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Born At The Right Time - Paul Simon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From "The Rhythm of the Saints"
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean ([email protected]).

Capo 1st fret.
4/4 time.


INTRO:
  E MajorE
  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
||-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
||-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
||---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|

 E MajorE
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|


 E MajorE
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|


 F# minorF#m+6
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-------2---------------2---------|-------2---------------2---------|
|-----------4---------------4-----|-----------4---------------4-----|
|-------------2---------------2---|-------------2---------------2---|
|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------2---------------|


 B7B7
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-2-----4-----5-------------------|---2---4-5-----4---0---2---------|
|-----------------------7---------|-------------7-------------4-----|
|-2-----4-----6-------------6-----|---2---4-6-----4---1---2---------|
|-----------------------------7---|---------------------------4-----|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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 E MajorE
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------||
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------||
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------||


VERSES:
  E MajorE
  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
||-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
||-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
||---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
    Down    among ...

 F# minorF#m+6
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-------2---------------2---------|-------2---------------2---------|
|-----------4---------------4-----|-----------4---------------4-----|
|-------------2---------------2---|-------------2---------------2---|
|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------2---------------|
    A augmentedA baby  boy ...

 B7B7
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-2-----4-----5-------------------|---2---4-5-----4---0---2---------|
|-----------------------7---------|-------------7-------------4-----|
|-2-----4-----6-------------6-----|---2---4-6-----4---1---2---------|
|-----------------------------7---|---------------------------4-----|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  His  eyes  as  ...

 E MajorE
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------||
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------||
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------||
   His silky  hair   ...


CHORUS:
  E MajorE            B/E    A/EA/E           E MajorE
  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
||-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------4-------|
||-----5-----------5-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------5-------|
||-----4-strum-----4-------8-------|-----6-strum-----6-------4-------|
||-----6-----------6-------9-------|-----7-----------7-------6-------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
    Never been lone-  ly  ...

 B7/E          A/EA/E    E MajorE            A/EA/E
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----2-----------2-------5-------|-----4-----------4-------5-------|
|-----4-----------4-------5-------|-----5-----------5-------5-------|
|-----2-strum-----2-------6-------|-----4-strum-----4-------6-------|
|-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----6-----------6-------7-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
   Never had to scuffle ...

 E MajorE            B/E    A/EA/E           E MajorE
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------4-------|
|-----5-----------5-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------5-------|
|-----4-strum-----4-------8-------|-----6-strum-----6-------4-------|
|-----6-----------6-------9-------|-----7-----------7-------6-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
   Born at the in-   stant   ...

 B7/E          A/EA/E    E MajorE            A6/B
 ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .   ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .
|-----2-----------2-------5-------|-----4-----------4-------2-------||
|-----4-----------4-------5-------|-----5-----------5-------2-------||
|-----2-strum-----2-------6-------|-----4-strum-----4-------2-------||
|-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----6-----------6-------2-------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-------||
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||
  And the whole world ...


LYRICS:

INTRO: (as tabbed)

VERSE 1: (as tabbed)


CHORUS: (as tabbed)

BRIDGE 1: (first four bars of Intro as tabbed)

VERSE 2: (as tabbed x2)
 Me and my buddies ...

CHORUS: (as before)

BRIDGE 2: (repeat last four bars of Chorus (sing "Ooh...");
      then first four bars of Intro)

VERSE 3: (as tabbed x2)
 Too many people ...

CHORUS: (as before)

ENDING: (as for Bridge 2,
     then repeat first two bars of Intro to fade...)




           Born at the Right Time (Paul Simon)

          From The Rhythm of the Saints album, 1990
          (Live version from "MTV Unplugged", 1992)



Transcribed and tabbed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
([email protected], http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo)


Notes : Capo 5th fret

	 This live version is slightly different from the studio track :
     it starts with the chorus, and the intro is more finger-picked ...

     The stressed notes are marked with a > sign, and the mute notes
     with an x.


Intro :

   C majorC      F6F6      C/EC/E     FF
   . . > . > . . >   . > . . > . . .
e-|--------0-----------------|--------------------------|
B-|--1-----1-----3-----x--1--|-----1----(1)-------x-----|
G-|--0-----------------x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


   C majorC      F6F6      C/EC/E     FF
   > . > . > . . >   . > . > > . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------x--1--|-----1-----1--------x-----|
G-|--0-----------2-----x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


   C majorC     F6F6       C/EC/E     FF
   > . > . > . . >   . > . . > . . .
e-|--0-----0-----------------|--------------------------|
B-|--1-----1-----3-----x--1--|-----1-----1--------x-----|
G-|--------------------x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


   C majorC     F6F6       C/EC/E     FF
   . . > . > . . >   . > . > > . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------x--1--|-----1-----1--------x-----|
G-|--0-----------2-----x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


Chorus :

   C majorC                   G+G
   . . . . . > . >   . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------------1-----1--|-----1-----------0--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------0--|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|

         Never been  ...


   FF                   C majorC
   . . . > . > . >   . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|-----------------0--------|
B-|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------2-----------0--|
D-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|

         never been  ...


   G+G                   FF
   . > . > . > . >   . . . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----------1--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------2--|
D-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------3-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------1-----------|

         never had ...


   C majorC
   . . . . . > . >   . . . . >   >
e-|-----------------0--------|--------------------------|
B-|-----1-----1-----------1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|--------------0-----2-----|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------3-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

         nothing  ...


   C majorC                   G+G
   . . . . . > . >   . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--1--------------1-----1--|-----1-----------0--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------0--|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|

         born at ...


   FF                   C majorC
   . . . > . > . >   . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|-----------------0--------|
B-|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------2-----------0--|
D-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|

       the church ...


   G+G                   FF
   . > . > . > . >   . . . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----------1--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------2--|
D-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------3-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------1-----------|

     the whole ...


   C majorC                      FF
   . . . . . > . >   . . . . >   >
e-|-----------------0--------|--------------------------|
B-|-----1-----1-----------1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|--------------0-----2-----|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------3-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

         Born at ...


   C majorC       FF      C majorC      FF C/EC/E
   . . > . . > . .   > . > > . . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------1-----------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------0-----2--0--------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----3--2--------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


   C majorC       FF      C majorC  C/EC/E  C/DC/D  C majorC
   . . > . . > . .   > . > . > . > .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------------------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----0-----------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------3-----|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


Verse :

   C majorC       FF      C majorC      FF C/EC/E
   . . > . . > . .   . . > . > > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------1-----------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------0-----2--0--------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----3--2--------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

        Down   ...


   C majorC       FF      C majorC  C/EC/E  C/DC/D  C majorC
   . . > . . > . .   > . > . > . > .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------------------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----0-----------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------3-----|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

 reeds    ...


   D5D5     G/DG/D       D5D5     G/DG/D
   > . . > . > . .   > . . > . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----0--------|-----------3-----0--------|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------2-----------0-----|
D-|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

      a  ba - by   ...


   D5D5     G/DG/D       D5D5     G/DG/D
   > . . > . > . .   > . . > . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----0--------|-----------3-----0--------|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------2-----------0-----|
D-|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|


Bridge :

 Dm11/F  Dm11/G   DmDm
   > . . > . . > .   . . . . . . . .
e-|-----------0--------1-----|--------------------------|
B-|--3--------3--------3-----|--------------------------|
G-|--0--------0--------2-----|--------------------------|
D-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

  his eyes ...


      Dm11Dm11                 C/EC/E
   . . . . > . . >   . . . > . . > .
e-|-----------0--1--------0--|--------------------------|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------1--3--------1-p0--|
G-|-----------0--2--------0--|--------------------------|
D-|--------3-----------3-----|--------2--3--------2-p0--|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

    as centuries...


   C majorC       FF      C majorC      FF C/EC/E
   . . > . . > . .   > . > > . . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------1-----------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------0-----2--0--------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----3--2--------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

   his silky  ...


   C majorC       FF      C majorC  C/EC/E Csus4/D Cadd9Cadd9
   . . > . . > . .   . . > . > . > .
e-|--------------------------|--3-----3-----1-p0--------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------------------3-----|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------------------------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----0-----------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------3-----|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

                       and ...


   [email protected]  http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo

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