Zephyr And I tab by Suzanne Vega

Tabs

Artist: Suzanne Vega
Title: Zephyr & I
Album: Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places
Tempo: Allegro

* The verse rhythm is not easy to master and requires a bit of practice to be played smoothly.
* Use string muting (playing dead notes) between chord changes in verses.
* If you're really interested in this song, take a look at this live version:
 https://youtu.be/kDbrmAY7NaQ?t=722

Chords:
D/AD/A  x00232
Csus2Csus2 x3003x
G/BG/B  x2003x
G5/D  x5003x

Intro:
D/AD/A C majorC G+G C majorC D/AD/A C majorC G+G x2

Verse 1:
D/AD/A  C majorC   G+G     C majorC
  Zephyr & I stand out on
D/AD/A    C majorC   G+G  C majorC  D/AD/A
West End Avenue
  C majorC   G+G       C majorC
Talking about the things that
D/AD/A      C majorC   G+G
All of us used to do

Chorus:
(Acoustic guitar 2)
    A augmentedA                C majorC
e|-----------0----------------|-----------0----------------||
BB|-----------------2----------|-----------------1----------||
G+G|--------2-------------------|--------0-------------------||
D MajorD|-----2----------------------|-----2----------------------||
A augmentedA|--0-------------------------|--3-------------------------||
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------||
    G+G                          | x2
e|----------------------------|----------------------------||
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------||
G+G|-----------0----------------|----------------------------||
D MajorD|--------0--------------0----|----------------------------||
A augmentedA|-----2-----------3----------|---2------------------------||
E MajorE|--3-------------------------|----------------------------||
(These measures are played in every chorus itteration)

A augmentedA      C majorC            G+G      A augmentedA
  And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain
   C majorC           G+G
The kids are gone but the souls remain

Verse 2:
D/AD/A  C majorC   G+G     C majorC
  Zephyr & I sort out our
D/AD/A     C majorC    G+G   C majorC   D/AD/A
Long term memories
  C majorC    G+G    C majorC
Do you remember, he says,
  D/AD/A    C majorC    G+G   D/AD/A
The nineteen-seventies

   C majorC   G+G
This was a youth mall
  C majorC  D/AD/A    C majorC      G+G  C majorC  D/AD/A
Of A augmentedA - merica on this street
  C majorC    G+G      C majorC
All of us hanging here, like
D/AD/A      C majorC    G+G
Underage cops on a beat

Chorus:
A augmentedA      C majorC            G+G      A augmentedA
  And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain
   C majorC           G+G      A augmentedA
The kids are gone but the souls remain
    C majorC          G+G      A augmentedA
The graffiti goes but the walls retain
    C majorC         G+G
The flowers go but the earth must still remain

Bridge - part 1:
(The following measures on both guitar continue to play throughout the first part)

(Acoustic guitar 1)
e|-----------------0>--------------------|-----------------0>--------------------||
BB|-------------2>------2>------2---------|-------------2>------2>------2---------||
G+G|---------2---------------2-------------|---------2---------------2-------------||
D MajorD|-----2---------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
                                         | x3
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
BB|--------------3---------------3--------|--------------3---------------3--------||
G+G|----------0---------------0------------|----------0---------------0------------||
D MajorD|------0---------------0----------------|------0---------------0----------------||
A augmentedA|--3---------------2--------------------|--3---------------5--------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||

e|-----------------0>--------------------|-----------------0>--------------------|
BB|-------------2>------2>------2---------|-------------2>------2>------2---------|
G+G|---------2---------------2-------------|---------2---------------2-------------|
D MajorD|-----2---------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|--------------3---------------3--------|--------------3------------------------|
G+G|----------0---------------0------------|----------0----------------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------------0----------------|------0--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--3---------------2--------------------|--3------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------1/3---------------|

(Acoustic guitar 2)
e|-----------------5>--------------------|-----------------5>--------------------||
BB|-------------5-------5-------5---------|-------------5-------5-------5---------||
G+G|---------7---------------7>------------|---------7---------------7>------------||
D MajorD|-----7---------------------------------|-----7---------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
                                         | x2
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
BB|-------------5-----------5-------------|-------------5-----------5-------------||
G+G|---------7-----------7-----------------|---------7-----------7-----------------||
D MajorD|-----7-----------7---------------------|-----7-----------7---------------------||
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||

e|-----------------5>--------------------|-----------------5>--------------------|
BB|-------------5-------5-------5---------|-------------5-------5-------5---------|
G+G|---------7---------------7>------------|---------7---------------7>------------|
D MajorD|-----7---------------------------------|-----7---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|-------------5-----------5-------------|-------------5-------------------------|
G+G|---------7-----------7-----------------|---------7-----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----7-----------7---------------------|-----7---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

  A augmentedA
In spring the tide in Riverside
   Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B   Csus2Csus2   G5/D
Will wash away the cold and frozen
A augmentedA
River rain will clean the stain and
Csus2Csus2 G/BG/B Csus2Csus2     N.C
Wash away wash away downstream

Instrumental:

(Acoustic guitar 1)
(The solo plays thorough the whole second part of the bridge)
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
BB|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
G+G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| x5
A augmentedA|----9/12-----------7--10-7-------------|-----0/5------------7--10-7------------||
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
(The solo is accompanied by these chords: D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC D.
 Start playing them after the first repeat iteration.)

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----9/12-----------7--10-7-------------|-----0/5-------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

Bridge - part 2:
  C majorC   G+G     C majorC
Out on the corner by the
D MajorD       C majorC   G+G   C majorC   D MajorD
Fireman's Monument
   C majorC     G+G      C majorC
This was the place where all the
D MajorD        C majorC     G+G
Fatherless teenagers went

Chorus:
A augmentedA      C majorC            G+G      A augmentedA
  And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain
   C majorC           G+G      A augmentedA
The kids are gone but the souls remain
    C majorC          G+G      A augmentedA
The graffiti goes but the walls retain
    C majorC         G+G
The flowers go but the earth must still remain


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