Lirik dan Chord Lagu Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon

Album Paul Simon menelurkan total 11 lagu dan dua lagu hit, "Mother and Child Reunion" dan "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

Album tersebut dirilis pada 1972 di bawah naungan label Sony Music Entertainment.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" dari Paul Simon.

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The mama pajama rolled out of bed,
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and she ran to the police station
                E
When the papa found out, he began to shout,
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and he started the investigation

                         E
It's against the law;
                             A
it was against the law
                           E
What the mama saw;
                             A
it was against the law

       A
The mama looked down and spit on the ground,
                                        D
every time my name gets mentioned
        E
The papa said oy, if I get that boy,
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I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention

                          D
Well I'm on my way;
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I don't know where I'm going
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I'm on my way, I'm taking my time;
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but I don't know where
                    D             G                A
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
            A           G
Seeing me and Julio,
D                  E        A D A E
down by the schoolyard
            A          G
Seeing me and Julio,
D                  E        A D A E
down by the schoolyard

D A D A B7 E D G A A G D E A A G D E A

                 A
Whoa, in a couple of days, they come and take me away,
                                          D
but the press let the story leak
                        E
Now when the radical priest, come to get me released,
                                          A
we was all on the cover of Newsweek

                         D
Well I'm on my way;
                      A
I don't know where I'm going
                D                             A
I'm on my way, I'm taking my time;
          B7             E
but I don't know where
                    D              G               A
Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona
            A            G
Seeing me and Julio,
D                  E        A D A E
down by the schoolyard
            A          G
Seeing me and Julio,
D                   E       A D A E
down by the schoolyard
             A         G
Seeing me and Julio,
D                   E       A D A E
down by the schoolyard

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