Everything Put Together Falls Apart
by Paul Simon
from "Paul Simon."
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Standard tuning.
4/4 mostly.
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Mmm mmm Paraphenalia never hides your broken bones And I dunno
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why you'd want to try Mmm It's plain to see you're on your
4/4 . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
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own Ooooh... I ain't blind no
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Some folks are crazy, others walk that borderline Watch what you're doing
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Taking downs to get off to sleep And ups to start you on your way After a
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while they'll change your style Ooooh... I see it happen every
4/4 . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
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day Ooooh... spare your heart
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Everything put together sooner or later falls apart There's nothing
to it, nothing to it You can
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cry Or you can lie For all the good it'll do ya you can die But when
it's
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done and the police come and they lay you down for dead Oh just remember what
I
3/4 . , . , . 4/4, . , . , . , .3/4, . , . , .
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said
4/4 . , . , . , . ad lib
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