Words & music by Paul Simon 1966
|F |Dm
I can hear the soft breathing
|Bb |Am |
Of the girl that I love,
|F |Gm
As she lies here beside me
|C | |
Asleep with the night,
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And her hair, in a fine mist
Bb |Am |
Floats on my pillow,
|F |Gm
Reflecting the glow
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Of the winter moonlight.
|F |Dm
She is soft, she is warm,
|Bb |Am |
But my heart remains heavy,
|F |Gm |
And I watch as her breasts gently
C | |
rise, gently fall,
|F |Dm |
For I know with the first light of
Bb |Am |
dawn I'll be leaving,
|F |Gm
And tonight will be all
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I have left to recall.
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Oh, what have I done,
Bb |Am |
Why have I done it,
|F |Gm
I've committed a crime,
|C | |
I've broken the law.
|F |Dm
For twenty-five dollars
|Bb |Am |
And pieces of silver,
|F |Gm
I held up and robbed
|Bb |C |F | |Gm | |F |
A hard liquor store.
|F |Dm
My life seems unreal,
|Bb |Am |
My crime an illusion,
|F |Gm
A scene badly written
|C | |
In which I must play.
|F |Dm
Yet I know as I gaze
|Bb |Am |
At my young love beside me,
|F |Gm
The morning is just
|Bb |C |F | |Gm | |F |
a few ho - urs away.
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