here to get there

C     G   C/G  G  D          C
Sonny wan-ders be-yond his interior walls

         G    C/G     G   D              C
Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair

                         G
Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride

D     C     G          D        G
Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite

          D       G  C                           F C
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

          G       D         G
I don't expect to sleep the night

     D      C     G      D      G
Some people say a lie is just a lie

    D G C                     F   C
But I say the cross is in the ballpark

             F  C    G
Why deny the ob-vious child?