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
H H H Q Q H H W
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
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
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
