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Jonah

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Ebminor

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Easier to play: 
- transpose -1
- capo 1st fret to match the recording
[Intro]
Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb
Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb
[Verse 1]
 EbmHalf an hour Bb7/Dchange your strings and Dbmaj7tune up 
     G7-9  F#7-9Sizing the Bmaj7room up 
      Emaj9  Bb7Checking the Ebmbar Abm  Bbm  
 EbmLocal girls unBb7/Dspoken converDbmaj7sation 
     G7-9  F#7-9MisinforBm7mation 
E7Plays guAmaj7itar C#7+5  
[Chorus]
They say F#m7Jonah he was Dmaj7swallowed by a G#m7-5whale C#7-9  
But I Fmaj7say there's no Fm7-5truth Bb7to that Ebmaj7tale 
  Eb7I know Abm7Jonah, he was Db7swallowed by a Gbmaj7songCbmaj7/Bb  
[Interlude]
Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb
[Verse 2]
 EbmNo one gives their Bb7/Ddreams away too Dbmaj7lightly 
     G7-9  F#7-9They hold them Bmaj7tightly 
      Emaj9  Bb7Warm against Ebmcold Abm  Bbm  
 EbmOne more year of Bb7/Dtraveling 'round this Dbmaj7circuit 
     G7-9  F#7-9Then you can Bm7work it E7into Amaj7gold C#7+5  
[Chorus]
They say F#m7Jonah he was Dmaj7swallowed by a G#m7-5whale C#7-9  
But I Fmaj7say there's no Fm7-5truth Bb7to that Ebmaj7tale 
  Eb7I know Abm7Jonah, he was Db7swallowed by a Gbmaj7songCbmaj7/Bb  
[Bridge]
 Ebmaj7Here's to all the boys who came aAbmaj7long 
  Dm7-5Carrying Dbmaj7soft guitars in C7cardboard cases 
 Fm7All Bb7night Am7-5long Abmaj7  
 Fm7And do you wonder Bb7where those boys have Am7-5gone? Abmaj7  
 Fm7Do you wonder Bb7where those boys have Ebmaj7gone? Abmaj7  
[Outro]
Ebmaj7(repeat Abmaj7and fade)

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Jonah

by Paul Simon

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Ebm

Fm/Eb

Bb7/D

Dbmaj7

G7-9

F#7-9

Bmaj7

Emaj9

Bb7

Abm

Bbm

Bm7

Amaj7

C#7+5

F#m7

Dmaj7

G#m7-5

C#7-9

Fmaj7

Fm7-5

Ebmaj7

Eb7

Abm7

Easier to play:

- transpose -1

- capo 1st fret to match the recording

[Intro]

Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb

[Verse 1]

Ebm Bb7/D Dbmaj7

Half an hour change your strings and tune up

G7-9 F#7-9 Bmaj7

Sizing the room up

Emaj9 Bb7 Ebm Abm Bbm

Checking the bar

Ebm Bb7/D Dbmaj7

Local girls unspoken conversation

G7-9 F#7-9 Bm7

Misinformation

E7 Amaj7 C#7+5

Plays guitar

[Chorus]

F#m7 Dmaj7 G#m7-5 C#7-9

They say Jonah he was swallowed by a whale

Fmaj7 Fm7-5 Bb7 Ebmaj7

But I say there's no truth to that tale

Eb7 Abm7 Db7 Gbmaj7 Cbmaj7/Bb

I know Jonah, he was swallowed by a song

[Interlude]

Ebm Fm/Eb Ebm Fm/Eb

[Verse 2]

Ebm Bb7/D Dbmaj7

No one gives their dreams away too lightly

G7-9 F#7-9 Bmaj7

They hold them tightly

Emaj9 Bb7 Ebm Abm Bbm

Warm against cold

Ebm Bb7/D Dbmaj7

One more year of traveling 'round this circuit

G7-9 F#7-9 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 C#7+5

Then you can work it into gold

[Chorus]

F#m7 Dmaj7 G#m7-5 C#7-9

They say Jonah he was swallowed by a whale

Fmaj7 Fm7-5 Bb7 Ebmaj7

But I say there's no truth to that tale

Eb7 Abm7 Db7 Gbmaj7 Cbmaj7/Bb

I know Jonah, he was swallowed by a song

[Bridge]

Ebmaj7 Abmaj7

Here's to all the boys who came along

Dm7-5 Dbmaj7 C7

Carrying soft guitars in cardboard cases

Fm7 Bb7 Am7-5 Abmaj7

All night long

Fm7 Bb7 Am7-5 Abmaj7

And do you wonder where those boys have gone?

Fm7 Bb7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7

Do you wonder where those boys have gone?

[Outro]

Ebmaj7 Abmaj7

(repeat and fade)

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