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GYou are Cmoving on a crowded F/Cstreet
AmThrough various shades of Gpeople
CIn the summers harshest F/Cheat
AmA story in your Geye
Well, Amspeak until your E7minds at AmeaseF  
 C/                E        F  Am/E  
Ten years come and gone so fast
I might as well been Gdreaming
 C/              E        F  Am/E  
Sunny days have burned a path
Across another sGeason
AmA fortune rE7ises to the AmskyF  
 C/                E        F  Am/E  
Ten years come and gone so fast
GYou are Cdriving down an empty F/Croad
AmBeside a shady river
CWhen the sky turns dark as F/Cstone
AmThe trees begin to Gshiver
AmThe grace of E7God is AmnighF  
 C/               E        F  Am/E  
Ten years come and gone
And that flash has never been Gforgotten
 C/               E        F  Am/E  
Sunny days have burned a path
Across another Gseason
AmHow do the E7powerless AmsurviveF  
 C/                E        F           Am/E  G  
Ten years come and gone so fast
Instrumental 
G7And if you Clook into your future F/Clife
AmTen years from this Gquestion
CDo you imagine a familiF/Car light
AmBurning in the Gdistance
AmThe love that E7never AmdiedF  
 C/                E        F  Am/E  
Ten years come and gone so fast
I might as well been dGreaming
 C/              E        F  Am/E  
Sunny days have burned a path
Across another sGeason
 C/                 E        F       Am/E  G  
Ten years come and gone so fast
 C/             E        F       Am/E               G  C  
Sunny days have burned a path

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10 Years

by Paul Simon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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F/C

Am/E

G C F/C

You are moving on a crowded street

Am G

Through various shades of people

C F/C

In the summers harshest heat

Am G

A story in your eye

Am E7 Am F

Well, speak until your minds at ease

C E F Am/E

Ten years come and gone so fast

I might as well been dreaming

C E F Am/E

Sunny days have burned a path

Across another season

Am E7 Am F

A fortune rises to the sky

C E F Am/E

Ten years come and gone so fast

G C F/C

You are driving down an empty road

Beside a shady river

C F/C

When the sky turns dark as stone

Am G

The trees begin to shiver

Am E7 Am F

The grace of God is nigh

C E F Am/E

Ten years come and gone

And that flash has never been forgotten

C E F Am/E

Sunny days have burned a path

Across another season

Am E7 Am F

How do the powerless survive

C E F Am/E G

Ten years come and gone so fast

Instrumental

G7 C F/C

And if you look into your future life

Am G

Ten years from this question

C F/C

Do you imagine a familiar light

Am G

Burning in the distance

Am E7 Am F

The love that never died

C E F Am/E

Ten years come and gone so fast

I might as well been dreaming

C E F Am/E

Sunny days have burned a path

Across another season

C E F Am/E G

Ten years come and gone so fast

C E F Am/E G C

Sunny days have burned a path

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