I Do It for Your Love Paul Simon
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Words and Music by Paul Simon
As performed by Paul Simon on his TV Special (1977)
Original recording from 'Still Crazy After All These Years'
He plays this song fingerpicked on an electric... Watch out for those
wierd barre chords!
Intro
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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CV
[Ebdim7], . , . [Gbdim7], . , . [Em], . , . , . , . [Bbdim7], . , . [Am], . , . [D9], . , . , . , .
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h h h h h h h
Verse 1
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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We were married on a rainy day The sky was yellow and the
grass was grey
CV
[Ebdim7], . , . [Gbdim7], . , . [Em], . , . , . , . [Bbdim7], . , . [Am], . , . [D9], . , . , . , .
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We signed the papers and we.. I do it for your love
drove away
Verse 2
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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The rooms were musty and all that winter we shared a cold
the pipes were old
CV CVI CIV
[Ebdim7], . , . [Gbdim7], . , . [Em], . , . , . , . [Bbdim7], . , . [Eb7], . , . [Ab], . , . [Ab+], . , .
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Drank all the orange juice.. I do it for your love
that we could hold
Chorus
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CIV CIV CIV CII
[Dbm], . , . , . , . [Adim7], . , . , . , . [Db], . , . [Dbmaj7], . , . [Gb], . , . , . , .
|---------4-------|-----------------|-------4---------|-----------------| |-------5-------5-|-------4---4-----|-----6-------6---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----6-------6---|-----5---5-----5-|---6-------5---5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |---6-------6-----|---4-------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-4---------------|-----------------|-4-------4-------|-----------------| |-----------------|-5-----------5---|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Found a rug in an old junk shop, brought it home to you
CI CI CII CI
[Bbm], . , . , . , . [Adim7], . , . , . , . [Cm7-5], . , . [B7], . , . [Bb7], . , . , . , .
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Along the way the colours ran the orange bled the blue
Harmonica Solo (play verse chords up to Em
for twice their original duration),
the pattern is more of a strummed feel, then fingerpick the Bbdim7 and
carry on from there into the chorus again
Verse 3
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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The sting of reason the splash of tears. The northern and the
southern hemispheres.
CV
[Ebdim7], . , . [Gbdim7], . , . [Em], . , . , . , . [Bbdim7], . , . [Am7], . , . , . , . , . , .
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Love emerges and it disappears.. I do it for your love
CIII
[Am7], . , . , . , . [G], . , . , . , . [Gmaj7], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
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I do it for your love
Tha Gmaj7 is Paul just mucking about after he finishes on the G
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