• Song:

    Kodachrome

  • Artist:

    Paul Simon

  • Album:

    Paul Simon in Central P...

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Kodachrome chords
Paul Simon  1973

Capo II *

D G Em D  Em/A7

DWhen (xx0232@1)I think back 
           D7 (xx0212@1)              Gon (320003@1)all the crap I learned in high school 
EmIt's (022000@1)a wonder 
A7 (x02020@1)           D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7
I can think at all 
              D (xx0232@1)        D7And (xx0212@1)though my lack of education 
       Ghasn't (320003@1)hurt me none
Em (022000@1)           A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1) D7I (xx0212@1)can read the writing on the wall

G B7 E
Kodachrome 
    E7 (020130@1)          Am (x02210@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)give us those nice bright colors 
                G (320003@1)       CYou (x32010@1)give us the greens of summers 
          A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)  B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah! 
E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1)  DI (xx0232@1)got a Nikon camera 
                 G (320003@1)  CI (x32010@1)love to take a photograph 
               A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A7So (x02020@1)Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

D (xx0232@1)             D7If (xx0212@1)you took all the girls I knew
           Gwhen (320003@1)I was single 
    Em (022000@1)               A7 (x02020@1)           D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7
And brought them all together for one night 
              DI (xx0232@1)know they'd never match 
   D7 (xx0212@1)       Gmy (320003@1)sweet imagination 
Em (022000@1)                 A (x02220@1)      A7 (x02020@1)      D (xx0232@1)  D7And (xx0212@1)everything looks worse in black and white

G B7 E
Kodachrome 
    E7 (020130@1)          Am (x02210@1)        DYou (xx0232@1)give us those nice bright colors 
                G (320003@1)       CYou (x32010@1)give us the greens of summers 
          A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)  B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah! 
E7 (020130@1)    Am (x02210@1)  DI (xx0232@1)got a Nikon camera 
                 G (320003@1)  CI (x32010@1)love to take a photograph 
               A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm Em (022000@1)So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

G (320003@1)     Bm (x24432@1)        EmMama, (022000@1)don't take my Kodachrome away 
            G (320003@1)     Bm (x24432@1)        EmMama, (022000@1)don't take my Kodachrome away
            G (320003@1)     Bm (x24432@1)        EmMama, (022000@1)don't take my Kodachrome away

GMama, (320003@1)don't take my Kodachrome 
BmMama, (x24432@1)don't take my Kodachrome 
EmMama, (022000@1)don't take my Kodachrome (away)

GMama, (320003@1)don't take my Kodachrome 
 Bm(Leave (x24432@1)your boy so far from home) 
EmMama, (022000@1)don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G (320003@1)                            BmMama, (x24432@1)don't take my Kodachrome whewwwwww
EmMama, (022000@1)don't take my Kodachrome (away)

G Bm Em . . .

* Alternate:

Open

D (xx0232@1)= ED7 (022100@1)= E7
G (320003@1)= AEm (x02220@1)= F#m
A  = B (or B7)
Am = Bm
E7 = F7
Bm = C#m

set8

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