One-Trick Pony
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "One Trick Pony."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
Am7 | | | | | | | |
Am7 | |
He's a one-trick pony
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One trick is all that horse can do
|D7 | |
He does one trick only
| |Am7 | | |
It's the principal source of his revenue
|G |D/F#
And when he steps into the spotlight
|F |Bm7-5
You can feel the heat of his heart
|Am7 | | | |
Come rising through
Am7 | |
See how he dances
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See how he loops from side to side
D7 | |
See how he prances
| |Am7 | | |
The way his hooves just seem to glide
|G |D/F# |F
He's just a one-trick pony (that's all he is)
|Bm7-5 |Am7 | | |
But he turns that trick with pride
|C | |
He makes it look so easy
C9 | |
He looks so clean
F | |F#dim |
He moves like God's immaculate machine
|C/G |
He makes me think about
|E7/G# |
All these extra moves I make
|Am |
And all this herky-jerky motion
|C/Bb |
And the bag of tricks it takes
|F | |Bb9 | |Am7 | | | |
To get me through my working day, one-trick pony
Am7 | |
He's a one-trick pony
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He either fails or he succeeds
|D7 | |
He gives his testimony
| |Am7 | | |
Then he relaxes in the weeds
|G |D/F# |
He's got one trick to last a lifetime
F |Bm7-5 |Am7 | | |
But that's all a pony needs
|C | |
He looks so easy
C9 | |
He looks so clean
F | |F#dim |
He moves like God's immaculate machine
|C/G |
He makes me think about
|E7/G# |
All these extra moves I make
|Am |
And all this herky-jerky motion
|C/Bb |
And the bag of tricks it takes
|F | |Bb9 | |Am7 | | | |
To get me through my working day, one-trick pony
Repeat and fade;
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