Tabs
FOR EMILY, WHEREVER I MAY FIND HER
PAUL SIMON
Transcribed by: [email protected]
Here's the way I've been playing it -- not an exact lift, but gets the feel
of the song, sounds amazing, and is surprisingly simple to play. It is
fingerpicked (somewhat hard to play with a flatpick, but possible if your
country claw has an even bass-treble volume ratio, and uses both the middle
and index to work the top strings. I personally think it sounds better
with fingerpicks or even bare fingers).
I play it on Capo III
THE CHORDS:
D5: xx0235
G5: xx0033
D: 200232
G: xx0033
Cmaj7: x32000
A: x02220
THE PICKING PATTERN:
B-2-(3+1)-2-B-2-(3+1)-2
Where 
BB is the lowest bass note, as indicated in the above chord charts.
(3+1) indicates that the 3 and the 1 are plucked simultaneously. As you
may have guessed, all of the above strings get 1/8 note.
This pattern is consistent throughout the song
Intro: /D5/G5/D5/G5
THE SONG:
Intro: /D5.../G5.../D5.../G5.../
(
D5D5) What a ...,(
G+G) pressed in (Fig 1) orga...
(
D MajorD) Clothed in c... (
Cmaj7Cmaj7) of ...
(G+G) Softer ...(
A augmentedA) rain
(Cmaj7Cmaj7) Oh (G+G) how I ...(A augmentedA) girl
THE FIGURES:
Each dash represents 1/16th note. I have tried to be exact in this to make
it easier.
s - strum
r - strum, with a slight ritard (normally notated by a wavy down arrow next
to the chord)
p - pluck
Fig 1:
p--> s
E MajorE|------------0---|
BB|--3---3-----0---|
G+G|------------0---|
D MajorD|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|3---2---0-------|
Instrumental:
p s -->
p s-->
E MajorE|----5-----5-5-5-|--3---2---3-3-3-|----3-----3-3-3-|
BB|----3-----3-3-3-|--3---3---3-3-3-|----3-----3-3-3-|
G+G|----2-----2-2-2-|--2---2---2-2-2-|----0-----0-0-0-|
D MajorD|0---0-----0-0-0-|--0---0---0-0-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
p--> s p s-->
p p
E MajorE|------------0---|----2-----2-2-3-|2-p-0-----------|
BB|--3---3-----0---|----3-----3-3-3-|3-------3-------|
G+G|------------0---|----2-----2-2-2-|2-----------2---|
D MajorD|----------------|0---0-----0-0-0-|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3---2---0-------|----------------|----------------|
r p-->
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|
BB|0---2---0-------|0---------------| picking pattern resumes
G+G|0-----------4---|----4---2---0---| for last two measures of
instr:
D MajorD|2---------------|----------------| /G.../A.../ --> last verse
A augmentedA|3---------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|
There it is. Enjoy.
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