Kodachrome chords by Paul Simon (Ver. 2)

Kodachrome chords
Paul Simon 1973

Capo II *

D G Em D Em/A7

       D
When I think back
      D7        G
on all the crap I learned in high school
Em
It's a wonder
A7       D Em A7
I can think at all
       D     D7
And though my lack of education
    G
hasn't hurt me none
Em       A       D  D7
I can read the writing on the wall

  G B7 E
Kodachrome
  E7      Am     D
You give us those nice bright colors
        G     C
You give us the greens of summers
     A       D        G  B7 E
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!
E7   Am  D
I got a Nikon camera
         G  C
I love to take a photograph
        A    D      G  G Bm Em A A7
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

      D        D7
If you took all the girls I knew
      G
when I was single
  Em         A7       D  Em A7
And brought them all together for one night
       D
I know they'd never match
  D7     G
my sweet imagination
Em          A    A7    D  D7
And everything looks worse in black and white

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

      G    Bm     Em
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
      G    Bm     Em
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
      G    Bm     Em
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

G
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
Bm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
Em
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
 Bm
(Leave your boy so far from home)
Em
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G               Bm
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome whewwwwww
Em
Mama, 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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