50 ways to leave your lover
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1. "The problem is all
inside your head," she said to me,
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"the answer is easy if
you take it logic'lly.
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I'm here to help you if you're
struggling to be free,
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Am Em
there must be fifty ways to leave your lover."
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2. She said, "It's really
not my habit to intrude,
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furthermore I hope my meaning
won't be lost or misconstrued.
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But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude,
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there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
Em Am Em
Fifty ways
to leave your lover."
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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan,
Stan,
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you don't need to be coy,
Bb
Hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much,
C G
just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
+ repeat CHORUS
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3. She said, "It grieves me so to see you in
such pain,
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I wish there was somethin' I could do to make you smile again."
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I said, "I appreciate
that, and would you please explain
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about the fifty
ways?"
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4. She said, "Why don't
we both just sleep on it tonight,
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and I believe in the morning
you'll begin to see the light."
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And then she kissed me and I realized
she probably was right,
- Em Am Em
there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
Em Am
Em
Fifty ways
to leave your lover."
+ CHORUS (2 x)
(Paul Simon)