The Obvious Child Akkorde von
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
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Tonart: Ab major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well I'm accustomed to the smooth
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Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
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I don't expect to be treated
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like a fool no more
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I don't expect to
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sleep through the night
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Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
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But I say, "why
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Why deny the obvious child?
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Why deny the obvious child?"
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Verse 2
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And in remembering a road sign
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I'm remembering a girl when
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I was young
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And we said,
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"these songs are true
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These days are ours
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These tears are free"
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And hey
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The cross is in the ballpark
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The cross is in the ballpark
Verse 3
We had a lot of fun
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Had a lot of money
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We had a little son and we thought
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we'd call him Sonny
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Sonny gets married and moves away
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Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
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Sonny gets sunnier
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Day by day by day by day
Interlude 1
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Well, I've been waking up at sunrise
Verse 4
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I've been following the
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light across my room
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I watch the night receive the
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room of my day
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Some people say the sky is just the sky
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But I say
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"Why deny the obvious child?
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Why deny the ob vious child?"
Interlude 2
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Sonny sits
Verse 5
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by his window
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and thinks to himself
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How it's strange that some
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rooms are like cages
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Sonny's yearbook from high school
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Is down on the shelf
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And he idly thumbs
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through the pages
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Some have died
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Some have fled from themselves
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Or struggled from here to
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get there
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Sonny wanders bey
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ond his interior walls
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Runs his hands through his
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thinning brown hair
Verse 6
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Well, I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
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Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated
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like a fool no more
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I don't expect to sleep the night
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Some people say a lie is just a lie
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But I say
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"The cross is in the ballpark
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Why deny the obvious child?"
Outro 1
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