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                      My Professional Opinion – Paul Simon
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Written by: Paul Simon
From: “Seven Psalms” (2023)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
              
Good Morning, 

         
Mr. Indignatio

n
             
 Looks like yo

              
u haven't slep

      
t all night
            
 In my profess

       
ional opinion
             
 Go back to be

              
d and turn off

      
 your light

[Verse 2]
              
I'm not a doct

        
or or a preach

er
             
 I've no parti

              
cular guiding 


star
            
 In my profess

       
ional opinion
             
 I'm no more s

              
atisfied than 

    
you are

[Bridge]
              
So what in the

              
 world are we 

           
whispering for

?
            
 Everyone's na

              
ked, there's n

          
othing to hide
              
Gonna carry my

              
 grievances do

          
wn to the shor

e
             
 Wash them awa

              
y in the tumbl

    
ing tide

[Verse 3]
              
I heard two co

              
ws in a conver


sation
             
 One called th

              
e other one a 


name
            
 In my profess

       
ional opinion
             
 All cows in t

              
he country mus

           
t bear the bla

me

[Verse 4]
              
So, all rise t

        
o the occasion
             
 Or all sink i

       
nto despair
            
 In my profess

       
ional opinion
             
 We're better 

              
off not going 


there

[Bridge]
              
So what in the

              
 world are we 

           
whispering for

?
            
 Everyone's na

              
ked, there's n

          
othing to hide
              
Gonna carry my

              
 grievances do

          
wn to the shor

e
             
 Wash them awa

              
y in the tumbl

    
ing tide

[Verse]
(variation)
              
Wash 'em away 

              
in the tumblin

  
g tide
              
Wash 'em away 

       
in the tide

 All that real

ly matters
             
Is the one who

   
 became us
         
Anointed and g


amed us
          
 With His opin

ions

[Outro]
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vocals)

segued into a reprise of “The Lord”