Think Too Much (a)


written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Hearts And Bones."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.




A D A D A D A D

  A        D        A                D     A    D         A    D
  They say that the left side of the brain   controls the right

  A        D        A          D      A         D   A    D
  They say that the right side has to work hard all night

  A    D    C#m   F#m C#m  F#m C#m   F#m      C#m
    Maybe I think too much for my own    good

     F#m    Bm     
Some people say so

                  C#m     
 Other people say "No, no

                 Bm          
 The fact is you don't think

                E
 as much as you could."


        No chord (A bass)        
Hmmm


                                             
 I had a childhood that was mercifully brief

                                   
 I grew up in a state of disbelief

              C#m                       
 I started to think too much when I was twelve 

             Bm7(no3rd)  
going on thirteen

                   C#m7(no 3rd)  
 Me and girls from Saint Augus - tine

          Bm7       
up in the mezzanine

E                A         
  Thinking about God, yeah

         E                 
 Maybe I think too much

         F#m                  
 Maybe I think too much

         E                 
 Maybe I think too much

         F#m                     A D A D A D A D A D A D A D 
 Maybe I think too much


 A        D      A   D       A   D     A    D
 Have you ever experienced a period of grace

  A D         A          D       A      D         A   D 
    when your brain just takes a seat behind your face

  A D       C#m   F#m  C#m     F#m  C#m F#m   C#m
    and the world be - gins the   el - ephant dance

   F#m       Bm    
Everything's funny

            C#m   
 Everyone's sunny

                  Bm    
You take out your money

               E    
 walk down the road


(Single notes)E    E     F# A  F#  E     D C# C#
              That leads me to the girl  I-I  love

C#  E    F#  A B     A    F#  E  
The girl I'm always  thinking of

             C#m7              
 But maybe I think too much

                     Bm7(no 3rd)  
 And I ought to just hold her

                C#m7(no 3rd)  
 Stop trying to mold her

            Bm7  E
 Maybe blindfold her

               A   
 and take her away



Repeat and fade:

        E                 
Maybe I think too much

        F#m                  
Maybe I think too much

        E                 
Maybe I think too much

        F#m                  
Maybe I think too much

        Bm7                
Maybe I think too much

        F#m7                 
Maybe I think too much




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