{title: 50 ways} {artist: Paul Simon} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 102} {key: Em} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {meta: url https://youtu.be/ABXtWqmArUU} {start_of_part: Intro} (drums) {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Em] The problem is [D6]all inside your [CM7]head, she said to [B7b9]me [B7] [Em] The answer is [B7/D#]easy if you [B7/F#]take it logical[B7]ly [Em] I'd like to [D6]help you in your [CM7]struggle to be [B7b9]free There must be [Em] fifty [Am]ways to leave your [Em]lover {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Em] She said, it's [D6]really not my [CM7]habit to in[B7b9]trude [B7] Further[Em]more, I hope my [B7/D#]meaning won't be [B7/F#]lost or miscon[B7]strued But I'll re[Em]peat myself [D6] at the [CM7]risk of being [B7b9]crude There must be [Em] fifty [Am]ways to leave your [Em]lover [Em] Fifty [Am]ways to leave your [Em]lover {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} You just slip out the [G]back, Jack, make a new [Bb6]plan, Stan You don't need to be [C]coy, Roy, just get yourself [G]free Hop on the [G]bus, Gus, you don't need to dis[Bb6]cuss much Just drop off the [C]key, Lee and get yourself [G]free {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} You just slip out the [G]back, Jack, make a new [Bb6]plan, Stan You don't need to be [C]coy, Roy, just listen to [G]me Hop on the [G]bus, Gus, you don't need to dis[Bb6]cuss much Just drop off the [C]key, Lee and get yourself [G]free {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [Em] She said, it [D6]grieves me so to [CM7]see you in such [B7b9]pain [B7] I wish there was [Em]something I could [B7/D#]do to [B7/F#]make you smile a[B7]gain I said, I ap[Em]preciate that [D6] and [CM7]would you please ex[B7b9]plain About the fifty [Em]ways [Am] [Em] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} [Em] She said, why [D6]don't we both just [CM7]sleep on it to[B7b9]night? [B7] And I be[Em]lieve in the [B7/D#]morning, you'll be[B7/F#]gin to see the [B7]light And then she [Em]kissed me and I [D6]realized she [CM7]probably was [B7b9]right There must be [Em] fifty [Am]ways to leave your [Em]lover [Em] Fifty [Am]ways to leave your [Em]lover {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} You just slip out the [G]back, Jack, make a new [Bb6]plan, Stan You don't need to be [C]coy, Roy, just get yourself [G]free Hop on the [G]bus, Gus, you don't need to dis[Bb6]cuss much Just drop off the [C]key, Lee and get yourself [G]free {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} You just slip out the [G]back, Jack, make a new [Bb6]plan, Stan You don't need to be [C]coy, Roy, just listen to [G]me Hop on the [G]bus, Gus, you don't need to dis[Bb6]cuss much Just drop off the [C]key, Lee and get yourself [G]free {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Outtro} (drums) {end_of_part}