Paul Simon – Kodachrome chords ver. 2

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Kodachrome chords
Paul Simon  1973

Capo II *

D G Em D  Em/A7

             DWhen I think back 
           D7                Gon all the crap I learned in high school 
EmIt's a wonder 
A7             D  Em A7I can think at all 
              D          D7And though my lack of education 
       Ghasn't hurt me none
Em             A              D   D7I can read the writing on the wall 

    G B7 EKodachrome 
    E7            Am          DYou give us those nice bright colors 
                G         CYou give us the greens of summers 
          A             D               G    B7 EMakes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah! 
E7      Am    DI got a Nikon camera 
                 G    CI love to take a photograph 
               A       D           G   G Bm Em A A7So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away 

            D               D7If you took all the girls I knew
           Gwhen I was single 
    Em                 A7             D    Em A7And brought them all together for one night 
              DI know they'd never match 
   D7         Gmy sweet imagination 
Em                   A        A7        D    D7And everything looks worse in black and white 

    G B7 EKodachrome 
    E7            Am          DYou give us those nice bright colors 
                G         CYou give us the greens of summers 
          A             D               G    B7 EMakes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah! 
E7      Am    DI got a Nikon camera 
                 G    CI love to take a photograph 
               A       D           G   G Bm Em So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away 

            G       Bm          EmMama, don't take my Kodachrome away 
            G       Bm          EmMama, don't take my Kodachrome away
            G       Bm          EmMama, don't take my Kodachrome away

GMama, don't take my Kodachrome 
BmMama, don't take my Kodachrome 
EmMama, don't take my Kodachrome (away) 

GMama, don't take my Kodachrome 
 Bm(Leave your boy so far from home) 
EmMama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G                              BmMama, don't take my Kodachrome whewwwwww
EmMama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G Bm Em . . . 

* Alternate:

Open

D  = E
D7 = E7
G  = A
Em = F#m
A  = B (or B7)
Am = Bm
E7 = F7
Bm = C#m

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