{"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":1874148,"song":"The Coast","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11419931-the-coast-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1874148?type=chord","rating":4.86794,"votes":3,"content":"The Coast (Paul Simon, Vincent Nguini) - [4/4], Key=Bb, Capo 3\r\n\r\nIntro: || [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] | % ||\r\n       || [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] ||\r\n\r\nV: || [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] :||x3 | [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G/D[/ch] / [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] |\r\n\r\nP-C: || [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] / | % | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] ||\r\n     ||: [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch] :||x4 | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] / | \r\n\r\nCh: || [ch]G[/ch] / / [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] / / [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] / / [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] / [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab] |[ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           |[ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA family of musicians took shelter for the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]      |[ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              |[ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nIn the little harbor church of St. Cecilia[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]         |[ch]G/D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  |\r\n Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             |[ch]G/D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] |\r\nRose of Jericho and Bougainvillea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]      |    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n     This is a lone---ly life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]|[ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nSorrows everywhere you  turn[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            |\r\nAnd that's worth something when you think about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] |\r\nThat's worth some money[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            |\r\nAnd that's worth something when you think about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThat's worth some money[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab] |[ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        |[ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         |  \r\nA trip to the market, a trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           |[ch]G/D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nThat settles over Washington[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]        |[ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch] \r\nA trip to the market, a trip around the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]         |                  [ch]C[/ch]                 |[ch]G/D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the evening meal is negotiable, if there is one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[PRE-CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]      |[ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]| [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\nThis is a lonely-lone,    lonely life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]|[ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\nSorrows everywhere you  turn[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            |\r\nAnd that's worth something when you think about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] |\r\nThat's worth some money[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            |\r\nAnd that's worth something when you think about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]|\r\nThat's worth some money[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n  To prove that I love you,  Because I believe in you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]|\r\nSummer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n  If I have money   If I have children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]|\r\nSummer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      |\r\n  Oo-wah Oo-wah    Doo-wop a Doo-wah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]|\r\nSummer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C | % | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        |                [ch]C[/ch]            |[ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] \r\n   We are standing in the sunlight, the early morning sunlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      |                 [ch]C[/ch]           |\r\nIn the harbor church of Saint Cecilia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       |[ch]G/D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        To praise a soul's returning to the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]      |            [ch]C[/ch]                 |[ch]G/D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] |\r\nTo the Rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[PRE-CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]        |[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] |[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | % | %\r\n     This is the on-----ly life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            |\r\nAnd that's worth something when you think about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] |\r\nThat's worth some money[/tab]\r\n[tab]   |[ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             |\r\nAnd that's worth something when you think about it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  |2/4 [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] |\r\nThat's worth some money[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n  To prove that I love you,  Because I believe in you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]|\r\nSummer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n  If I have money   If I have children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]|\r\nSummer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           |\r\n  If I have weaknesses   don't let them blind me now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]|\r\nSummer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      |\r\n  Oo-wah Oo-wah    Doo-wop a Doo-wah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     |[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] |\r\nSummer skies, stars   are falling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n  Leaving the shadow   of the valley behind me now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         |\r\n  All along the injured coast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRepeat and fade:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      |\r\n  Oo-wah Oo-wah    Doo-wop a Doo-wah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    |\r\nSummer skies, stars are falling all along the in---jured coast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nG/D: xx0003\r\nC/G: 332010 \r\nG/B: x20003\r\nD/F#: 200232\r\n\r\n[tab]Intro riff - relative to the nut, NOT the capo; [x] = tied note\r\n  s s s s     s  e s. s  e. e e  s s s s  s  e s. s e s.  s  s e  s s s s \r\ne|--------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||\r\nB|--------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||\r\nG|--------||*---------------------------|--------------------------------*||\r\nD|-6-5----||*---------------5-5---------|-------------------------6-5----*||\r\nA|-----8-6||-[6]-5-------5--6-6--6-5----|--------------5-[5]-6-8------8-6-||\r\nE|--------||-------8-[8]-------------8-6|[6]-6-8-[8]-6--------------------|| x3[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   s  e s. s  e. e e  s s s s  s  e s. s e. q.       e\r\ne|---------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------|-----------------------5-|\r\nD|---------------5-5---------|-------------------------|\r\nA|[6]-5-------5--6-6--6-5----|-------------------------|\r\nE|------8-[8]-------------8-6|[6]-6-8-[8]-6--6---------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]If played without a capo, here's the intro riff at the open position:\r\nIntro riff - relative to the nut, NOT the capo; (x) = tied note\r\n  s s s s     s  e s. s  e. e e  s s s s  s  e s. s e s.  s  s e  s s s s \r\ne|--------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||\r\nB|--------||----------------------------|---------------------------------||\r\nG|-1-0----||*---------------0-0---------|-------------------------1-0----*||\r\nD|-----3-1||*(1)-0-------0--1-1--1-0----|--------------0-(0)-1-3------3-1*||\r\nA|--------||-------3-(3)-------------3-1|(1)-1-3-(3)-1--------------------||\r\nE|--------||----------------------------|---------------------------------|| (x3)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   s  e s. s  e. e e  s s s s  s  e s. s e. q.       e\r\ne|---------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------|-----------------------1-|\r\nG|---------------0-0---------|-------------------------|\r\nD|(1)-0-------0--1-1--1-0----|-------------------------|\r\nA|(1)-0-3-(3)-------------3-1|(1)-1-3-(3)-1--1---------|\r\nE|---------------------------|-------------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"The Coast (Paul Simon, Vincent Nguini) - [4/4], Key=Bb, Capo 3\n\nIntro: || G/D C/G | G/D G | G/D C/G | % ||\n       || G/D C/G | G/D G | G/D C/G | G/D G ||\n\nV: || G/D C | G/D G :||x3 | G/D C | G/D / G G/B |\n\nP-C: || Am G G/B / | % | Am G | D G/B Am G D/F# | C/G ||\n     ||: Bb Am G / C :||x4 | Bb Am G / | \n\nCh: || G / / C | G / / D | G / / C | G / G/B Cm G |\n\n----------------------------------------------------\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[PRE-CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C | % | G C | G | C |\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[PRE-CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat and fade:\n\n\n\n\nG/D: xx0003\nC/G: 332010 \nG/B: x20003\nD/F#: 200232","chords":["Bb","G/D","C/G","G","C","G/B","Am","D","D/F#","Cm","A","D/F","B","E"],"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]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}