Paul Simon – Think Too Much A (Guitar Acoustic)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Think Too Much (a) (acoustic demo) – Paul Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paul Simon Studio version on “Hearts and Bones” (1983) Tabbed by: maguri CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e A x-x-7-6-5-5 (intro and verse) D6 x-x-7-7-7-7 (intro and verse) C#m x-x-6-6-5-4 (verse) F#m x-x-7-6-7-5 (verse)
Bdim7   x-2-3-1-3-x
Ddim7   x-5-6-4-6-x
G#dim7* x-x-6-7-x-x
G#dim7  x-x-6-7-6-7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | A D6 | % | % | A | | A D6 | % | % | A | | A D6 | % | % | A | | A D6 | % | % | A | [Verse 1]
                  A         D6     A        D6        | A D6 | % |
They say that the left side of the brain controls the right

              A          D6     A      D6  | A D6 | A |
They say that right side has to labour all night

            C#m   F#m C#m  F#m C#m F#m C#m
So, maybe I think too much for my  own good
[Bridge]
     F#m    Bm
Some people say so

                   C#m
Other people say, “No no

            Bm                         E
Fact is you don’t think as much as you could” – Listen ...
[Verse 2]
        A         D6       A    D6    | A D6 | % |
I had a childhood that was mercifully brief

        A       D6   A        D6 | A D6 | A |
Well, I grew up in a state of disbelief

             C#m   F#m C#m
I started to think too much

     C#m F#m C#m
When I   was twelve
[Bridge]
      F#m    Bm
Going on thirteen

                  C#m
Me and girls from St. Augustine

          Bm        E               A
Up in the mezzanine, thinking about God
[Chorus]
              E
People, don’t think too much, you’ll be sorry if you do

      F#m
Don’t think too much, God won’t let you grow

              E
People, don’t be in such a hurry, ooh-ooh-ooh

Bdim7             Ddim7   G#dim7*  G#dim7
Let you little vocabulary show . . .
[Post-chorus]
                   | A D6 | % | % | % |
So, beware you don’t think too much

                       | F#m | % | % | % |
Yeah, beware you don’t think too much

                | A D6 | % | % | A |
Beware you don’t think too much
[Verse 2]
                A   D6      A   D6    | A D6 | % |
Have you ever experienced a period of grace

          A          D6      A      D6        | A D6 | % |
When your brain just takes a seat behind your face?

             C#m   F#m C#m  F#m C#m F#m   C#m
Oh, when the world be- gins The Ele-phant Dance
[Bridge]
F#m          Bm
Everything’s funny

           C#m
Everyone’s sunny

                  Bm
You take out your money

                  E
And walk down the road

          A     D6 A  D6  A    D6 | A D6 |
Well that leads me to the girl I love

    A    D6   A D6   A   D6 | A D6 |
The girl I’m al-ways thinking of

            C#m   F#m | C#m F#m | % | % |
But maybe I think too much
[Bridge]
                    Bm
And I ought to just hold her

               C#m
Stop trying to mold her

           Bm
Maybe blindfold her

E              A
 And take her away, yeah
[Chorus]
              E
People, don’t think too much, you’ll be sorry if you do

      F#m
You can take it from a man sho ought to know

              E
People, don’t be in such a hurry, ooh-ooh-ooh

Bdim7             Ddim7   G#dim7*  G#dim7
Let you little vocabulary show . . .
[Post-chorus]
                   | A D6 | % | % | % |
So, beware you don’t think too much

                       | F#m | % | % | % |
Yeah, beware you don’t think too much

                     | D | % | % | % |
Are you sure you don’t think too much?

                [ A ]
Beware you don’t think too much
[Coda] | A D6 | % | % | A | | A D6 | % | % | A | | A D6 | % | % | A A A