Words & music by Paul Simon 1967
Eb | Eb7|
When she goes, she's gone.
Ab Gm |Ab G |C |
If she stays, she stays here.
|F C |
The girl does what she wants to do.
Bb9 |Ab
She knows what she wants to do.
Gm Fm |Eb |
And I know I'm fakin' it,
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I'm not really makin' it.
Eb | Eb7|
I'm such a dubious soul,
Ab Gm |Ab G |
And a walk in the garden
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Wears me down.
F C |
Tangled in the fallen vines,
F |Abmaj7
Pickin' up the punch lines,
Gm Fm7 |Eb |
I've just been fakin' it,
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Not really makin' it.
Eb |Eb7 |
Is there any danger?
Ab Gm7 |Ab G
No, no, not not really.
|C | |
Just lean on me.
F C6 |
Takin' time to treat
|Fmaj7 F |
Your friendly neighbors honestly.
Ab Gm Fm |Eb Fm Eb|
I've just been fakin' it, fakin' it
Ab Gm Fm|Eb |
Not really makin' it.
Ab Gm Fm|Eb Fm Eb|
This feeling of fakin' it
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I still haven't shaken it.
Eb | Eb7 |
Prior to this lifetime
Ab Gm |Ab G7
I surely was a tailor
|C | |G7 |
Look at me...
("Good moming, Mr Leitch.
|C
Have you had a busy day?")
|F C |
I own the tailor's face and hands.
F |Ab
I am the tailor's face and hands
Gm7 Fm7|Eb |
I know I'm fakin' it, fakin' it
Ab Gm7 Fm7|Eb
I'm not really makin' it.
Ab |Gm7 Fm|Eb
This feeling of fakin' it
Ab Gm Fm |Eb |
I still haven't shaken it.
Ab Gm7 Fm7|Eb |
I know I'm fakin' it,
Ab Gm7 Fm7|Eb |Ab |Eb |
I'm not really makin' it.
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