{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1479224,"song":"The Obvious Child","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11268172-the-obvious-child-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1479224?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":94,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nThree chords for 99% of this beauty but HOW he plays them ... The chords \r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nCapo: 1st fret\r\nPlay: G\r\nKey: Ab\r\nChords in original key: transpose +1 (and \"use flats\")\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\n          E-A-D-G-B-E\r\nC*        x-3-2-0-1-3\r\nD*        x-x-0-2-3-x\r\nD7sus4/G  3-x-0-2-1-3[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBo, boh ... bo, boh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBo, boh ... bo, boh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm accustomed to a smooth ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't expect to be treated like a fool no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't expect to sleep through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome people say a lie's a lie's a lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I say why[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy deny the obvious child?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy deny the obvious child?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in remembering a road sign[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am remembering a girl when I was you-ou-oung[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we said these songs are true[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThese days are ours[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThese tears are free and hey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  The cross is in the ballpark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  The cross is in the ballpark[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWe had a lot of fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWe had a lot of money[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWe had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSonny gets married and moves away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSonny has a baby and bills to pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSonny gets sunnier day by day by day by day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBo, boh ... bo, boh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBo, boh ... bo, boh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've been waking up at sunrise[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've been following the light across my room[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI watch the night receive the room of my day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome people say the sky is just the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I say why[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy deny the obvious child?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy deny the obvious child?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7sus4/G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [C/G] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSonny sits by  the window and thinks to himself[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow it's strange that some rooms are like cages[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSonny's yearbook from high school is down from the shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he id-l - y thumbs through the pages[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome have died[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome have fled from themselves[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr struggled from here to get there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSonny wanders beyond his interior walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRuns his hands through his thinning brown hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm accustomed to a smooth ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't expect to be treated like a fool no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't expect to sleep through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome people say a lie's a lie's a lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut I say [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  The cross is in the ballpark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [break]\r\n  Why deny the obvious   child?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]*   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]*\r\nOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh, ooh)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]*   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh, ooh)[/tab]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nThree chords for 99% of this beauty but HOW he plays them ... The chords \n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCapo: 1st fret\nPlay: G\nKey: Ab\nChords in original key: transpose +1 (and \"use flats\")\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| G | G D7sus4/G | G | G D7sus4/G |\n| G | G D7sus4/G | G | G D7sus4/G |\n| G | G D7sus4/G |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","Ab","E","A","D","B","C","F","D7sus4/G","C/G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}