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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7Words & music by Paul Simon 1975 Em/G D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 B7| "The problem is all inside your head", she said to me Em D#dim7 |F#dim7 B+| The answer is easy if you take it logically Em D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free B7 |Em Am7 |Em | There must be fifty ways to leave your lover Em/G D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 B7 She said it's really not my habit to intrude |Em D#dim7 |F#dim7 B+ Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued |Em D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude B7 |Em Am7 |Em | There must be fifty ways to leave your lover Am7 |Em Fifty ways to leave your lover |G | Just slip out the back, Jack |Bb6 | Make a new plan, Stan |C7 | You don't need to be coy, Roy |G Just get yourself free | | Hop on the bus, Gus |Bb6 | You don't need to discuss much |C7 | Just drop off the key, Lee |G | And get yourself free |G | Just slip out the back, Jack |Bb6 | Make a new plan, Stan |C7 | You don't need to be coy, Roy |G Just get yourself free | | Hop on the bus, Gus |Bb6 | You don't need to discuss much |C7 | Just drop off the key, Lee |G | | | | And get yourself free Em/G D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain B7 |Em D#dim7 |F#dim7 B+ | I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again Em D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 I said I appreciate that and would you please explain B7 |Em Am7|Em | About the fifty ways Em/G D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight B7 |Em D#dim7 |F#dim7 B+ And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light |Em D6 |Cmaj7 B7-9 And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right B7 |Em Am7 |Em | There must be fifty ways to leave your lover Am7 |Em Fifty ways to leave your lover |G | Just slip out the back, Jack |Bb6 | Make a new plan, Stan |C7 | You don't need to be coy, Roy |G Just get yourself free | | Hop on the bus, Gus |Bb6 | You don't need to discuss much |C7 | Just drop off the key, Lee |G | And get yourself free |G | You just slip out the back, Jack |Bb6 | Make a new plan, Stan |C7 | You don't need to be coy, Roy |G Just get yourself free | | Hop on the bus, Gus |Bb6 | You don't need to discuss much |C7 | Just drop off the key, Lee |G | | | | And get yourself free Em/G 32200x D6 x5443x CM7 x3200x B7-9 x2121x B7 x2120x Em 02200x D#dim7 xx1212 F#dim7 xx4545 B+ 7x544x Am7 x02010 G 32003x Bb6 x1303x C7 x3231x