One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor


written and performed by Paul Simon
from "There Goes Rhymin' Simon."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.



Gm F C Bb Eb Gm D7(no 3rd) Gm No chord


Gm F C Bb Eb Gm D7(no 3rd)  

Gm                   G 
   There's been some hard feelings here

           
About some words that were said

                    
Been some hard feelings here

            G7
And what is more

               C7 
There's been a bloody purple nose

          
And some bloody purple clothes

                               
That were messing up the lobby floor

           G      
It's just apartment house rules

           
So all you 'partment fools

          C         F       F#dim G7           C     
Remember: one man's ceiling is  another man's floor!

C7        F       F#dim G7          Am    
One man's ceiling is  another man's floor


                  C7 
There's been some strange goin's on

          
And some folks have come and gone
 
                                    
Like the elevator man don't work no more

          F7
I heard a racket in the hall

      
And I thought I heard a call

                         
But I never opened up my door

           C 
It's just apartment house sense

           Bb
It's like apartment rents

          F         Bb      Bdim  C7          F      
Remember: one man's ceiling is  another man's floor!

F         Bb      Bdim  C           Dm     
one man's ceiling is  another man's floor!


           
There's an alley

       A7         Dm      
in the back of my building

Gm7            Dm           A7      Dm   
    Where some people congregate in shame

A       Dm              A7 
  I was walking with my dog

        Dm                   G
And the night was black with smog

       F                   A7
When I thought I heard somebody

        Dm   F        F7  Bb           
Call my name


F  Eb          Bb        Eb      Edim  F7          Bb     
Ah-- Remember: one man's ceiling is  another man's floor!

          Eb      Edim  F           Gm     
one man's ceiling is  another man's floor!



Repeat and fade:

Gm F C Bb Eb Gm D7(no 3rd) Gm No chord  



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