G Well, I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
Or D maybe I'm a G dog who's D lost its G bite
I don't ex D pect to G be C treated like a fool no F more
C I don't ex G pect to D sleep through the D night
Some D people C say a G lie's a D lie's a G lie
But D I G say C why
Why deny the F obvious C child?
Why deny the F obvious C child? G
And in re D membering a G road C sign
G I am re D member C ing a G girl when D I was G young C
F C And we G said These D songs are G true
These D days are G ours
These D tears are G free
And D hey G
C The cross is in the F ball C park
The cross is in the F ball C park G
We had a lot of fun
We had a lot of money D C
We G had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny D C
Sonny gets D married and G moves away
C Sonny has a D baby and G bills to pay
C Sonny gets D sunnier
G Day by day by C day by D day
G Doh, doh, doh, doh
Doh, doh, doh, doh
Well, I've been D waking C up at G sunrise
I've been D following the G light a D cross my G room
I D watch G the C night receive the F room of C my G day D
G Some D people C say the G sky is D just the G sky
But D I G say
C Why deny the F obvious C child?
Why deny the F obvious C child?
G C/G G
C/G Sonny G sits C by G his D window and C thinks to himself
How D it's G strange C that G some D rooms are like C cages
Son D ny's G year C book G from D high school
Is C down from the shelf
D And he i C d- G ly D thumbs through the C pages
Some Ab have Bbm died
Some have G fled from themselves
Or C strug G gled D from G here D to G get D there
C Sonny G wan C ders G be D yond his in C terior walls
Runs his G hand C through G his D thinning brown C hair
Well, I'm accustomed to a G smooth ride
Or D maybe I'm a G dog who's D lost its G bite
I don't ex D pect to G be C treated like a fool no F more
C I don't ex G pect to D sleep through the D night
Some D people C say a G lie's a D lie's a G lie
But D I G say
C the cross is in the F ball C park
Why deny the F ob C vious G child?
Paul Simon
