Obvious Child
Paul SimonVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep through the night
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
But I say why
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?
And in remembering a road sign
I am remembering a girl when I was young
And we said These songs are true
These days are ours
These tears are free
And hey
The cross is in the ballpark
The cross is in the ballpark
We had a lot of fun
We had a lot of money
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
Sonny gets married and moves away
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
Sonny gets sunnier
Day by day by day by day
Doh, doh, doh, doh
Doh, doh, doh, doh
Well, I've been waking up at sunrise
I've been following the light across my room
I watch the night receive the room of my day
Some people say the sky is just the sky
But I say
Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?
Mm---------
Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
Sonny's yearbook from high school
Is down from the shelf
And he id-ly thumbs through the pages
Some have died
Some have fled from themselves
Or struggled from here to get there
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair
Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep through the night
Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
But I say
the cross is in the ballpark
Why deny the obvious child?
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Readable chord sheet for Obvious Child by Paul Simon
[G]Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride Or [D]maybe I'm a [G]dog who's [D]lost its [G]bite I don't ex[D]pect to [G]be [C]treated like a fool no [F]more [C] I don't ex[G]pect to [D]sleep through the [D]night Some [D]people [C]say a [G]lie's a [D]lie's a [G]lie But [D]I [G]say [C]why Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child? Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child? [G] And in re[D]membering a [G]road [C]sign [G] I am re[D]member[C]ing a [G]girl when [D]I was [G]young [C] [F] [C] And we [G]said These [D]songs are [G]true These [D]days are [G]ours These [D]tears are [G]free And [D]hey[G] [C] The cross is in the [F]ball[C]park The cross is in the [F]ball[C]park [G] We had a lot of fun We had a lot of money [D] [C] We [G]had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny [D] [C] Sonny gets [D]married and [G]moves away [C]Sonny has a [D]baby and [G]bills to pay [C]Sonny gets [D]sunnier [G]Day by day by [C]day by [D]day [G] Doh, doh, doh, doh Doh, doh, doh, doh Well, I've been [D]waking [C]up at [G]sunrise I've been [D]following the [G]light a[D]cross my [G]room I [D]watch [G]the [C]night receive the [F]room of [C]my [G]day[D] [G] Some [D]people [C]say the [G]sky is [D]just the [G]sky But [D]I [G]say [C] Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child? Why deny the [F]obvious [C]child? [G] [C/G] [G] Mm--------- [C/G]Sonny [G]sits [C]by [G]his [D]window and [C]thinks to himself How [D]it's [G]strange [C]that [G]some [D]rooms are like [C]cages Son[D]ny's [G]year[C]book [G]from [D]high school Is [C]down from the shelf [D]And he i[C]d-[G]ly [D]thumbs through the [C]pages Some [Ab]have [Bbm]died Some have [G]fled from themselves Or [C]strug[G]gled [D]from [G]here [D]to [G]get [D]there [C]Sonny [G]wan[C]ders [G]be[D]yond his in[C]terior walls Runs his [G]hand [C]through [G]his [D]thinning brown [C]hair Well, I'm accustomed to a [G]smooth ride Or [D]maybe I'm a [G]dog who's [D]lost its [G]bite I don't ex[D]pect to [G]be [C]treated like a fool no [F]more [C] I don't ex[G]pect to [D]sleep through the [D]night Some [D]people [C]say a [G]lie's a [D]lie's a [G]lie But [D]I [G]say [C] the cross is in the [F]ball[C]park Why deny the [F]ob[C]vious [G] child?