50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon


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[Verse]
            
The problem is

           
 all inside yo

         
ur head, she s

       
aid to me
            
The answer is 

        
easy if you ta

      
ke it logicall

y
          
I'd like to he

             
lp you in your

         
 struggle to b

  
e free
             
There must be 

          
fifty ways to 

           
leave your lov

er

            
She said, it's

           
 really not my

        
 habit to intr


ude
            
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 lov

er
         
Fifty ways to 

            
leave your lov

er


[Chorus]
              
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
              
Ooh, slip out 

    
the back, Jack
           
Make a new pla

n, Stan
              
You don't need

       
 to be coy, Ro

y
              
You just liste

     
n 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


[Verse 2]
          
She said it gr

             
ieves me so to

         
 see you in su

   
ch pain
             
I wish there w

            
as something I

         
 could do to m

              
ake you smile 


again
            
I said I appre

           
ciate that and

         
 would you ple

    
ase explain
              
About the fift

       
y ways

            
She said, why 

           
don't we both 

         
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 lov

er
         
Fifty ways to 

            
leave your lov

er


[Chorus]
              
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
              
Ooh, slip out 

    
the back, Jack
           
Make a new pla

n, Stan
              
You don't need

       
 to be coy, Ro

y
              
You just liste

     
n 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

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