Everything About It Is A Love Song Chords & Lyrics Artist: Paul Simon

Capo:1st fret

INTRO
C C C F C  F C F C
F C F C
 
VERSE
C                    F   C
Locked in a struggle for the right combination
F  C
of words in a melody line
C                        F   C
I took a walk along the riverbank
C
of my imagination
F      C           F              C
Golden clouds were shuffling the sunshine
 
VERSE
C                                       F
But if I ever get back to the twentieth century
C                                 F
Guess I'll have to pay off some debts
C                              F
Open the book of my vanishing memory
C                             F F C
With its catalogue of regrets
C                        F
Stand up for the deeds I did
C                     F
And those I didn't do
C                              F
Sit down, shut up, think about God
    C
And wait for the hour of my rescue
 
INSTRUMENTAL
Cm (12 BEATS)
Ab (12 BEATS)
 
VERSE
Ab
We don't mean to mess things up
Ab
But mess them up we do
    Ab         Fm
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry"
Dbm
Here's a smiling photograph of love it was new
     Abm
At a birthday party
A
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Db
surprise, surprise, surprise.
Db Db Db Db Gb Db Gb
 
VERSE
Db            Gb Db                     Gb Db
Early December, and brown as a sparrow
Db                      Gb
Frost creeping over the pond
Db         Gb                  Db Gb
I shoot a thought into the future
Db                   Gb
And it flies like an arrow
Gb              Db          Gb
Through my lifetime, and beyond
 
VERSE
      Db                            Gb
If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow
Db                      Gb
Or even the wind-blown dust
Db              Gb     Db
Find me on the ancient road
Db                   Gb        Db
in the song when the wires are hushed
Db            Gb      Db
Hurry on and remember me,
                  Gb Db
as I'll remember you
Db
Far above the golden clouds,
Db
the darkness vibrates
Db                 Gb Db
The earth is blue
 
OUTRO
Db                                  Gb Db
And everything about it is a love song
Db                     Gb Db
Db                                  Gb Db
And everything about it is a love song
Db                     Gb Db
Everything about it
Db                                  Gb Db
And everything about it is a love song