The Coast


written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Rhythm Of The Saints."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.



  Bb/F        Eb           Bb/F            Bb
A family of musicians took shelter for the night

                     Eb              Bb/F Bb  
In the little harbor church of St. Cecilia

              Eb         Bb/F           Bb   
 Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine

            Eb             Bb/F  Bb Bb/D  
Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea


Cm Bb Bb/D          Cm Bb     Bb/D   Cm Bb  
      This is a lone---ly life

Eb Bb/D Cm   Bb    F/A  Eb/Bb  
Sorrows everywhere you  turn

    Db     Cm    Bb
And that's worth something

         Eb             
When you think about it

Db     Cm    Bb     Eb  
That's worth some money

Db     Cm    Bb
That's worth something

         Eb             
When you think about it

Db     Cm    Bb     Eb  Db Cm Bb 
That's worth some money

  Bb/F        Eb   
A trip to the market

  Bb/F          Bb                 
A trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight

     Eb           Bb/F      Bb  
That settles over Washington

              Eb     
A trip to the market

  Bb/F            Bb  
A trip around the world

                            Eb                 Bb/F   Bb
Where the evening meal is negotiable, if there is one.


Bb/D      Cm     Bb   Bb/D  Cm     Bb  Bb/D   Cm Bb  
This is a lonely-lone,      lonely life

Eb Bb/D Cm   Bb    F/A  Eb/Bb  
Sorrows everywhere you  turn


    Db     Cm    Bb
And that's worth something

         Eb             
When you think about it

Db     Cm    Bb     Eb  
That's worth some money

Db     Cm    Bb
That's worth something

         Eb             
When you think about it

Db     Cm    Bb     Eb  
That's worth some money

Db Cm Bb   Eb Bb   Eb Bb Bb/D Cm 


Bb                      Eb  
   To prove that I love you

Bb                      F   
   Because I believe in you

Bb                      Eb      
Summer skies, stars are falling

Bb                    Bb/D Cm  
All along the injured coast

Bb             Eb  
   If I have money

Bb               F    
   If I have children

Bb                      Eb      
Summer skies, stars are falling

Bb                    Bb/D Cm  
All along the injured coast

Bb           Eb  Bb            F       
   Oo-wah Oo-wah     Doo-wop a Doo-wah

Bb                      Eb      
Summer skies, stars are falling

Bb                    Bb/D Cm  
All along the injured coast


No chord     Bb Eb  Bb   Eb 


Bb                        Eb      
   We are standing in the sunlight     

    Bb/F          Bb      
The early morning sunlight

                        Eb            
In the harbor church of Saint Cecilia

Bb/F Bb             Eb       Bb/F           Bb
        To praise a soul's returning to the earth

                   Eb                 Bb/F  Bb Bb/D  
To the Rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea

Cm Bb Bb/D        Cm Bb Bb/D Cm  Bb  Eb     
      This is the on------ly life


    Db     Cm    Bb
And that's worth something

         Eb             
When you think about it

Db     Cm    Bb     Eb  
That's worth some money

Db     Cm    Bb
That's worth something

         Eb             
When you think about it

Db     Cm    Bb     Eb  
That's worth some money


Db Cm  Bb Eb  Bb Bb/D Cm  


Bb                      Eb  
   To prove that I love you

Bb                      F   
   Because I believe in you

Bb                      Eb      
Summer skies, stars are falling

Bb                    Bb/D Cm  
All along the injured coast

Bb          Eb  
If I have money

Bb            F    
If I have children

Bb                      Eb      
Summer skies, stars are falling

Bb                    Bb/D Cm  
All along the injured coast


Bb                   Eb 
   If I have weaknesses

Bb                F            
   Don't let them blind me now

Bb                      Eb      
Summer skies, stars are falling

Bb                    Bb/D Cm  
All along the injured coast

Bb           Eb  
   Oo-wah Oo-wah

Bb           F       
   Doo Wop a Doo Wah

Bb                 Eb     Bb     Bb/D Cm  
Summer skies, stars   are falling

Bb                 Eb 
   Leaving the shadow 

Bb                 F       Bb Eb  
   of the valley behind me now

Bb      Bb/D       Cm          
   All along the injured coast



Repeat and fade:

Bb           Eb  
   Oo-wah Oo-wah

Bb           F       
   Doo Wop a Doo Wah

Bb                      Eb      
Summer skies, stars are falling

Bb               Bb/D Cm          
   All along the in---jured coast



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