Tabs
50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER
As recorded by Paul Simon
(From the 1975 Album STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS)
Words and Music by Paul Simon
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Paul Simon - Acoustic Guitar '
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'John Tropea - Electric Guitar '
Intro 1st & 3rd Verses
Q=104
Em/GEm/G 
D6D6 Cmaj7B7b9 
E minorEm D#°
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
Wx4 H H H Q Q H H
|------------||--0----2----|-0----------|-0----2----|
|------------||o-0----0----|-0----1--0--|-0----1----|
|------------||--0----2----|-0----2-----|-0----2----|
|------------||--2----0----|------1-----|-2----1----|
|------------||o-----------|-3----2-----|-----------|
|------------||--3---------|------------|-----------|
| H H
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| Wx4 H H H H H H
|------------||--3----2----|-7----------|-7---------|
|------------||o-5----3----|-5----7-----|-8----7----|
|------------||--4----4----|-5----5-----|-9----5----|
|------------||--5----0----|-5----7-----|-9----7----|
|------------||o-----------|------6-----|------6----|
|------------||------------|------------|-----------|
F#°adG+/B E minorEm D6D6 Cmaj7B7b9 E minorEm 
Am7Am7
H H H H H Q Q H H
|-5----3----|-3----2----|-0----------|-----------|
|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----1--0--|-0----1----|
|-5----0----|-0----2----|-0----2-----|-0----0----|
|-4----1----|-2----0----|------1-----|-2----2----|
|------2----|-----------|-3----2-----|-2----0----|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| H H
|
| H H H H H H H H
|-5----3----|-3----2----|-7----2-----|-3---------|
|-0----4----|-5----3----|-5----0-----|-5----5----|
|-5----4----|-4----4----|-5----2-----|-4----5----|
|-4----5----|-5----0----|-5----1-----|-5----5----|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
2nd & 4th Verses
E minorEm Em/GEm/G D6D6 Cmaj7B7b9 E minorEm D#°
W H H H Q Q H H
|-0--------||-0----2----|-0----------|-0----2----|
|-0--------||-0----0----|-0----1--0--|-0----1----|
|-0--------||-0----2----|-0----2-----|-0----2----|
|-2--------||-2----0----|------1-----|-2----1----|
|----------||-----------|-3----2-----|-----------|
|-0--------||-3---------|------------|-0---------|
| H H
|
| W H H H H H H
|-0--------||-3----2----|-7----------|-7---------|
|-0--------||-5----3----|-5----7-----|-8----7----|
|-0--------||-4----4----|-5----5-----|-9----5----|
|-2--------||-5----0----|-5----7-----|-9----7----|
|----------||-----------|------6-----|------6----|
|----------||-----------|------------|-----------|
F#m6F#m6 G+G+/B E minorEm D6D6 Cmaj7B7 E minorEm Am7Am7
H H H H H H H H
|-5----3----|-0----2----|-0---------|-----------|
|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----0----|-0----1----|
|-5----0----|-0----2----|-0----2----|-0----0----|
|-4----1----|-2----0----|------1----|-2----2----|
|------2----|-----------|-3----2----|-2----0----|
|-----------|-0---------|-----------|-----------|
|
| H H H H H H H H
|-5----3----|-3----2----|-7----2----|-3---------|
|-4----4----|-5----3----|-5----0----|-5----5----|
|-5----4----|-4----4----|-5----2----|-4----5----|
|-4----5----|-5----0----|-5----1----|-5----5----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Chorus
E minorEm Am7Am7 E minorEm 
G7G7
Gtr II
W H H Q E MajorE E MajorE H E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|-0--------|-^0----^0----|-0------------<12>----||---3---3---3---3-3-|
|-0--------|-^0----^1----|-0--<12>--------------||---3---3---3---3-3-|
|-0--------|-^0----^0----|-0-------<12>---------||---4---4---4---4-4-|
|-2--------|-^2----^2----|-2--------------------||---3---3---3---3-3-|
|----------|-------^0----|----------------------||---5---5---5---5-5-|
|-0--------|-^0----------|-0--------------------||-------------------|
|
| W H H W E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|-0--------|-^0----------|-0--------------------||---3---3---3---3-3-|
|-0--------|-^0----^5----|-0--------------------||---3---3---3---3-3-|
|-0--------|-^0----^5----|-0--------------------||---4---4---4---4-4-|
|-2--------|-^2----^5----|-2--------------------||---3---3---3---3-3-|
|----------|-------------|----------------------||---5---5---5---5-5-|
|----------|-------------|----------------------||-------------------|
Bb majorBb 
C majorC
E MajorE e e e e e S S e E MajorE e e e e e S S e
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---1---1---1---1-1-|----3----3----3----3--3-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|
| E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|
|---7---7---7---7-7-|----9----9----9----9--9-|
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
G7G7
E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---4---4---4---4-4-|---4---4---4---4-4-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---5---5---5---5-5-|---5---5---5---5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---4---4---4---4-4-|---4---4---4---4-4-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---5---5---5---5-5-|---5---5---5---5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb majorBb C majorC
E MajorE e e e e e S S e E MajorE e e e e e S S e
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---1---1---1---1-1-|----3----3----3----3--3-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|
| E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|
|---7---7---7---7-7-|----9----9----9----9--9-|
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
G7G7
E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---4---4---4---4-4-|---4---4---4---4-4-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---5---5---5---5-5-|---5---5---5---5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---4---4---4---4-4-|---4---4---4---4-4-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---5---5---5---5-5-|---5---5---5---5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb majorBb C majorC
E MajorE e e e e e S S e E MajorE e e e e e S S e
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|
|---1---1---1---1-1-|----3----3----3----3--3-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|
| E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|
|---7---7---7---7-7-|----9----9----9----9--9-|
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
G7G7
E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---4---4---4---4-4-|---4---4---4---4-4-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---5---5---5---5-5-|---5---5---5---5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---4---4---4---4-4-|---4---4---4---4-4-|
|---3---3---3---3-3-|---3---3---3---3-3-|
|---5---5---5---5-5-|---5---5---5---5-5-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb majorBb C majorC G7G7
E MajorE e e e e e S S e E MajorE e e e e e S S e W +W
|-------------------|------------------------|-3--------|-(3)-----||
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|-3--------|-(3)----o||
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|-4--------|-(4)-----||
|---3---3---3---3-3-|----5----5----5----5--5-|-3--------|-(3)-----||
|---1---1---1---1-1-|----3----3----3----3--3-|-5--------|-(5)----o||
|-------------------|------------------------|----------|---------||
|
| E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e S S e W +W
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|-3--------|-(3)-----||
|---6---6---6---6-6-|----8----8----8----8--8-|-3--------|-(3)----o||
|---7---7---7---7-7-|----9----9----9----9--9-|-4--------|-(4)-----||
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|-3--------|-(3)-----||
|---8---8---8---8-8-|---10---10---10---10-10-|-5--------|-(5)----o||
|-------------------|------------------------|----------|---------||
Outro
Wx4
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
|--------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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