Tom: E
From: "Kean,John"
There are bits of this that I know aren't right (eg 11th bar from the
end), but this is the best I can come up with!
Let me know if you have any improvements.
John K.
Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War - Paul Simon
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>From "Hearts and Bones".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean .
Thanks to Jared White for help with the 4/4 bar.
Note: this is not exactly what Paul plays, but it sounds not too bad.
Lyrics are not exactly lined up with where they are to be sung.
6/8 time (mostly).
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Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war
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Return to their hotel suite and they unlock the door
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Easily losing their evening clothes they dance by the light of the
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moon To the
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Penguins, the Moon Glows, the Oreoles, the
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Five Satins, the deep forbidden music they've been
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longing for Rene and Georgette
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Magritte with their dog after the war
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Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war Were
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strolling down Christopher Street when they stopped in a mens store With
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all of the mannequins dressed in the style that brought tears to their
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immigrant eyes Just like the
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Penguins, the Moon Glows, the Oreoles, the
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Five Satins, the easy stream of laughter flowing
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through the air Rene and Georgette
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Magritte with their dog apres la guere
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Side by side they fell asleep
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Decades gliding by like indians,
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Time is cheap When they
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wake up they will find
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All their personal belongings have inter-
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twined Woah oh oh oh...
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Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war Were
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dining with power elite when they looked in their bedroom drawer And
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what do you think they have hidden away in the cabinet cold of their
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hearts? The
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Penguins, the Moon Glows, the Oreoles, and the
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Five Satins, for now and ever after as it
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was before Rene and Georgette
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Magritte with their dog after the war
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