Written by Paul Simon
A7 |E7 |B7/5+ When I was born my mother died |Gmaj7 C#m7/5- |Cmaj7 She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye F# |G#m | | I said, "Where you goin'? F#dim Em |D I'm just born" |E E/D# |E/D She said I'll only be gone for a while C#7 |F#9 | My mother loved to leave in style B | |E7 |A7 |E7 | That's why God made the movies A7 |E7 |B7/5+ Well I laid around in my swaddling clothes |Gmaj7 C#m7/5- |Cmaj7 Until the doctor came and turned out the light F# |G#m | Then I packed my bag |F#dim Em |D And my nametag |E E/D# |E/D And stole away into the night C#7 |F#9 | Hoping things would work out right B | |E7 | That's why God made the movies E D/F# E/G# |A | Say you will, say you will G#m F#m |Emaj7 | Say you'll take me to your loving breast |F#m7 | Say you'll nourish me with your tenderness B9 |C#m | The way the ladies sometimes do B E D/F# E/G# |A | Say you won't, say you won't G#m F#m |Emaj7 | Say you won't leave me for no other man |F#m7 E B/D# Say you'll love me just the way I am Tacet | Say you will, baby now |E7 | Say you will, just say you will A7 |E7 | Say you will A7 |E7 |B7/5+ When I was born my mother died |Gmaj7 C#m7/5- |Cmaj7 She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye F# |G#m | And since that day |F#dim Em |D I've paid my way |E E/D# |E/D The notorious boy of the wild C#7 |F#9 | Adopted by the wolves when he was a child B | | That's why God. That's why God. |E7 | That's why God made the movies Repeat and fade: E7 |A7 |