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.
Q Q
e-|--3-----2---|---0---------|--0---2---|--2---3----|
B-|--5-----0---|---0----1-0--|--0---1---|--4---0----|
G-|--4-----2---|---0----2-2--|--0---2---|--2---0----|
D-|--5-----0---|---2----1-1--|--2---1---|--4---1----|
A-|------------|---3----2-2--|--2-------|------2----|
E-|------------|-------------|--0-------|-----------|
H H H Q Q H H W
e-|--0-----2---|---0---------|--0---0---|--0---------|
B-|--0-----0---|---0----1-0--|--0---1---|--0---------|
G-|--0-----2---|---0----2-2--|--0---2---|--0---------|
D-|--2-----0---|---2----1-1--|--2---2---|--2---------|
A-|--2---------|---3----2-2--|--2-------|--2---------|
E-|--0---------|-------------|--0-------|--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 Q Q
e-|-0-----------<12>-----------|
B-|-0-----------<12>-----------|
G-|-0-----------<12>-----------|
D-|-2-----------<12>-----------|
A-|-2-----------<12>-----------|
E-|-0-----------<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 plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free
And that is how you play Paul Simon's 1975 song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover