Chords for PAUL SIMON - BOOKENDS/HOMEWARD BOUND - LIVE IN PARIS 2000
Tempo:
83.25 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[D] [G]
[D]
Time it was and what a time it was it was [D] a time [G] of innocence
a [D] time of confidence
[Em] Long ago it must be I [D] have
[G] Preserve your memories.
They're [D] all
Except
[Em]
[G]
[D] I [A]
[D] [A]
am sitting in the railway [E] station
[C#m] On [Em]
[F#] a [Bm] tour of one night stands [G] my suitcase and guitar in hand [A] and every stop is neatly planned
[E] for a poet and a one-man [A] band
Oh
[D] I wish I [A] was home
[D] Home [A] with my [D] thoughts and [A] skip home
[D] [E]
[D] [E] [A] Every day is an endless stream [C#m] of cigarettes and magazine
[F#m] [Bm] And each town looks the same to me [G] the movies and the factories
[A] And every strangers fish I see
[E] Reminds me that I long to be [A] home
[D] [A]
[D] [A] Home with my thoughts Music
[D] [A]
[C#m] [E] [A]
Tonight I'll sing my songs [C#m] again play the game and pretend
[F#] [Bm] But all my words come back to me [G] in shades of mediocrity
[A] Like emptiness and harmony.
[E] I need someone to comfort me
[A]
[D] Oh
[A]
[D] [A] Home my thoughts [D] escaping [A] home when my [E] music's [A] playing
home with my [C#] waiting [A] silently
[C#m] [Em] Silently for me
[D] [E]
[D] [G]
[D]
Time it was and what a time it was it was [D] a time [G] of innocence
a [D] time of confidence
[Em] Long ago it must be I [D] have
[G] Preserve your memories.
They're [D] all
Except
[Em]
[G]
[D] I [A]
[D] [A]
am sitting in the railway [E] station
[C#m] On [Em]
[F#] a [Bm] tour of one night stands [G] my suitcase and guitar in hand [A] and every stop is neatly planned
[E] for a poet and a one-man [A] band
Oh
[D] I wish I [A] was home
[D] Home [A] with my [D] thoughts and [A] skip home
[D] [E]
[D] [E] [A] Every day is an endless stream [C#m] of cigarettes and magazine
[F#m] [Bm] And each town looks the same to me [G] the movies and the factories
[A] And every strangers fish I see
[E] Reminds me that I long to be [A] home
[D] [A]
[D] [A] Home with my thoughts Music
[D] [A]
[C#m] [E] [A]
Tonight I'll sing my songs [C#m] again play the game and pretend
[F#] [Bm] But all my words come back to me [G] in shades of mediocrity
[A] Like emptiness and harmony.
[E] I need someone to comfort me
[A]
[D] Oh
[A]
[D] [A] Home my thoughts [D] escaping [A] home when my [E] music's [A] playing
home with my [C#] waiting [A] silently
[C#m] [Em] Silently for me
[D] [E]
Key:
A
D
E
G
Em
A
D
E
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Time it was and what a time it was it was [D] a _ time [G] of innocence
a [D] time of confidence
_ _ [Em] Long ago it must be I [D] have _ _ _
[G] Preserve your _ memories.
They're [D] all
Except _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ I _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ am sitting in the railway [E] station
_ [C#m] On _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ a [Bm] tour of one night stands [G] my suitcase and guitar in hand [A] and every stop is neatly planned
[E] for a poet and a one-man [A] band
_ Oh
[D] I wish I [A] was home
_ [D] Home _ [A] _ _ with my [D] thoughts and [A] skip home
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ [A] Every _ _ _ _ _ _ _ day is an endless stream [C#m] of cigarettes and magazine _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] And each town looks the same to me [G] the movies and the factories
[A] And every strangers fish I see
[E] Reminds me that I long to be [A] home _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] Home with my thoughts Music
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tonight I'll sing my songs [C#m] again play the game and pretend _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [Bm] But all my words come back to me [G] in shades of mediocrity
[A] Like emptiness and harmony.
[E] I need someone to comfort me
[A] _ _ _
[D] Oh
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Home my thoughts [D] escaping [A] home when my [E] music's [A] playing
home with my [C#] waiting [A] silently _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Em] Silently for me _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Time it was and what a time it was it was [D] a _ time [G] of innocence
a [D] time of confidence
_ _ [Em] Long ago it must be I [D] have _ _ _
[G] Preserve your _ memories.
They're [D] all
Except _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ I _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ am sitting in the railway [E] station
_ [C#m] On _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ a [Bm] tour of one night stands [G] my suitcase and guitar in hand [A] and every stop is neatly planned
[E] for a poet and a one-man [A] band
_ Oh
[D] I wish I [A] was home
_ [D] Home _ [A] _ _ with my [D] thoughts and [A] skip home
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ [A] Every _ _ _ _ _ _ _ day is an endless stream [C#m] of cigarettes and magazine _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] And each town looks the same to me [G] the movies and the factories
[A] And every strangers fish I see
[E] Reminds me that I long to be [A] home _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] Home with my thoughts Music
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Tonight I'll sing my songs [C#m] again play the game and pretend _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [Bm] But all my words come back to me [G] in shades of mediocrity
[A] Like emptiness and harmony.
[E] I need someone to comfort me
[A] _ _ _
[D] Oh
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] Home my thoughts [D] escaping [A] home when my [E] music's [A] playing
home with my [C#] waiting [A] silently _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Em] Silently for me _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _