It’s got a nice groove and funny lyrics.
Allergies by Paul Simon 1981
D7 | |
Maladies, melodies,
G | |F | Am7/E|
allergies to dust and grain
D7 | |
Maladies, remedies
G | |C | Em7/B|Am7 | | |
Still these allergies remain
Am / F / Eb / Em
My hands can’t touch a guitar string
My fingers just burn and ache
My head inter-cedes with my bodily
And my body won’t give it a break
Am / F / Eb / Em
My heart can stand a disaster
My heart can take a disgrace
But my heart is allergic to the women I love
And it’s changing the shape of my face
D | | |
Allergies, allergies
G | F | Am7/E|
Something’s living on my skin
D |
Doctor please
| |
Doctor please
G | |C | Em7/B|Am7 | | |
Open up it’s me again
Am / F / Eb / Em
I go to a famous physician
I sleep in the local hotel
From what I can see of the people like me
We get better, but we never get well
So I ask myself this question
(it’s a question I often repeat)
Where do allergies go, when it’s after a show
And they want to get something to eat?
D | | |
Allergies, allergies
G | F | Am7/E|
Something’s living on my skin
D |
Doctor please
| |
Doctor please
G | |C | | | |
Open up it’s me again
F | | | |
Maladies, melodies
Bb | |Ab |Eb/Ab Abmaj7/G|
Allergies to dust and grain
F7 | | |
Maladies, remedies
Bb | |Eb | Gm7|Cm | |G7 | |D7 | | |
Still these allergies remain
|Am(no 3rd) | | | |
I can’t breathe!