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KODACHROME (Paul Simon)
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[This song has a lot of dropped beats (3/4 measures in the midst of
 a 4/4 song); the best way I can think of to mark them is simply by
 putting an asterisk (*) after the chord symbol when it happens.]
[Each chord is a full measure, except pairs of chords joined by hyphens
 (e.g., Em - A7) are one measure total.]
[Actually in E; capo 2.]

D    D    A    A    Em    A7    D    D    Em - A7
[intro]

              D   -   Dmaj7    D7               G          G
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
Em              A7*            D      Em - A7
  It's a wonder I can think at all
               D   -   Dmaj7   D7            G           G
And though my lack of educa  -  tion hasn't hurt me none
Em                 A7            D    D7
  I can read the writing on the wall

     G  -  B7   E7
Kodachro - o - ome
                    Am          D                         G        C
They give us those nice bright colors, they give us the greens of summers
                A         D              G  -  B7*   E7
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day,   oh    yeah
         Am    D                       G      C
I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph
                A      D            G   Bm   Em   A
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
And brought them all together for one night
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
And everything looks worse in black(*) and white

Kodachro-o-ome
They give us those nice bright colors, they give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph
                A      D            G   Bm   Em   Em
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

            G      Bm           Em   Em
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
            G      Bm           Em   Em
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
            G      Bm           Em   Em
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away

[repeat G Bm Em Em through ending]
Mama don't take my Kodachrome, Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome, leave your boy so far from home
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome, oo-ee-oo-mmmmmm
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
[instrumental ending...]



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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