Cecilia tab by Simon & Garfunkel

Tabs (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Title: Cecilia
Artist: Simon And Garfunkel
Time:  4/4, Tempo Q=100, eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting.

Chorus: (2x)
  C majorC  +    +    +    +   FF  +    +  C majorC  +    +   FF  +    +  C majorC  +    +
E MajorE|-0---------------------------0---|-1--p0-------0---------------0---|-1--p0-------0-------------------|
BB|-----------------1---------------|---------3-----------------------|---------3-----------3---1--h3---|
G+G|-----0-------0-------0-----------|---------------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------2-------|---------3---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------3---------------|-1-------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
  Ce-       lia,    you're breaking my heart     you're shaking my confidence daily
Jubila-      tion,   she  loves me again       I   fall on the floor and I'm

  G+G  +    +    +    +   C majorC  +    +    +    +   FF  +    +  C majorC  +    +
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-3---------------0-----------3---|-5--\3---1--h3---------------0---|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-----------|---------0-----------0-----------|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|-0-----------------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------2---------------|-3-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
                Oh Ceci-       lia,    I'm  down on my knees      I'm
  laughing          Jubi- la-       tion,    she  loves me again       I

  FF  +    +  C majorC  +    +   G+G  +    +    +    +   C majorC    +    +    +
E MajorE|-5--\3---1--h3-------1--p0-------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------3---|---------------------------------|-1----------------------------|
G+G|---------0-----------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------2---|----------0-------0-------0---|
D MajorD|-0-----------------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------3---------------|-----------------2---------------|-3----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|--------------3---------------|
  begging you please to come home              Come on  home
  fall on the floor  and I'm    laughing


Verse:
  C majorC  +    +    +  FF  +     +    +  C majorC  +    +     +    +    +    +
E MajorE|-------------0---------------1---|-----0---------------------------|-0--h1-------0-------------------|
BB|-----1--h3-----------1---1-------|-------------3-----------1--h3---|---------------------3--p1-------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------0-----------|-----------------------------0---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------3-------|---------3---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Making love   in the af-    ternoon       with Cecilia     Up   in

  G+G  +    +  C majorC  +    +     +    +    +  FF  +     +    +  C majorC  +    +
E MajorE|-----0---------------------------|-----0---1--h3-------0---3--/5---|-----3------p1-----------0--h1---|
BB|-3-----------3---1---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------0-------0---|---------------------------------|---------------------0-----------|
D MajorD|---------0---------------2-------|---------2---------------3-------|---------3---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
  my bedroom,              I got up    to wash      my   face    When I

    +    +    +    +   G+G  +    +  C majorC  +    +
E MajorE|-3--\5-------3------p1---0-------|-1--h3-------1--p0---------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------0---|---------------------0-------0---|
D MajorD|---------0---------------2-------|---------0---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
  come back to bed  Someone's   taken    my place


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| h  Hammer on
| p  Pull off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down

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