• Song:

    Safe And Sound

  • Artist:

    Carly Simon

  • Album:

    Hotcakes

Safe and Sound - from Hotcakes - 1974

Intro: F

A                
Strange times in Portland, Maine
G
Lobsters dancing on the docks
A                                        F               F#
Switzerland's been wierd since they unplugged the clocks
D                                
Man and a woman in Brooklyn Heights
C
Each convinced the other's in the wrong
             D                                 B    B#
While last year the divorce rate trippled in Hong Kong

D
If through all the madness
Em7
We can stick together
A                D        
We're safe and sound
      Em7                                D
The world's just inside out and upside down

A
Flash from Mexico
G
The Toreadors have all turned gay
A                                 F      F#
Roman whores have quit to seek a better way
D
Dope has undermined the morale of
C
The Buckingham Palace guards
             D                               B    B#
Motorcycle gangs ride naked down Hollywood Boulevard

D
If through all the madness
Em7
We can stick together
A                D        
We're safe and sound
      Em7                                D
The world's just inside out and upside down

A                      G
Marahaj wants you to lead a pilgrimage to Tibet
A                                            F      F#                 
New York women want me sounding off like a Suffragette
D                          C
I know that each of us is all alone in the end
             D                                        B    B#
But the trip still feels less dangerous when you've got a friend

D
If through all the madness
Em7
We can stick together, you and me forever
A                D        
We're safe and sound
      Em7                                D
The world's just inside out and upside down
      Em7                                D
The world's just inside out and upside down

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