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Kodachrome
Paul Simon
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Paul Simon - Kodachrome
CHORDS:
D = xx0232 D7 = xx0232
G = 320033 DM7 = xx0222
G/B = x2003x D9 = xx0210
G6 = 320000 Am = x02210
Em = 022000 E = 022100
Em7 = 022030 B7 = x21202
A7 = x02020 Bm = x24432
C = x32010
RIFF: (all 8th notes, you don't have to hammer on)
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G||-----0------0-----0------0--|-----0------0-----0-----0--||
D||-----0------0--0---------0--|-----0------0--0--0-----0--||
A||--------1h--2--------1h--2--|--------1h--2--------------||
E||--3-------------------------|--3------------------2-----||
INTRO: ( "/" used to indicate [chord changes on] 1/4 notes, listen to song for strum pattern)
D / / / | / / / G/B | G6 (RIFF) / / / | / / / / |
Em / / / | A7 / / / | D / / / | Em7 / A7 / |
VERSE 1:
D7 D9 G6 (RIFF)
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
Em A7 D Em
It's a wonder I can think at all
A7 D DM7 D7 G6 (RIFF)
And though my lack of edu - cation hasn't hurt me none
Em A7 D D7
I can read the writing on the wall
CHORUS:
G B7 E Am D7
Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colours
G C
They give us the greens of summers
A7 D7 G B7 E
Makes you think all the worlds a sunny day oh yeah
Am D G C
I got a Nikon camera. I love to take a photograph
A7 D7 G / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / | A7 /
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
VERSE 2:
D DM7 D7 D9 G6 (RIFF)
If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
Em A7 D Em
And brought them all together for one night.
A7 D DM7 D7 G6 (RIFF)
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
Em A7 D D7
And everything looks worse in black and white
CHORUS:
G B7 E Am D7
Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colours
G C
They give us the greens of summers
A7 D7 G B7 E
Makes you think all the worlds a sunny day oh yeah
Am D G C
I got a Nikon camera. I love to take a photograph
A7 D7 G / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / | / / / / |
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
OUT CHORUS: (3 times)
||: G / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / | / / / /:||
Take my Kodachrome away Mama don't
DOUBLE TIME FEEL:
G
Mama don't take my Kodochrome
Bm
Mama don't take my Kodochrome
Em
Mama don't take my Kodochrome away
G
Mama don't take my Kodochrome
Bm
Leave your boyfriend far from home
Em
Mama don't take my Kodochrome away
G
Mama don't take my Kodochrome
Bm
mmmmmmmmmmmm
Em
Mama don't take my Kodochrome away
||:G / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / | / / / /:||