Keep The Customer Satisfied


written by Paul Simon
performed by Simon & Garfunkel
from "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.



                              Eb    
Gee but it's great to be back home,

                             
 Home is where I want to be.

                          Ab              
 I've been on the road so long my friend,

       
 And if you came along

  Bb                    Ab
I know you couldn't disagree.

                  Eb          
It's the same old story, yeah

              Ab
 Everyhwere I go,

      Eb         
I get slandered,

Bb   
Libeled,

       Eb           
I hear words I never heard

       Ab
In the Bible.

        Eb                    Cm           
And I'm one step ahead of the shoe shine,

Eb                      Cm     Ab
Two steps away from the county line,

     Eb                Eb7       Ab 
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,

     Eb
Satisfied.


                       Eb    
Deputy Sheriff said to me

                                
Tell me what you come here for, boy.

                             Ab    
You better get your bags and flee.


You're in trouble boy,

    Bb                      Ab
And now you're heading into more.

                  Eb       
It's the same old story


               Ab
 Everyhwere I go,

      Eb         
I get slandered,

Bb   
Libeled,

       Eb           
I hear words I never heard

       Ab
In the Bible.

        Eb                    Cm           
And I'm one step ahead of the shoe shine,

Eb                      Cm     Ab
Two steps away from the county line,

     Eb                Eb7       Ab 
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,

     Eb       
Satisfied.

             Ab  Eb    
 Woh woh woh woh


Ab                      Eb       
  But it's the same old story


               Ab
 Everyhwere I go,

      Eb         
I get slandered,

Bb   
Libeled,

       Eb           
I hear words I never heard

       Ab
In the Bible.

        Eb                    Cm           
And I'm one step ahead of the shoe shine,

Eb                      Cm     Ab
Two steps away from the county line,

     Eb                Eb7       Ab 
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,

     Eb       
Satisfied.


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