The Obvious Child
The Obvious Child

The Obvious Child chords by Paul Simon

1990•Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • F

  • Am

  • A

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • F

  • Am

  • A

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well 
    I'm 
    accustomed 
    to 
    the 
    smooth 
    ride 

    Or 
    maybe 
    I'm 
    a 
    dog 
    who's 
    lost 
    its 
    bite 

    I 
    don't 
    expect 
    to 
    be 
    treat
    ed 

    like 
    a 
    fool 
    no 
    more 

    I 
    don't 
    ex
    pect 
    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 
    re
    membering 
    a 
    Verse 2
    road 
    sign 

    I'm 
    re
    membering 
    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 
    ball
    park 

    The 
    cross 
    is 
    in 
    the 
    ball
    park 

    Bridge 1
    We 
    had 
    a 
    lot 
    of 
    fun 

    Had 
    a 
    lot 
    of 
    money 

    We 
    had 
    a 
    little 
    son 

    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 

    Interlude 1
    (Bum 
    bum, 
    bum 
    bum) 

    (Bum 
    bum, 
    bum 
    bum) 

    Verse 3
    Well, 
    I've 
    been 
    waking 
    up 
    at 
    sunrise 

    I've 
    been 
    following 
    the 
    light 
    a
    cross 
    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- 
    Interlude 2
    hmm 
    mm- 
    hmm 


    Sonny 
    Bridge 2
    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 
    idly 
    thumbs 
    through 
    its 
    pages 

    Some 
    have 
    died 

    Some 
    have 
    fled 
    from 
    themselves 

    Or 
    struggled 
    from 
    here 
    to 
    get 
    there 

    Sonny 
    wanders 
    be
    yond 
    his 
    interior 
    walls 

    Runs 
    his 
    hands 

    through 
    his 
    thinning 
    brown 
    hair 

    Verse 4
    Well, 
    I'm 
    accustomed 
    to 
    a 
    smoother 
    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 
    ex
    pect 
    to 
    sleep 
    the 
    night 

    Some 
    people 
    say 
    a 
    lie 
    is 
    just 
    a 
    lie 

    But 
    I 
    say 
    "The 
    cross 
    is 
    in 
    the 
    ball
    park 

    Why 
    deny 

    the 
    obvi
    ous 
    child?" 

    Outro 1



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