Chords for David Kramer - The Paul Simon Story (Live Performance)

[C] Paul came out here and he worked with some [G] of the best and some of the top [C] South African musicians, a lot of them.
[F] [G] And I probably had the privilege [C] of being one of the few artists [F] that [G] Paul didn't record with [C] when he was here at that time.
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[C] _ But nevertheless I did get [G] invited to go up [C] to the studios and to meet with Paul [F] Simon, [G] which was a great [C] moment for me.
[F] Because I discovered that the [G] man is not how shorter [C] than I am.
But _ _ _ [G] while _ [C] _
_ I was there I [F] thought, listen, [G] I'm just going to take a chance and I'm [C] going to invite him [F] to [G] come down to Cape Town.
How can you come to South Africa and not see Cape Town?
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_ _ [C] _ _ [F] So _ [G] _
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_ I was actually not [F] expecting him [G] to take me up on my offer.
[C] _ _ Because he's Paul Simon after all and what would he want to come down to?
Anyway, I got [G] this phone call from his manager on a Saturday afternoon, a week later, _ _ to say that they were here at the airport and would I please [C] come and fetch them.
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[G] So I went out there and picked them up and they wanted to have a look around the Cape Peninsula.
So I drove them around and showed them all the nice sights and [F] pretty [G] things and ugly things, [C] _ all kinds of things.
_ [G] _ _ And we eventually [C] got down to the [G] nature reserve there at Cape Point.
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[G] And [F] there I had [G] what was probably _ the [C] nicest _ experience [F] of my whole musical [G] career.
_ [C] _ _ Because you see, there we were [G] standing when a tour bus [C] arrived.
_ [G] And the tourists get out [C] and _ they spot [F] me.
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_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] Now this is true.
[C] _ _ Now [F] this is true.
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[C] And there I was, [F] signing [G] autographs and Paul Simon watching me.
_ _ _ [C] Hey, _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ [C]
what a feeling, what a feeling.
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_ [C] I don't know what he felt like [F] but I know [G] I liked it. _
_ [C] So we went home to my house that evening and we [G] had a braai [C] and we sat there and we spoke about the stars. _
And after a while, Paul kind [G] of mellowed out a little bit and [C] he said,
_ would we like to hear some of the [G] songs that he's been working [C] on while he's here in South Africa?
And so I said, [F] yeah.
[G] He picked up the guitar and [C] he sang us some of the songs from the Graceland [G] album,
which was, as you can imagine, [C] kind of a quite amazing [F] experience.
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_ And then he handed [C] me the guitar _ _ and he said, would I sing [G] him [C] one of my songs? _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ And for a moment [G] there, _ [C] I didn't really know what to [F] do, you know.
[G] I [C] mean, _ so [Dm] the first thing that came [G] into my head was [C] this song, Weskos Klong.
_ _ _ [G] So I sang [C] it for him.
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[C] _ _ And [Am] when I finished, [G] _ _
[C] he says to me, _ what [G] kind of sound is [C] that?
_ _ I [G] said, no, Paul, we [C] call that the West Coast sound.
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[C] _ _ _ _ He said, [G] could I take a cassette [C] of it back to [G] New York?
I said, sure, fine.
[C] I gave him the cassette and [F] [G] off he went.
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And I don't know how it happened, you know.
I [F] suppose [G] a Bob Dylan must have popped [C] around his apartment or something, you know, [G] coffee. _ _
[C] _ _ [A] You know, you don't know what the hell's [G] get up to there.
[C] So, because I, _ _ [A] that's [G] true.
_ [C] _ _ So, _ [G] because I get this phone [C] call from a Bob Dylan, you see.
_ [G] And he says to [C] me, would I mind if he [Am] does a cover [G] version of [C] this song that he heard at Paul Simon's?
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[C] I said to him, [Am] oh Bob. _
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I said, oh Bob, _ _ _ let me think about [C] it, alright.
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[C] _ _ I [Am] said, I'll tell you what, I'll tell you [G] what, why _ don't you send me a demo, you know. _
[C] _ _ And then we'll see.
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