Paul Simon - Kodachrome

Originally in D capo 2, which is where I play it. Originally

in drop-D, which I don’t bother with.

Almost entirely alternating bass/upper pattern.

Riff on the verse/intro G is some version of:

D|--------0-0-----|
A|----1-2-----1-2-|
E|3-3-------------|

D	Dmaj7	D7	G	Em	A7	D	Em	A7

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
When I think	back on	all the	crap I learned in h	igh school

Em	A7	D	Em	A7
It’s a wonder	I can think at a	ll

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
And though my la	ck of	educ	ation hasn’t	hurt me none

Em	A7	D
I can read the	writing on the	wall

	G	G/F#	E
Kodachr	o-	o-	ome

	Am	D7
They give us those	nice bright	colors

	G	C
They give us the	greens of sum	mers

	A	D
Makes you think a	ll the wor	ld’s a sunny

G	G/F#	E
Day	oh	yeah

	Am	D7	G	C
I got a N	ikon cam	era, I love to take	photograp	hs

	A	D
So momma, don’t t	ake my	Kodachrome

	G	Bm	Em	A7
A	way

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
If you took	all the	girls I	knew when I was	single

Em	A7	D	Em	A7
And put ‘em all	together for one	night

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G
I know they’d	never	match my	sweet imagin	ation

Em	A7	D
And ev’rything looks	worse in black and	white

	G	G/F#	E
Kodachr	o-	o-	ome

	Am	D7
They give us those	nice bright	colors

	G	C
They give us the	greens of sum	mers

	A	D
Makes you think a	ll the wor	ld’s a sunny

G	G/F#	E
Day	oh	yeah

	Am	D7	G	C
I got a N	ikon cam	era, I love to take	photograp	hs

	A	D
So momma, don’t t	ake my	Kodachrome

	G
A	way

G	Bm	Em	Em

	G	Bm	Em
Mama don’t	take my	Kodachrome a	way

	G	Bm	Em
Mama don’t	take my	Kodachrome a	way

	G	Bm	Em
Mama don’t	take my	Kodachrome a	way

Double-time feel

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Leave your boy so far from home

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away