Words & music by Paul Simon 1982
|E D |B
Rene and Georgette Magritte
A |E |
With their dog after the war
| D |B
Returned to their hotel suite
|Amaj7 | |
And they unlocked the door
F#m6 |E6/G#
Easily losing their evening clothes
|F#m/A |B/A |
They danced by the light of the moon
|E/G# |C#m7
To the Penguins, the Moonglows
Amaj9 |B9
The Orioles, and The Five Satins
|E G#m7/D#|C#m
The deep forbidden music
E/B |Amaj7
They'd been longing for
|F#m6 |B9
Rene and Georgette Magritte
|E |
With their dog after the war
|E D |B
Rene and Georgette Magritte
A |E |
With their dog after the war
| D |B
Were strolling down Christopher Street
|Amaj7 |
When they stopped in a men's store
|F#m6 |E6/G#
With all of the mannequins dressed in the style
|F#m/A |B/A |
That brought tears to their immigrant eyes
|E/G# |C#m7
Just like The Penguins, the Moonglows
Amaj9 |B9
The Orioles, and The Five Satins
|E G#m7/D# |C#m
The easy stream of laughter
E/B |Amaj7
Flowing through the air
|F#m6 |B9
Rene and Georgette Magritte
|E | |
With their dog après la guerre
F#7 |B
Side by side
|Amaj7 |G#m7 |
They fell asleep
A6 |E/G# |
Decades gliding by like Indians
B#dim |C#m7 |
Time is cheap
A6 |E/G# |B7/F# |E |
When they wake up they will find
F#7 |B F#6/A#
All their personal belongings
|Amaj7 |G#m7 |
Have inter--twined
F#m6 | |E D |B
Oh-----Rene and Georgette Magritte
A |E |
With their dog after the war
|E D |B
Were dining with the power élite
|Amaj7 |
And they looked in their bedroom drawer
|F#m6
And what do you think
|E6/G#
They have hidden away
|F#m/A |F#7/A# |
In the cabinet cold of their hearts?
|G#m |D#m
The Penguins, the Moonglows
|E |B
The Orioles, and The Five Satins
|E G#m7/D#|C#m7
For now and ever after
E/B |Amaj7 |
As it was before
D9-5 |F#m/C# |B
Rene and Georgette Magritte
|A6 |
With their dog after the war
E/G# |F#m6 |E |A6 |E/G# |Ddim/C |E |
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