[VERSE 1]
G
Over the mountain
C D
Down in the valley
G C D
Lives a former talk show host
G C D G C D
Everybody knows his name
G C D
He said "There's no doubt about it
G C D
It was a myth of fingerprints
G C
I've seen them all and man
D G C D
They're all the same
[CHORUS]
G
Well, the sun gets weary
C G
And the sun goes down
G
Ever since the watermelon
G
And the lights come up
C G
On the black pit town
C G
Somebody says, "What's a better thing to do?"
G
Well, it's not just me
C G
And it's not just you
D C G
This is all around the world
[VERSE 2]
G C D
Out in the Indian Ocean somewhere
G C D
There's a former army post
G C D G C D
Abandoned now just like the war
G C
And there's no doubt about it
D G C D
It was the myth of fingerprints
G C D G C D
https://www.coveralia.com/acordes/all-around-the-world-or-the-myth-of-fingerprints--with-los-lobos--paul-simon.php
That's what that old army post was for
[CHORUS]
G
Well, the sun gets bloody
C G
And the sun goes down
G
Ever since the watermelon
G
And the lights come up
C G
On the black pit town
C G
Somebody says, "What's a better thing to do?"
G
Well, it's not just me
C G
And it's not just you
D C G
This is all around the world
[VERSE 3]
G
Over the mountain
C D
Down in the valley
G C D
Lives the former talk-show host
G C D G C D
Far and wide his name was known
G C
He said "There's no doubt about it
D G C D
It was the myth of fingerprints
G C D G C D
That's why we must learn to live alone
[OUTRO]
G C D G C D G C D G C D
Oo-oooo oo-oooo oo-oo oo oo-oo Whoa, live on, live on, live on.
G C D G C D G C D G C D
Oo-oooo oo-oooo oo-oo oo oo-oo Whoa, live on, live on, live on.
G C D G C D G C D G
Oo-oooo oo-oooo oo-oo oo oo-oo Whoa, live on, live on, live on.
C D
All Around the...
G C D G C D G C D G C D G
Oo-oooo oo-oooo oo-oo oo oo-oo Whoa, live on, live on, live on.
