Chord/Tab song: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

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.

H H H Q Q H H H H

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----------------------|
B-|-0----------------------|
G-|-0----------------------|
D-|-2----------------------|
A-|-2----------------------|
E-|-0---------------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.

[G]You Just slip out the back, Jack

[Bb]Make a new plan, Stan

You[C] don't need to be coy, Roy

Just [G]get yourself free

[G]Hop on the bus, Gus

You [Bb]don't need to discuss much

Just [C]drop off the key, Lee

And [G]get yourself free

And that is how you play Paul Simon's 1975 song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover