Chords for "The Coast"
Words & music By Paul Simon 1989
|Bb/F Eb |Bb/F Bb
A family of musicians took shelter for the night
| Eb |Bb/F Bb |
In the little harbor church of St. Cecilia
Eb |Bb/F Bb |
Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine
Eb |Bb/F Bb Bb/D |
Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea
Cm Bb Bb/D | Cm Bb Bb/D | Cm Bb |
This is a lone---ly life
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb F/A |Eb/Bb |
Sorrows everywhere you turn
|Db Cm Bb
And that's worth something
Eb |
When you think about it
Db Cm Bb Eb |
That's worth some money
Db Cm Bb
That's worth something
Eb |
When you think about it
Db Cm Bb Eb |Db Cm Bb
That's worth some money
|Bb/F Eb
A trip to the market
|Bb/F Bb |
A trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight
Eb |Bb/F Bb |
That settles over Washington
Eb
A trip to the market
|Bb/F Bb
A trip around the world
| Eb |Bb/F Bb
Where the evening meal is negotiable, if there is one.
Bb/D |Cm Bb Bb/D| Cm Bb Bb/D | Cm Bb |
This is a lonely-lone, lonely life
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb F/A |Eb/Bb |
Sorrows everywhere you turn
|Db Cm Bb
And that's worth something
Eb |
When you think about it
Db Cm Bb Eb |
That's worth some money
Db Cm Bb
That's worth something
Eb |
When you think about it
Db Cm Bb Eb |
That's worth some money
Db Cm Bb | Eb|Bb | Eb|Bb Bb/D Cm|
Bb Eb |
To prove that I love you
Bb F |
Because I believe in you
Bb Eb |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the injured coast
Bb Eb |
If I have money
Bb F |
If I have children
Bb Eb |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the injured coast
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/paul_simon/the_coast_crd.html ]
Bb Eb |Bb F |
Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah
Bb Eb |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the injured coast
No chord | |Bb Eb |Bb | Eb|
Bb | Eb
We are standing in the sunlight
|Bb/F Bb
The early morning sunlight
| Eb |
In the harbor church of Saint Cecilia
Bb/F Bb Eb |Bb/F Bb
To praise a soul's returning to the earth
| Eb |Bb/F Bb Bb/D |
To the Rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea
Cm Bb Bb/D |Cm Bb Bb/D|Cm Bb |Eb | |
This is the on------ly life
|Db Cm Bb
And that's worth something
Eb |
When you think about it
Db Cm Bb Eb |
That's worth some money
Db Cm Bb
That's worth something
Eb |
When you think about it
Db Cm Bb Eb |
That's worth some money
Db Cm |Bb Eb |Bb Bb/D Cm |
Bb Eb |
To prove that I love you
Bb F |
Because I believe in you
Bb Eb |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the injured coast
Bb Eb |
If I have money
Bb F |
If I have children
Bb Eb |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the injured coast
Bb Eb|
If I have weaknesses
Bb F |
Don't let them blind me now
Bb Eb |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the injured coast
Bb Eb |
Oo-wah Oo-wah
Bb F |
Doo Wop a Doo Wah
Bb Eb |Bb Bb/D Cm |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Eb|
Leaving the shadow
Bb F |Bb Eb |
of the valley behind me now
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the injured coast
Repeat and fade:
Bb Eb |
Oo-wah Oo-wah
Bb F |
Doo Wop a Doo Wah
Bb Eb |
Summer skies, stars are falling
Bb Bb/D Cm |
All along the in---jured coast
