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Everything Put Together Falls Apart

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EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER FALLS APART
[Verse 1]
   Fm7M-Cadd9m,    Paraphernalia
  F7Never Cm7/Fhides your broken Bbbones
And BI don't know whBbyA  
You Ewant to try
ME7-m-mA,  It's Amplain to Emsee you're F#mon your EownA  E7  
[Bridge 1]
   Dm7Uh, Cmaj7huh,     Em7I ain't Amblind, Emno
   D/F#Some folks are Dm/Fcrazy
   Dm7Others G7walk that borderC7line
[Verse 2]
C7Watch what you're doing
Taking Fm7downs to Cadd9get off to sleep
And F7ups to start Cm7/Fyou on your Bbway
BAfter a while   Bb   Athey'll Echange your style
ME7-m-Am, I Amsee it Emhappening F#mevery EdayA  E7  
[Bridge 2]
   Dm7Uh, Cmaj7huh      Em7spare your AmheartEm  
   D/F#Everything Dm/Fput together
   Dm7Sooner or G7later falls aC7part
[Verse 3]
C7There's nothing to it, nothing to it
You can Fm7cry
You can Clie
For F7all the good it'll Cm7/Fdo you 
You can Bbdie
BBut when it's done
BbAnd the police Acome, and they Elay you down for dead
[Outro]
Uh, E7huhA,  Amjust rEmemember F#mwhat I Esaid
Ending
E7  A  Am  Em  F#m7  E
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Everything Put Together Falls Apart

by Paul Simon

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Chords in this song · guitar

Fm7

Cadd9

Cm7/F

F#m

Dm7

Cmaj7

Em7

D/F#

Dm/F

F#m7

EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER FALLS APART

[Verse 1]

Fm7 Cadd9

M-m, Paraphernalia

F7 Cm7/F Bb

Never hides your broken bones

B Bb A

And I don't know why

You want to try

E7 A Am Em F#m E A E7

M-m-m, It's plain to see you're on your own

[Bridge 1]

Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Am Em

Uh, huh, I ain't blind, no

D/F# Dm/F

Some folks are crazy

Dm7 G7 C7

Others walk that borderline

[Verse 2]

Watch what you're doing

Fm7 Cadd9

Taking downs to get off to sleep

F7 Cm7/F Bb

And ups to start you on your way

B Bb A E

After a while they'll change your style

E7 A Am Em F#m E A E7

M-m-m, I see it happening every day

[Bridge 2]

Dm7 Cmaj7 Em7 Am Em

Uh, huh spare your heart

D/F# Dm/F

Everything put together

Dm7 G7 C7

Sooner or later falls apart

[Verse 3]

There's nothing to it, nothing to it

Fm7

You can cry

You can lie

F7 Cm7/F

For all the good it'll do you

You can die

But when it's done

Bb A E

And the police come, and they lay you down for dead

[Outro]

E7 A Am Em F#m E

Uh, huh, just remember what I said

Ending

E7 A Am Em F#m7 E

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