Paul Simon - Hearts And Bones

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one and one – half wandering jews
free to wander wherever they choose
are travelling together
in the sangre de cristo
the blood of christ mountains
B
of new mexico
B7 C#m7 B7/D
on the last leg of the journey
C#m
they started a long time ago
Bmaj7
the arc of a love affair
A
rainbows in the high desert air
E A
mountain passes slipping into stones
C#m
hearts and bones
A
hearts and bones
E
hearts and bones

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thinking back to the season before

looking back through the cracks in the door

two people were married

the act was outrageous

the bride was contagious
B
she burned like a bride
B7 C#m B7
these events may have had some effect
C#m
on the man with the girl by his side
F#7 Bmaj7
the arc of a love affair
A
his hands rolling down her hair
E A
love like lightning shaking till it moans
C#m
hearts and bones
A
hearts and bones
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hearts and bones
n/C
and whoa whoa whoa
she said :
why?
why don’t we drive through the night
A
we’ll wake up down in mexico
n/C
oh i

i don’t know nothin’ about nothin’ about
A
no mexico
n/C
and tell me why
why won’t you love me
for who i Am
A
where i Am
he said :
Amaj7
’cause that’s not the way the world is baby
E
this is how i love you , baby
A
this is how i love you , baby

E

one and one – half wandering jews
return to their natural coasts
to resume old acquaintances
step out occasionally
B
and speculate who had been damaged the most
B7 C#m
easy time will determine if these consolations

will be their reward
F#m7 Bmaj7
the arc of a love affair
A
waiting to be restored
E A
you take two bodies and you twirl them into one
C#m
their hearts and their bones
A
and they won’t come undone
E
A
hearts and bones
C#m
hearts and bones
A
hearts and bones
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hearts and bones