Born At The Right Time
Paul SimonVersion1
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Down among the reeds and rushes
A baby boy was found
His eyes as clear as centuries
His silky hair was brown
Never been lonely
Never been lied to
Never had to scuffle in fear
Nothing denied to
Born at the instant
The church bells chime
And the whole world whispering
Born at the right time
Me and my buddies we are travelling people
We like to go down to restaurant row
Spend those euro-dollars
All the way from Washington to Tokyo
I see them in the airport lounge
Upon their mother's breast
They follow me with open eyes
Their uninvited guest
Never been lonely
Never been lied to
Never had to scuffle in fear
Nothing denied to
Born at the instant
The church bells chime
And the whole world whispering
Born at the right time
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Too many people on the bus from the airport
Too many holes in the crust of the earth
The planet groans
Every time it registers another birth
But down among the reeds and rushes
A baby girl was found
Her eyes as clear as centuries
Her silky hair was brown
Never been lonely
Never been lied to
Never had to scuffle in fear
Nothing denied to
Born at the instant
The church bells chime
And the whole world whispering
Born at the right time
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Readable chord sheet for Born At The Right Time by Paul Simon
[F]Down among the re[Gm]eds a[F]nd rushes [C] [G] [C/G] [G] [C] [G] [C]A [G]ba[G]by[C] boy was found [Bb]His eyes as clear as centurie[F]s [C] [F]His silky hair was bro[Gm]wn [F] [C] [F]Never been lonely [C] [Bb]Never been lied to [F] [C]Never had to scuffle in fea[Bb]r [F]Nothing denied to Born at the instan[C]t [Bb]The church bells chime [F] [C]And the whole world whisper[Bb]ing [F] [Gm] [F] [C] [F] [Gm] [F]Bor[C]n at the right time [F]Me and my buddies we are travell[Gm]ing people [F] [C] [G] [C/G] [G] [C] [G]We [C]li[G]ke [G]to [C]go down to restaurant row [Bb]Spend those euro-dollars All the way from Washi[F]ngton to [C]Toky[F]o [Gm] [F] [C]I s[F]ee them in the a[Gm]irp[F]ort loun[C]ge [G] [C/G] [G] [C] [G] [C]Up[G]on [G]the[C]ir mother's breast [Bb]They follow me with open eyes [F] [C] [F]Their uninvite[Gm]d gue[F]st [C] [F]Never been lonely [C] [Bb]Never been lied to [F] [C]Never had to scuffle in fea[Bb]r [F]Nothing denied to Born at the instan[C]t [Bb]The church bells chime [F] [C]And the whole world whisper[Bb]ing [F] [Gm] [F] [C] [F] [Gm] [F]Bor[C]n at the right time [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [Gm] [F] [C] [F]Ooh-[Gm]ooh-oo[F]h-oo[C]h-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh [F]Too many people on the bus from the airpor[Gm]t [F] [C] [G] [C/G] [G] [C]Too m[G]any[C] h[G]ole[G]s i[C]n the crust of the earth [Bb]The planet groans Every time it re[F]gis[C]ters [F]another bir[Gm]th [F] But down[F] among the reeds and[Gm] rushe[F]s [C] [G] [C/G] [G] [C] [G] [C]A [G]bab[G]y g[C]irl was found [Bb]Her eyes as clear as cen[F]turies[C] [F]Her silky hair w[Gm]as br[F]own [C] [F]Never been lonely [C] [Bb]Never been lied to [F] [C]Never had to scuffle in fea[Bb]r [F]Nothing denied to Born at the instan[C]t [Bb]The church bells chime [F] [C]And the whole world whisper[Bb]ing [F] [Gm] [F] [C] [F] [Gm] [F]Bor[C]n at the right time