Mother And Child Reunion Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays759

Mother And Child Reunion by Paul Simon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, G, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			       C        D       G 
No I would not give you false hope 
        C           D        G 
on this strange and mournful day 
        C         D        G   Em 
but the mother and child reunion  
   Am      G        D        
is only a moment away.... 
 
 
D              Em 
o.o.oh little darling of mine 
                 D 
I can't for the life of me 
          Em 
remember a sadder day 
                D 
I know they say let it be 
                      Em 
but it just don't work out that way 
                    C 
And the course of a lifetime runs 
         D  
over and over again 
 
       C        D        G        
But I would not give you false hope, No! 
           C         D        G 
on this strange and mournful day 
         C           D     G  Em 
but the mother and child reunion 
   Am      G       D 
is only a motion away 
 
D              Em  
o.o.oh little darling of mine  
                D 
I just can't believe its so 
                   Em 
and though it seems strange to say 
               D 
I've never been laid so low 
         Em 
in such a mysterious way  
                    C 
And the course of a lifetime runs 
         D 
over and over again 
 
       C         D        G        
But I would not give you false hope, No! 
          C           D      G 
on this strange and mournful day 
         C           D     G  Em 
but the mother and child reunion 
    Am      G       D                  G 
is only a motion away..away..away  away          
 
 

    	

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