Chords for KODACHROME by Paul Simon

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_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ Hi, this is Gaylord again and this time I thought I'd show you how to do Kodachrome
by Paul Simon.
[G#m] This is a great song for [G] beginners or [F] intermediate players because [Am] it gives you an opportunity
to throw in your riffs [F#] with some pretty easy chord changes too.
So [E] anyway, it starts off with a D.
Now I'm using this with a capo too so [D] when I refer
to [G#] the second fret, I know it's [E] actually four but I'm going to think of this as the beginning
of the guitar, okay?
So anyway, it starts off with a D.
_ _ Now you don't want to start playing too fast because
this song really gets going [G] by the end so I even play it too fast on this [E] tutorial but
_ you may want to slow it down a little bit.
Start with a D, open four and then I come up, my upbeat is on the first, second and third string.
Down on four, up on one, two and three. _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ I try and get into a full strum just to make it sound a little bit fuller.
You don't need to. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ Now all your [B] riff is, is like _ it's [Am] played on the sixth, [A] five and four strings.
So it starts off on the third fret on the sixth, _ you're going to hit that twice and
then [C] you go to the first fret on five, do a [C#] hammer up to the [G#m] second fret on five and
open [D] four two [E] times.
_ So it's like [A] this. _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
And then [C#] _ two on [B] five, open five and then you start it [A] again.
But [C#m] _
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
the second time you play it you only hit that fourth string once [A] and then you do a
walk down on your sixth string starting on [G#] three, two, [G] one, [F#] _ [F#m] open and then an E minor.
So it's, [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ now your chords _ [E] starts, I do a D, _ _
_ [G#m] D major seven.
A D [E] major seven is just the [C#m] second _ [G#m] fret on first, second and third.
Just hold that [E] down.
And then it goes to a D seven.
So it's kind of a walk down on a D really _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] to a G.
And that's like this.
When I [E] think back on all the crap I learned [F#m] in high school.
[B] And when you get to high school that's where [E] you start your riff again.
_ When I think back on all the crap I [A] learned in high school.
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It's a wonder [B] I can [E] think at all.
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ Okay now what you're doing there, [F#m] that's an E minor.
_ It's a [B] wonder _ A [E] can't think at all.
G _ [F#m] and then E minor [B] and A for that little riff in there. _
[E] And though my lack of _ education _ [A] hasn't hurt me none.
Ah, you didn't think [E] I might find my lack of education _ [A] hasn't hurt me none. _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ I can [B] read the writing on [E] the wall.
_ Then the chorus is a.
[A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#m] All that [A] is is a G, [C#m] B minor [F#m] and E minor.
_ Give us those nice bright colors that's A minor.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ D, [E] _ _ _ [A] G, _ _ [D] C, _ _ [B] _
A seven and an A seven is an [D#m] A without the third string.
Just third string is [B] open.
_ So it's a, makes you think. _ _
_ [E] D, _ [A] sunny day.
[C#m] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] That's day is G, [C#m] B minor, [A] E.
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_ _ Then it starts that pattern again. _
I've [Bm] got a night _ [E] on hand.
_ _ [A] _ _ G, [D] C, _ _ [B] A seven, _ [E] _
D, [A] G, B minor, E.
[C#m] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
Now what I want you to notice [F#] here is the way I [G#m] change that strumming just to make it sound full.
And to kind of go with the percussion.
I've got a great percussionist so when I'm trying to [N] follow him it just makes it really sound full if you can change that guitar beat.
Don't try [A] and play the kumbaya all the time, [B] okay?
Change up your strums.
So mama don't _ _ [E] you cry. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ Then he starts over.
_ If [E] you took all the girls I knew when [A] I was single.
[B] _ _ [Am] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
Brought them all [B] together for [E] a night. Okay?
_ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ Okay?
So that's all there [F#m] is to it.
The same chord patterns. _
[F#] When you get to the [A] end you're going to want to just go G, [C#m] B [F#m] minor, and E minor over and over again.
_ Mama don't [B] take my coat of [G#] chrome away and he keeps woo woo woo [A] woo all that stuff.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ He sleaze it up too.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ Any kind of a, man he [F#] just gets super fast on that [A] but it just gets your strumming [F#] in there.
Hey I've [N] gone long enough for you.
I hope that helps you a little bit.
I hope you enjoyed that song.
Check out my _ trio's website will ya?
_ [F#] _ Acousticshadeband.com out of Dallas Fort Worth.