That's Why God Made The Movies
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "One Trick Pony."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
A7 E7 B7+5
When I was born my mother died
Gmaj7 C#m7-5 Cmaj7
She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye
F# G#m
I said, "Where you goin'?
F#dim Em D
I'm just born"
E E/D# E/D
She said I'll only be gone for a while
C#7 F#9
My mother loved to leave in style
B E7 A7 E7
That's why God made the movies
A7 E7 B7+5
Well I laid around in my swaddling clothes
Gmaj7 C#m7-5 Cmaj7
Until the doctor came and turned out the light
F# G#m
Then I packed my bag
F#dim Em D
And my nametag
E E/D# E/D
And stole away into the night
C#7 F#9
Hoping things would work out right
B E7
That's why God made the movies
E D/F# E/G# A
Say you will, say you will
G#m F#m Emaj7
Say you'll take me to your loving breast
F#m7
Say you'll nourish me with your tenderness
B9 C#m
The way the ladies sometimes do
B E D/F# E/G# A
Say you won't, say you won't
G#m F#m Emaj7
Say you won't leave me for no other man
F#m7 E B/D#
Say you'll love me just the way I am
Tacet
Say you will, baby now
E7
Say you will, just say you will
A7 E7
Say you will
A7 E7 B7+5
When I was born my mother died
Gmaj7 C#m7-5 Cmaj7
She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye
F# G#m
And since that day
F#dim Em D
I've paid my way
E E/D# E/D
The notorious boy of the wild
C#7 F#9
Adopted by the wolves when he was a child
B
That's why God. That's why God.
E7
That's why God made the movies
Repeat and fade:
E7 A7
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