Late In The Evening Chords

Words & music by Paul Simon 1978
 
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The first thing I remember 
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I was lying in my bed
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I couldn't of been no more
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Than one or two 
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I remember there's a radio 
Comin' from the room next door
And my mother laughed
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The way some ladies do 
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When it's late in the evening 
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And the music's seeping through 
 
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The next thing I remember 
I am walking down the street
I'm feeling all right
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I'm with my boys, I'm with my troops, yeah 
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And down along the avenue 
Some guys were shooting pool
And I heard the sound
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Of a cappella groups, yeah 
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Singing late in the evening 
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And all the girls out on the stoops, yeah 
 
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Then I learned to play some lead guitar 
I was underage in this funky bar
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And I stepped outside to smoke myself a "J" 
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And when I came back to the room 
Everybody just seemed to move
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And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play 
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And it was late in the evening 
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And I blew that room away 
 
Instrumental:
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The first thing I remember 
When you came into my life
I said I'm gonna get that girl
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No matter what I do 
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Well I guess I'd been in love before 
And once or twice I been on the floor
But I never loved no one
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The way that I loved you 
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And it was late in the evening 
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 And all the music seeping through 
 
Instrumental:
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Repeat and fade: 
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