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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1729978,"song":"The Cool Cool River","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369091-the-cool-cool-river-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1729978?type=chord","rating":4.58287,"votes":5,"content":"Words & music by Paul Simon 1989 \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                              | \r\nMoves like a fist through traffic [/tab]\r\n\r\n                            | \r\nAnger and no one can heal it \r\n\r\n       \r\nShoves a little bump into the momentum \r\n\r\n    | \r\nIt's just a little lump \r\n\r\n                         | \r\nBut you feel it in the... \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]   |[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n        In the creases and the shadows [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G#m[/ch]|[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n        With a rattling deep emo-tion [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] |[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n    The cool,  cool riv-er [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]   |[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n    Sweeps the wild, white ocean [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m11[/ch]                             | \r\nYes Boss. The government handshake [/tab]\r\n\r\n                                 | \r\nYes Boss. The crusher of language \r\n\r\n\r\nYes Boss. Mr. Stillwater, \r\n\r\n   |                               | \r\nThe face at the edge of the banquet \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G#m[/ch]    |[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n        The cool,    the cool riv-er [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]|[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n    The cool,  the cool riv-er [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nF#m11 |    |Eadd9add11/B |F#m/A  \r\n        I believe in the  future \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]  |[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch] |Eadd9add11/B  \r\nI may live    in my car [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  |     |[ch]F#m/A[/ch]  \r\nMy radio tuned to [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D/A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]     |Eadd9add11/B | \r\nThe  voice      of a star [/tab]\r\n\r\n                                      | \r\nSong dogs barking at the break of dawn \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m/A[/ch]                          [ch]D/A[/ch]         |[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | \r\nLightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm [/tab]\r\n\r\nEadd9add11/B    |                         | \r\n             And these old hopes and fears \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m/A[/ch]             [ch]D/A[/ch] |[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] |  |[ch]F#m[/ch] |  | \r\n      Still at my side [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                         | \r\nAnger and no one can heal it [/tab]\r\n\r\n                                 | \r\nSlides through the metal detector \r\n\r\n                            \r\nLives like a mole in a motel \r\n\r\n |                          | \r\nA slide in a slide projector \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] |[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n    The cool,       cool riv-er [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]        |[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n    Sweeps  the wild, white ocean [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]    |[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n    The rage,  the rage of love turns inward [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G#m[/ch] |[ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n        To prayers of devotion [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] \r\n    And these prayers are [/tab]\r\n\r\n   |                                   | \r\nThe constant road across the wilderness \r\n\r\n                 | \r\nThese prayers are \r\n\r\n[tab]                      |[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] |[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G#m[/ch]| \r\n These prayers are the memory                   of God [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]    |[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]|[ch]F#m[/ch]       | \r\n              The memory            of God [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n       |Eadd9add11/B |F#m/A  \r\nAnd I believe in the  future \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]     |[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      |  \r\nWe shall         suffer no more [/tab]\r\n\r\nEadd9add11/B      |         |F#m/A  \r\n             Maybe not in my lifetime \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]       |[ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D/A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]       |Eadd9add11/B | \r\n    But in yours       I feel sure [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n                                      | \r\nSong dogs barking at the break of dawn \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m/A[/ch]                          [ch]D/A[/ch]         |[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | \r\nLightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nEadd9add11/B          |D   \r\n             And these streets \r\n\r\n[tab]          |[ch]A[/ch]  \r\nQuiet as a sleeping army [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          |[ch]E7/G#[/ch]             |[ch]A[/ch]      |[ch]D/A[/ch]          | \r\nSend their battered dreams to heaven,     to heaven [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E/B[/ch]     |[ch]A[/ch] \r\n For the mother's restless son [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        |                    |[ch]D/A[/ch]    | \r\nWho is a witness to, who is a warrior [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E/B[/ch]|[ch]A[/ch]   \r\n Who denies his urge to  break and run [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n         |  \r\nWho says: Hard times? \r\n\r\n                | \r\nI'm used to them \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]                        \r\n    The speeding planet burns [/tab]\r\n\r\n                | \r\nI'm used to that \r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E/B[/ch]    |[ch]A[/ch] \r\n My life's so common it disappears [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   |         |[ch]D/A[/ch]           | \r\nAnd sometimes     even music [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]E/B[/ch]     |[ch]A[/ch]      | \r\n Cannot substitute for   tears [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRepeat and fade: \r\n\r\n[ch]F#m11[/ch] |","plain_text":"Words & music by Paul Simon 1989 \n\n\n\n\n                            | \nAnger and no one can heal it \n\n       \nShoves a little bump into the momentum \n\n    | \nIt's just a little lump \n\n                         | \nBut you feel it in the... \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                 | \nYes Boss. The crusher of language \n\n\nYes Boss. Mr. Stillwater, \n\n   |                               | \nThe face at the edge of the banquet \n\n\n\n\n\n\nF#m11 |    |Eadd9add11/B |F#m/A  \n        I believe in the  future \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                      | \nSong dogs barking at the break of dawn \n\n\n\nEadd9add11/B    |                         | \n             And these old hopes and fears \n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                 | \nSlides through the metal detector \n\n                            \nLives like a mole in a motel \n\n |                          | \nA slide in a slide projector \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   |                                   | \nThe constant road across the wilderness \n\n                 | \nThese prayers are \n\n\n\n\n\n\n       |Eadd9add11/B |F#m/A  \nAnd I believe in the  future \n\n\n\nEadd9add11/B      |         |F#m/A  \n             Maybe not in my lifetime \n\n\n\n\n                                      | \nSong dogs barking at the break of dawn \n\n\n\n\nEadd9add11/B          |D   \n             And these streets \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         |  \nWho says: Hard times? \n\n                | \nI'm used to them \n\n\n\n                | \nI'm used to that \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat and fade: \n\nF#m11 |","chords":["F#m","G#m","A","F#m11","F#","B","F#m/A","D/A","D","E7/G#","E/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]}}}