50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon


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Words & music by Paul Simon 1975


          
     "The prob

            
lem is all ins

        |
ide your head"

              
, she said to 

 
me
            
   The answer 

        
is easy if you

  |     
 take it logic

   
ally
            
   I'd like to

            
 help you in y

   |     
our struggle t

     
o be free
           |
There must be 

         
   fifty ways 

             |
to leave your 

   |
lover


          
     She said 

            
it's really no

    |    
t my habit to 

   
intrude
      |     
Furthermore, I

         
 hope my meani

            |
ng won't be lo

       
st or misconst

+
rued
   |        
But I'll repea

            
t myself at th

 |       
e risk of bein

  
g crude
           |
There must be 

         
   fifty ways 

             |
to leave your 

   |
lover
           
 Fifty ways to

           |
 leave your lo

ver


              
 Just slip out

    |        
 the back, Jac

 |
k
           |
 Make a new pl

       |
an, Stan
              
 You don't nee

       |    
d to be coy, R

  |
oy
              
 Just get your

    |
self free
           |        |
 Hop on the bus, Gus
              
 You don't nee

       |   
d to discuss m

   |
uch
              
 Just drop off

    |      |
 the key, Lee
              
 And get yours

   |   |
elf free


              
 Oh, slip out 

   |         |
the back, Jack
           |
 Make a new pl

       |
an, Stan
              
 You don't nee

       |    
d to be coy, R

  |
oy
              
 You just list

     |
en to me
           |        |
 Hop on the bus, Gus
              
 You don't nee

       |   
d to discuss m

   |
uch
              
 Just drop off

    |      |
 the key, Lee
              
 And get yours

   |   |  |  |  |
elf free


          
     She said 

            
it grieves me 

     |   
so to see you 

        
in such pain
            
I wish there w

  |         
as    somethin

          
g I could do t

 |    
o make you smi

       |
le again
            
   I said I ap

            
preciate that 

   |     
and would you 

         
please explain
       |  
About the fift

         |
y ways


          
     She said 

            
why don't we b

        |
oth just sleep

         
 on it tonight
     |    
And I believe 

        
in the morning

           |
 you'll begin 

        
to see the lig

ht
            |
And then she k

             
issed me and I

           |
 realized she 

        
probably was r


ight
           |
There must be 

         
   fifty ways 

             |
to leave your 

   |
lover
           
 Fifty ways to

           |
 leave your lo

ver


              
 Just slip out

    |        
 the back, Jac

 |
k
           |
 Make a new pl

       |
an, Stan
              
 You don't nee

       |    
d to be coy, R

  |
oy
              
 Just get your

    |
self free
                   |        |
 Oh, you hop on the bus, Gus
              
 You don't nee

       |   
d to discuss m

   |
uch
              
 Just drop off

    |      |
 the key, Lee
              
 And get yours

   |   |
elf free


             |
 Slip out the 

         |
back, Jack
           |
 Make a new pl

       |
an, Stan
              
 You don't nee

       |    
d to be coy, R

  |
oy
              
 Just listen t

 |
o me
           |        |
 Hop on the bus, Gus
              
 You don't nee

       |   
d to discuss m

   |
uch
              
 Just drop off

    |      |
 the key, Lee
              
 And get yours

   |   |  |  |  |
elf free


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