This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"THE OBVIOUS CHILD" by Paul Simon www.paulsimon.com
From his 1990 album The Rhythm of the Saints
Written by Paul Simon
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Capo 1st fret.
G
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
D 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 the night
D G D G
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
D G C F C
But I say why, why deny the obvious, child
F C G
Why deny the obvious child
D C G D C G
And in remembering a road sign
D C G D C G C F C
I am remembering a girl when I was young
G D C G D C G
And we said these songs are true these days are ours
D C G D G C
These tears are free and hey
F C
The cross is in the ballpark
F C G
The cross is in the ballpark
G G D C
We had a lot of fun, had a lot of money
G G D C
We had a little son, 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 G C D G
Sonny gets sunnier day by day by day by day
D G
Well, 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 F C
But I say why deny the obvious child
F C G
Why deny the obvious child
Am7/G G Am7/G G Am7/G G Am7/G G
C G D C
Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself
D G C G D C
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
G C G D C
Sonny's yearbook from high school is down from the shelf
D G C G D C
And he id--ly thumbs through the pages
Am G C
Some have died, some have fled from themselves
G C D C G Am G D
Or struggled from here to get there
C G C G D C
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
G C G D C
Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair
REPEAT FIRST VERSE
G D C
Woo woo
G D G
Woo woo
C
Woo woo
D D C
Woo woo
Transcribed 2023-03-31 by T-rev
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320003 G
x00232 D/A
x32010 C
133211 F
3x2213 Am7/G
x02210 Am
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