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Gumboots

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Words & music by Paul Simon 1986 
 D| G  A| D| G  A| 
                     D|  G  
  I was having this discussion 
                A|       D| G  A| 
In a taxi heading downtown 
                 D|  G  
  Rearranging my position 
On this Afriend of mine who had 
                 |        D| 
A little bit of a breakdown 
 G         A|      D  
    I said   breakdowns come 
   |          G   A  
And breakdowns go 
  |        D  
So   what are you going to do about it 
           |           G     A| 
That's what I'd like to know 
  DYou don't feel you could Glove me 
             A|    D| G  A| 
But I feel you could 
                            D|  G  
  It was in the early morning hours 
                 A|         D| G  A| 
When I fell into a phone call 
                             D|  G  
  Believing I had supernatural powers 
               A|         D| 
I slammed into a brick wall 
 G         A|                         D| 
    I said   hey, is this my problem? 
  GIs this my Afault? 
  |        D  
If that's the way it's going to be 
                     |                G     A| 
I'm going to call the whole thing to a halt 
  DYou don't feel you could Glove me 
             A|    D| G  A| 
But I feel you could 
  DYou don't feel you could Glove me 
             A|    D| G  A| 
But I feel you could 
                       D|  G  
  I was walking down the street 
                          A|        D| G  A| 
When I thought I heard this voice say 
                               D|             G   A  
  Say, ain't we walking down the same street together 
           |       D| 
On the very same day 
 G         A|             D| G  
    I said   hey SeÃ±orita   that's astute 
     A| D  
I said   why don't we get together 
   |                 G          A| 
And call ourselves an institute 
  DYou don't feel you could Glove me 
             A|    D| G  A| 
But I feel you could 
  DYou don't feel you could Glove me 
             A|    D| G  A| 
But I feel you could 
 D| G  A| D| G  A| D| G  A| D| G  A| D| G  A| 
Fade: 
                     D|  G  
  I was having this discussion 
                A|       D| G  A| 
In a taxi heading downtown... 

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Gumboots

by Paul Simon

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Chords in this song · guitar

Words & music by Paul Simon 1986

D G A D G A

| | | |

D G

I was having this discussion

A D G A

| | |

In a taxi heading downtown

D G

Rearranging my position

On this friend of mine who had

| |

A little bit of a breakdown

G A D

I said breakdowns come

G A

And breakdowns go

So what are you going to do about it

G A

| |

That's what I'd like to know

D G

You don't feel you could love me

A D G A

| | |

But I feel you could

D G

It was in the early morning hours

A D G A

| | |

When I fell into a phone call

D G

Believing I had supernatural powers

A D

| |

I slammed into a brick wall

G A D

| |

I said hey, is this my problem?

G A

Is this my fault?

If that's the way it's going to be

G A

| |

I'm going to call the whole thing to a halt

D G

You don't feel you could love me

A D G A

| | |

But I feel you could

D G

You don't feel you could love me

A D G A

| | |

But I feel you could

D G

I was walking down the street

A D G A

| | |

When I thought I heard this voice say

D G A

Say, ain't we walking down the same street together

| |

On the very same day

G A D G

| |

I said hey SeÃ±orita that's astute

A D

I said why don't we get together

G A

| |

And call ourselves an institute

D G

You don't feel you could love me

A D G A

| | |

But I feel you could

D G

You don't feel you could love me

A D G A

| | |

But I feel you could

D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A

| | | | | | | | | |

Fade:

D G

I was having this discussion

A D G A

| | |

In a taxi heading downtown...

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