Artist:  Paul Simon
Song:    50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Album:   Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)

[Intro/Verses]

This song sounds better when its chords are strummed by using your thummb and forefinger.

     H     H  
e-|--3-----2--
B-|--5-----0--
G-|--4-----2--
D-|--5-----0--
A-|-----------
E-|-----------

     H    Q Q 
-|---0--------
-|---0----1-0-
-|---0----2-2-
-|---2----1-1-
-|---3----2-2-
-|------------

    H   H     
-|--0---2---|-
-|--0---1---|-
-|--0---2---|-
-|--2---1---|-
-|--2-------|-
-|--0-------|-

 H   H
-2---3----|
-4---0----|
-2---0----|
-4---1----|
-----2----|
----------|

     H     H  
e-|--0-----2--
B-|--0-----0--
G-|--0-----2--
D-|--2-----0--
A-|--2--------
E-|--0--------

     H    Q Q 
-|---0--------
-|---0----1-0-
-|---0----2-2-
-|---2----1-1-
-|---3----2-2-
-|------------

    H   H     
-|--0---0---|-
-|--0---1---|-
-|--0---2---|-
-|--2---2---|-
-|--2-------|-
-|--0-------|-

 W
-0---------|
-0---------|
-0---------|
-2---------|
-2---------|
-0---------|

Right before the chorus begins, strum the twelfth fret harmonics to give the song a 
smooth transition

It would go as follows

(Last Measure of Verse)

    H         
e-|-0---------
B-|-0---------
G-|-0---------
D-|-2---------
A-|-2---------
E-|-0---------

   Q      Q
--<12>--
--<12>--
--<12>--
--<12>--
--<12>--
--<12>--

---------|
---------|
---------|
---------|
---------|
--12\----|

[Chorus]

Chorus contains three chords, G, Bb, and C.  Each chord is strummed for a measure in 
standard 4/4 count.

Here's how the chords would match up with the lyrics.


You Just slip 

out the back, 

Jack

Make a new pla

n, Stan
   
You don't need

 to be coy, Ro

y
     
Just get yours

elf free

Hop on the bus

, Gus
    
You don't need

 to discuss mu

ch
     
Just drop off 

the key, Lee
    
And get yourse

lf free

And that is how you play Paul Simon's 1975 song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover



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