Darling Lorraine Chords & Lyrics Artist: Paul Simon

VERSE 1
                 Dm
The first time I saw her
Dm
I couldn´t be sure
Dm
But the sin of impatience
Dm                           C
Said She´s just what you´re looking for
     Gm
So I walked right up to her
Gm           F
And with the part of me that talks
               Gm
I introduced myself as Frank
             F
From New York, New York
Bb
 She´s so hot
F
 She´s so cool
C
 I´m not
C  Dm       C       Bb        C          Dm
I´m  just a fool in love with darling Lorraine
 
VERSE 2
 
Dm
All my life I´ve been a wanderer
                                   Gm
Not really, I mostly lived near my parents´ home
Gm
Anyway Lorraine and I got married
        F
And the usual marriage stuff
                 Gm
Then one day she says to me
Gm
From out of the blue, she says
 F
"Frank, I´ve had enough
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Romance is a heartbreaker
C                     Dm
I´m not meant to be a homemaker
        C        Bb    C       Dm
And I´m tired of being darling Lorraine"
 
 
CHORUS 1
 
G                C          F    C
What - You don´t love me anymore?
G             C               F    C
What - You´re walking out the door?
G                C              F    C
What - You don´t like the way I chew?
G       C       F  C
Hey let me tell you
G              C            F  C
You´re not the woman that I wed
G                                            C                    F  C
You say you´re depressed but you´re not; you just like to stay in bed
G            C   F       C  G
I don´t need you darling Lorraine
 
C F C
 
C           F
Darling Lorraine
C    F
  Lorraine
Bb
I long for your love
 
Dm Am Dm
 
VERSE 3
 
Dm
Financially speaking
Dm
I guess I´m a washout
Dm
Everybody´s buy and sell
Dm
And sell and buy and
Dm
And that´s what the whole thing´s all about
              Gm
If it had not been for Lorraine
         F
I´d have left here long ago
                 Gm
I should have been a musician
           F
I love the piano
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She´s so light,
F
She´s so free
C                     Dm
I´m tight, well, that´s me
        C        Bb
But I feel so good with
C       Dm
Darling Lorraine
 
BRIDGE
 
Dm A                        D
On Christmas morning Frank awakes
D         A                             D
To find Lorraine has made a stack of pancakes
D              G         Em            Bm
They watch the television, husband, and wife
Bm       A                     D     Fm
All afternoon   "It´s A Wonderful Life"
 
CHORUS 2
 
G                C          F    C
What - You don´t love me anymore?
G             C               F    C
What - You´re walking out the door?
G                C              F    C
What - You don´t like the way I chew?
G       C       F  C
Hey let me tell you
G              C            F  C
You´re not the woman that I wed
G                    C      F      C
Gimmie my robe, I'm going back to bed
G            C        F       C    G
I'm sick to death of you Lorraine
 
C              F
Darling Lorraine
C  F
  Lorraine
Bb
Her hands like wood
Dm             Am
The doctor was smiling
                    Dm
But the news wasn´t good
 
Dm Am Dm
 
VERSE 4
 
Dm
Darling Lorraine
Dm
Please don´t leave me yet
Dm
I know you´re in pain
Dm
pain you can´t forget
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Your breathing is like an echo of our love
           Gm
Maybe I´ll go down to the corner store
    F
And buy us something sweet
                Gm
Here´s an extra blanket honey
   F
To wrap around your feet
Gm      F                 C           Dm
All the trees were washed with April rain
        C           Bb
And the moon in the meadow
C            Dm
Took darling Lorraine