Paul Simon - The Coast

chords for “the coast”
words & music by paul simon 1989

| A#/F D# | A#/F A#
a family of musicians took shelter for the night

| D# | A#/F A# |
in the little harbor church of st . cecilia

D# | A#/F A# |
two guitars , bata , bass drum and tambourine

D# | A#/F A# A#/D |
rose of jericho and bougainvillea

Cm A# A#/D | Cm A# A#/D | Cm A# |
this is a lone – – – ly life

D# A#/D Cm A# F/A | D#/A# |
sorrows everywhere you turn

| C# Cm A#
and that’s worth something

D# |
when you think about it

C# Cm A# D# |
that’s worth some money

C# Cm A#
that’s worth something

D# |
when you think about it

C# Cm A# D# | C# Cm A#
that’s worth some money

| A#/F D#
a trip to the market

| A#/F A# |
a trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight

D# | A#/F A# |
that settles over washington

D#
a trip to the market

| A#/F A#
a trip around the world

| D# | A#/F A#
where the evening meal is negotiable , if there is one .

A#/D | Cm A# A#/D | Cm A# A#/D | Cm A# |
this is a lonely – lone , lonely life

D# A#/D Cm A# F/A | D#/A# |
sorrows everywhere you turn

| C# Cm A#
and that’s worth something

D# |
when you think about it

C# Cm A# D# |
that’s worth some money

C# Cm A#
that’s worth something

D# |
when you think about it

C# Cm A# D# |
that’s worth some money

C# Cm A# | D# | A# | D# | A# A#/D Cm |

A# D# |
to prove that i love you

A# F |
because i believe in you

A# D# |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the injured coast

A# D# |
if i have money

A# F |
if i have children

A# D# |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the injured coast

A# D# | A# F |
oo – wah oo – wah doo – wop a doo – wah

A# D# |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the injured coast

no chord | | A# D# | A# | D# |

A# | D#
we are standing in the sunlight

| A#/F A#
the early morning sunlight

| D# |
in the harbor church of saint cecilia

A#/F A# D# | A#/F A#
to praise a soul’s returning to the earth

| D# | A#/F A# A#/D |
to the rose of jericho and the bougainvillea

Cm A# A#/D | Cm A# A#/D | Cm A# | D# | |
this is the on – – – – – – ly life

| C# Cm A#
and that’s worth something

D# |
when you think about it

C# Cm A# D# |
that’s worth some money

C# Cm A#
that’s worth something

D# |
when you think about it

C# Cm A# D# |
that’s worth some money

C# Cm | A# D# | A# A#/D Cm |

A# D# |
to prove that i love you

A# F |
because i believe in you

A# D# |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the injured coast

A# D# |
if i have money

A# F |
if i have children

A# D# |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the injured coast

A# D# |
if i have weaknesses

A# F |
don’t let them blind me now

A# D# |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the injured coast

A# D# |
oo – wah oo – wah

A# F |
doo wop a doo wah

A# D# | A# A#/D Cm |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# D# |
leaving the shadow

A# F | A# D# |
of the valley behind me now

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the injured coast

repeat and fade :

A# D# |
oo – wah oo – wah

A# F |
doo wop a doo wah

A# D# |
summer skies , stars are falling

A# A#/D Cm |
all along the in – – – jured coast