Stranded In A Limousine
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Greatest Hits, Etc."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
E7
He was a mean individual
He had a heart like a bone
A7 E7
He was a naturally crazy man and better off left alone
Well, he stopped one night at a traffic light
A7 Bbdim
And when that light turned green
E/B C#m7
He was a mean individual
F#m7 B7 E7
Stranded in a limousine
E7
Hey, hey, hey, hey
All the children on the street
A7
They come running out of their front doors
E7
Running out their back doors, flying on their feet
They said Mama oh, Papa oh
A7 Bbdim
See what I have seen
E/B C#m7
There's a mean individual
F#m7 B7 E7
Stranded in a limousine
A7
Then everybody came running
E7
Everybody said Lord, Lord
Gdim
Everybody was gunning
G7/F#
they're gonna divvy up the reward
B7 E7
A-then wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
A7 Bbdim
There's a siren, a flashing light
E/B C#m7
But the mean individual
F#m7 B7 E
Had vanished in the black of night
E7
Hey, hey, hey, hey
They wondered where to begin
A7
'Cause he left that neighborhood
E7
Just like a rattlesnake sheds its skin
Well they searched the roofs
and they checked out the groups
A7 Bbdim
And then photographed the scene
E/B C#m7
Of the mean individual
F#m7 B7 E7 No chord
Stranded in a limousine
Instrumental:
E7
A7 E7
A7 Bbdim E/B C#m7 F#m7 B7 E7
A7
Then everybody came running
E7
Everybody said Lord, Lord
Gdim
Everybody was gunning
G7/F#
they're gonna divvy up the reward
B7 E7
A-then wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
A7 Bbdim
There's a siren, a flashing light
E/B C#m7
But the mean individual
F#m7 B7 E
Had vanished in the black of night
E C#m7
The mean individual
F#m7 B7 E
Had vanished in the black of night
E C#m7
The mean individual
F#m7 B7 E
Had vanished in the black of night
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