Kathys Song tab by Simon & Garfunkel
Guitar Tab
This is my version of this wonderfully gorgeous song since I don't like the version in the guitar book. I think it's more accurate to what the artist is really playing, so tell me what YOU think. Kathy's Song (as heard on "Greatest Hits") Words/Music by Paul Simon Tablature by John Nimis Solo added by Matt Hatton (matthew_r_hatton@hotmail.com) Intro: (and filler between verses)
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G C/G G
E -----H-------P--|----------------|
B ----0-1---1---0-|--0-------0-----|
G ----------------|------0-------0-| Repeat several times...
D ----0-2-----2-0-|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|
Verses:
G C/G C/G G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|----0-----0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-|
D ----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|
Am Gsus C/F#
E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|--0-------0-----|
B --0-------0-----|--1-----------1-|--1-------1-----|------1-------1-|
G ------0-------0-|------2-----2---|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|
D ----0-------0---|----2-----------|----0-------0---|----------------|
A ----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|
D7/F# G D/F#
E --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|----------------|----------------|
B ------1-------1-|------1-------1-|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
G ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 2---+---2---+---|2---+---2---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|
G C Am Gsus
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --3-------------|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ------0---------|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|------0-------0-|
D ----0-----------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A --------0---2---|3---------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
E 3---+---+---+---|+---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|
D G
E --2-------2-----|-----H-------P--|
B ------3-------3-|----0-1---1---0-|
G ----2-------2---|----------------|
D 0-------0-------|----0-2-----2-0-|
A ----------------|----------------|
E +---+---+---+---|3---+---+---+---|
After the second and fourth verses he does this Dsus thing:
G C Dsus C
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------1-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|----1-----1-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-|
D ----0-------2---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----2-------2---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|3---+---3---+---|
And then right back to the filler/intro lick.
Words: (the chords are the same as the first verse for all verses except the
end of the second - D/C/G instead of Gsus/D/G)
G C G Am Gsus C/F# D7/F#
I hear the drizzle ..., like a memory ...
G D/F# G C Am Gsus D G
Soft and warm, ... tapping on ...
G C G Am Gsus C/F# D7/F#
And from the shelter ...Through the window of ...
G D/F# G C Am D C G
I gaze beyond the rain-...To England where my ...
(Here's where ....Dsus)
Solo Verse
G Gsus2 G G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|0---------0-----|0---------0-----|
G 0-----0----0----|2-----2----2----|-----0--------0-|-----0--------0-|
D ---0----------0-|---0----------0-|---0--------0---|---0--------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
G C/G Am Gsus
E 3---------3-----|--0-------------|----------------|-0--------0-----|
B ----------------|-----------1----|1---------1-----|-----1--------1-|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|-----2--------2-|---0--------0---|
D ---0--------0---|----2-----------|---2--------2---|----------------|
A --------0-------|---------0------|0-------0-------|----------------|
E 3---------------|3---------------|----------------|2-------2-------|
D7/F# G D/F#
E --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|----------------|----------------|
B ------1-------1-|------1-------1-|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
G ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 2-------2-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
G --> G/C Am
E ----------------|0---------0-----|----------0-----|----------------|
B ----0---1---3---|----------------|--1-------------|--1-------1-----|
G ----------------|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----------------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A --------0---2---|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|
E 3---3-----------|--------3-------|3-------3-------|--------0-------|
D
E --2-------2-----|----0-----------|
B ------3-------3-|0h1---3-1-----0-|
G ----2-------2---|-------------0--|
D 0-------0-------|0h2---------0---|
A ----------------|----3-2-0--2----|
E ----------------|3---------3-----|
Note: At the end of the third line of each verse, there is a walkup from G
to C that Paul Simon loves to do (Homeward Bound, Boxer, etc...) and he
alternates from the single note walk I put in the tab at that spot and a
more common (and cooler) walkup:
E ----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----0---1---3---|----------1-----|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|------0-------0-|---etc...-------|----------------|
D ----------------|----2-------2---|----------------|----------------|
A --------0---2---|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---3---+---+---|+---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|
Ah, sweet poetry... Love and beauty to all,
John H. Nimis
jnimis@macalstr.edu
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN
Kathy's Song
Words/Music by Paul Simon
Tablature by Frederik Esser
This tab is developed from the one by John Nimis. I don't claim it to be
better, but it's certainly a lot closer to the recorded version (on sound of
silence).
Intro:
E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
D 4-------4-------|4-------4-------|4-------4-------|4-------4-\-2---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E +---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|
G C/G G G C/G G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----0h1---1--p0-|----0-----0-----|--0--h1---1--p0-|----0-----0-----|
G ----------------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
D ----0h2-----2p0-|----0-------0---|----0h2-----2p0-|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|
Verses:
G C/G C/G G
E -(3)-----(3)----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0---------|
D ----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|
I hear the drizzle ....
Am Am/G G C /B /C
E 3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------0-----|1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------------|
G ------0---------|------2-----2---|------2---------|------0---------|
D ----0-------0---|----2-----------|----2-------0---|----2----(0)----|
A ----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|3-------2---3---|
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|----+-------+---|
like a me- ...
D/F# G Bm/F#
E ----------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
B 3---------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|3---------3-----|
G ------2---------|------2---------|------4---------|------4---------|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----5-------5---|----4-------4---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 2---+---2---+---|2---+---2---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|
soft and ...
G C Am
E ----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
B ---(0)----------|1---------1-----|----------1-----|1---------1-----|
G ----0-----------|------0---------|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----0-----------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A --------0---2---|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|
E 3---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|
ti- nu- ..., tapp..
Am/G D G C/G G C/G ad lib
E ----------------|------2---------|----------------||----------------||
B 0---------0-----|----------3-----|----------1-----||0---------1-----||
G ------2---------|----2-------2---|------0---------||.-----0--------.||
D ----2-------2---|0---------------|----0h2-----2---||.---0h2-----2--.||
A ----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------||
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---||3---+---3---+---||
on my ...
(omit this bar in
the 2nd verse )
Bridge:
G C/G Dsus
E ----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
B 0---------1-----|3---------3-----|----------3-----|3---------3-----|
G ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
D ----0h2-----2---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|
G C/G G C/G ad lib
E ----------------|----------------||----------------||
B 3---------3-----|----------1-----||0---------1-----||
G ------0---------|------0---------||.-----0--------.||
D ----4-------4---|----0h2-----2---||.---0h2-----2--.||
A ----------------|----------------||----------------||
E 5---+---5---+---|3---+---3---+---||3---+---3---+---||
(solo verse)
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