Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
Words and Music by Paul Simon, 1975


          
"The problem i

            
s all inside y

           
our head," she

          
 said to me
            
"the answer is

      
 easy if you t

        
ake it logic'l

ly.
          
I'd like to he

              
lp you in your

           
 struggle to b

   
e free;
              
there must be 

         
- fifty ways t

              
o leave your l


over."


          
She said, "It'

            
s really not m

           
y habit to int

   
rude;
            
Furthermore I 

         
hope my meanin

          
g won't be los

            
t or misconstr


ued.
            
But I'll repea

            
t myself at th

           
e risk of bein

    
g crude;
            
there must be 

           
fifty ways to 

            
leave your lov

er."
         
fifty ways to 

           
leave your lov

er."


              
Just slip out 

    
the back, Jack

.
           
Make a new pla

n, Stan;
              
You don't need

       
 to be coy, Ro

y,
              
Just listen to

  
 me
           
Hop on the bus

, Gus;
              
You don't need

       
 to discuss mu

ch;
              
Just drop off 

    
the key, Lee.
              
and get yourse

    
lf free.


REPEAT CHORUS


Second verse:

She said, "It grieves me now to see you in such pain; I
wish there was somethin' I could do to make you smile again."
I said, "I appreciate that, and could you please explain about the
fifty ways?"

She said, "Why don't we both just sleep on it tonight;
I'm sure in the morning you'll begin to see the light."
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right; there must be
fifty ways to leave your lover,
fifty ways to leave your lover."

REPEAT CHORUS twice.


Chords: (by request)

    322000
      xx0432
     x32000
      x21202
      022000
    xx4505
    x21003
     x02213
       355433
      xx0212
      x355xx
      x13331

Hope these help, and I hope they're right!  Some of them are just plain
bizarre, so your guess is probably as good as mine.  Happy fingering!