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Simon

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Aminor

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Tune guitar down a semitone (1/2 step)
Chords:
    Amx02210
    A#x88766
  A#m7x13121
     Cx32010
  C(2)x35553
    Cmx35543
   Cm7x35343
    C#x46664
    Dmxx0231
     E022100
  E(2)x79997
     F133211
     G320003
N.C.  no chord
Intro:
|N.C.|  |N.C.|  |N.C.|  |N.C.|
|Am|  | Am  C|  |F|  | F  Dm|
|G|  |E|  |Am|  | Am  E|
Verse 1:
                     Am|       Am  C|
Op-en your eyes and live_ a-gain
                              F|        F  Dm|
And I'll op-en my heart and love_ a-gain
                          G                    E       Am| Am  E|
I'll op-en my mind deep in-side yes I know its_ blue
Verse 2:
                   Am|        Am  C|
We all be-lieved in Am_ster-dam
                       F|    F  Dm|
Pa-ris and Spain and Viet_nam
                         G                         E       Am| Am  E|
No one be-lieved you  when-you said your heart was_ blue
Pre-Chorus:
It's Frain-ing in-side and it's Cm7rain-ing to-night
And it's A#m7rain-ing for me and for C(2)you
Cos Fall that we see is a Cm7life fucked by mon-ey
And a C#world of ce-le-bri-ty C(2)fools
Chorus:
(Oh FSi-mon_) are you lost in the pol-Cmlu-tion?
(A#Si-mon_) are you some-where in my C(2)soul?
(FSi-mon_) are you noth-ing but a Cmno-tion?_
                     C#    E(2)|E(2) N.C.|
(Si-mon_)  where do we go?_     Now_
Verse 3:
                         Am|        Am  C|
Planes write your name up in_ the sky
                          F|       F  Dm|
And flow-ers die for your su_i-cide
                              G                          E    Am| Am  E|
Trains stopped in vain and the pain stopped for you ooh__
Verse 4:
                       Am|      Am  C|
And we all be-lieved in in_su-lin
                       F|       F  Dm|
Per-fume and soap and ven_to-lin
                             G                        E       Am| Am  E|
But-no one be-lieved you  when-you said you heart was_ blue
Pre-Chorus:
It's Frain-ing in-side and it's Cm7rain-ing to-night
And it's A#m7rain-ing for me and for C(2)you
When Fnoth-ing makes sense but the Cm7pounds and the pence
And the C#dol-lars and cents oh we C(2)lose?_
Chorus:
(Oh FSi-mon_) are you a-toms in a Cmjam jar?
(A#Si-mon_) are you some-where in my C(2)soul?
(FSi-mon_) are you noth-ing but a Cmpho-to in a pass-port?
(C#Si-mon_)  where do we C(2)go?__
Bridge:
Oh_F__  (oh CmSi-mon_)  oh_C#__  (oh C(2)Si-mon_)
Oh_F__  (oh CmSi-mon_)  oh_C#__   oh_C(2)__
Outro:
   |F|  |C(2)|  |F|  |C(2)|
Oh___        oh___
   |F|  |C(2)|  |F|  |C(2)|
Oh___  oh__  oh___  oh__
   |F|  |F|
Oh___

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Simon

by Suede

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A#m7

C(2)

Cm7

E(2)

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Tune guitar down a semitone (1/2 step)

Chords:

x02210

x88766

A#m7

x13121

x32010

C(2)

x35553

x35543

Cm7

x35343

x46664

xx0231

022100

E(2)

x79997

133211

320003

N.C. no chord

Intro:

C C C C

|N..| |N..| |N..| |N..|

Am Am C F F Dm

|| | | || | |

G E Am Am E

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Verse 1:

Am Am C

| |

Op-en your eyes and live_ a-gain

F F Dm

| |

And I'll op-en my heart and love_ a-gain

G E Am Am E

| |

I'll op-en my mind deep in-side yes I know its_ blue

Verse 2:

Am Am C

| |

We all be-lieved in Am_ster-dam

F F Dm

| |

Pa-ris and Spain and Viet_nam

G E Am Am E

| |

No one be-lieved you when-you said your heart was_ blue

Pre-Chorus:

F Cm7

It's rain-ing in-side and it's rain-ing to-night

A#m7 C(2)

And it's rain-ing for me and for you

F Cm7

Cos all that we see is a life fucked by mon-ey

C# C(2)

And a world of ce-le-bri-ty fools

Chorus:

F Cm

(Oh Si-mon_) are you lost in the pol-lu-tion?

A# C(2)

(Si-mon_) are you some-where in my soul?

F Cm

(Si-mon_) are you noth-ing but a no-tion?_

C# E(2) E C

|(2) N..|

(Si-mon_) where do we go?_ Now_

Verse 3:

Am Am C

| |

Planes write your name up in_ the sky

F F Dm

| |

And flow-ers die for your su_i-cide

G E Am Am E

| |

Trains stopped in vain and the pain stopped for you ooh__

Verse 4:

Am Am C

| |

And we all be-lieved in in_su-lin

F F Dm

| |

Per-fume and soap and ven_to-lin

G E Am Am E

| |

But-no one be-lieved you when-you said you heart was_ blue

Pre-Chorus:

F Cm7

It's rain-ing in-side and it's rain-ing to-night

A#m7 C(2)

And it's rain-ing for me and for you

F Cm7

When noth-ing makes sense but the pounds and the pence

C# C(2)

And the dol-lars and cents oh we lose?_

Chorus:

F Cm

(Oh Si-mon_) are you a-toms in a jam jar?

A# C(2)

(Si-mon_) are you some-where in my soul?

F Cm

(Si-mon_) are you noth-ing but a pho-to in a pass-port?

C# C(2)

(Si-mon_) where do we go?__

Bridge:

F Cm C# C(2)

Oh___ (oh Si-mon_) oh___ (oh Si-mon_)

F Cm C# C(2)

Oh___ (oh Si-mon_) oh___ oh___

Outro:

F C(2) F C

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Oh___ oh___

F C(2) F C

|| || || |(2)|

Oh___ oh__ oh___ oh__

F F

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Oh___

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