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Father and Daughter
Words and music by: Paul Simon
From the 2006 album, Surprise
If you leaAp awake Eb/G
In the mirroF#m7r of a bad B9 dreaEm
And for a fractionF#7 of a second E6
You can't rememberD where you are C#m
Just open your window A E/G
And folloF#m7w your memory uB9pstream E
To the meadowF#7 in the mountain E6
Where we counted evE/Dery falling star B C#m
I believe the light thatA shines on you E
Will shiF#m7ne on you B7sus4 foreveEr
And though I can't guarantF#7ee E6
There's nothing scary hiding uE/Dnder your bed B C#m
I?m gonna stand gAuard E
LiF#m7ke a postcard of a Golden RB7sus4etriever E
And never leave tilF#7l I leave you E6
With a sweet dE/Dream in your heaB9d C#m
Eadd9 I'm gonna watch you shine Aadd9
Gonna watch you grow Eadd9
Gonna paint a sign Aadd9
So you'll always know Eadd9
As long as one and one is two (oEadd9o-oo) Aadd9
There could never be aE6 father E/D
Who loved his daughter moreC#m7 than I love you B9
ETrust your intuition
It's just like going fishing
You castF#7 your line E6
And hopeE/D you get a B9bite C#m
But you don't need to waste your time A E/G F#m7
EWorrying about the market place
Try to help the human race
F#7Struggling to suE6rvive its E/DharsheBst night C#m
Eadd9 I'm gonna watch you shine Aadd9
Gonna watch you grow Eadd9
Gonna paint a sign Aadd9
So you'll always know Eadd9
As long as one and one is two (oEadd9o-oo) Aadd9
There could never be aE6 father E/D
Who loved his daughter moreC#m7 than I love you C#m A6 B7
Instrumental Solo (play four times)
C#mA6B7
Eadd9 I'm gonna watch you shine Aadd9
Gonna watch you grow Eadd9
Gonna paint a sign Aadd9
So you'll always know Eadd9
As long as one and one is two (oEadd9o-oo) Aadd9
There could never be aE6 father E/D
Who loved his daughter moreC#m7 than I love you Esus2
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