She Moves On
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Rhythm Of The Saints."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
Bm Em Bm
Oo---------------------
I feel good
It's a fine day
Em
The way the sun hits off the runway
A cloud shifts
The plane lifts
Bm
She moves on
But feel the bite
Whenever you believe that
Em
You'll be lost and love will find you
When the road bends
And the song ends
Bm B7sus4 Bm
She moves on
B7sus4 Bm Em/B Bm Em/B
Bm
I know the reason
I feel so blessed
Em
My heart still splashes
Inside my chest, but she
She is like a top
She cannot stop
A Bm
She moves on
A sympathetic stranger
Em
Lights a candle in the middle of the night
Her voice cracks
She jumps back
Bm
But she moves on
Em
She says "Ooh my storybook lover
You have underestimated my power
Bm
As you shortly will discover"
Then I fall to my knees
Shake a rattle at the skies
I'm afraid that I'll be taken
Abandoned, forsaken
B7sus4
In her cold coffee eyes
Bm
She can't sleep now
The moon is red
Em
She fights a fever
She burns in bed
She needs to talk so
We take a walk
A Bm
Down in the maroon light
She says "Maybe these emotions are
Em
As near to love as love will ever be"
So I agree
Then the moon breaks
She takes the corner that's all she takes
Bm
She moves on
Em
She says "Ooh my storybook lover
You have underestimated my power
Bm
As you shortly will discover"
Then I fall to my knees
I grow weak, I go slack
As if she captured the breath of my
voice in a bottle
And I can't catch it back
But I feel good
It's a fine day
Em
The way the sun hits off the runway
A cloud shifts
The plane lifts
Bm
She moves on
Repeat and fade:
Bm
Dit-di-lidle-la
Em
Dit-di-lidle-la, ooh, ooh
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