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Artist: Paul Simon
Song: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Album: Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
Intro/Verses
This song sounds better when its chords are strummed by using your thummb and forefinger.
H H H Q Q H H H H
e-|--3-----2---|---0---------|--0---2---|--2---3----|
B-|--5-----0---|---0----1-0--|--0---1---|--4---0----|
G-|--4-----2---|---0----2-2--|--0---2---|--2---0----|
D-|--5-----0---|---2----1-1--|--2---1---|--4---1----|
A-|------------|---3----2-2--|--2-------|------2----|
E-|------------|-------------|--0-------|-----------|
H H H Q Q H H W
e-|--0-----2---|---0---------|--0---0---|--0---------|
B-|--0-----0---|---0----1-0--|--0---1---|--0---------|
G-|--0-----2---|---0----2-2--|--0---2---|--0---------|
D-|--2-----0---|---2----1-1--|--2---2---|--2---------|
A-|--2---------|---3----2-2--|--2-------|--2---------|
E-|--0---------|-------------|--0-------|--0---------|
Right before the chorus begins, strum the twelfth fret harmonics to give the song a
smooth transition
It would go as follows
(Last Measure of Verse)
H Q Q
e-|-0-----------<12>-----------|
B-|-0-----------<12>-----------|
G-|-0-----------<12>-----------|
D-|-2-----------<12>-----------|
A-|-2-----------<12>-----------|
E-|-0-----------<12>----12\----|
Chorus:
Chorus contains three chords, G, Bb, and C. Each chord is strummed for a measure in
standard 4/4 count.
Here's how the chords would match up with the lyrics.
G
You Just slip out the back, Jack
Bb
Make a new plan, Stan
C
You don't need to be coy, Roy
G
Just get yourself free
G
Hop on the bus, Gus
Bb
You don't need to discuss much
C
Just drop off the key, Lee
G
And get yourself free
And that is how you play Paul Simon's 1975 song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
