So Long Frank Lloyd Wright tab by Simon & Garfunkel

Name: So Long Frank Lloyd Wright
Channel: Simon & Garfunkel

Guitar Tab

This is a beautiful song played on a classical guitar, Paul Simon fingerpicks
throughout.
This is not really in his usual style it has a rhumba feel in 4/4
Note that halfway through the tune he takes off his capo and plays it open...
I hope you enjoy it, it sure took long enough to tab out..
Notes and lyrics are at the end....



So Long Frank Lloyd Wright
==========================
Word and music by Paul Simon
Tabbed by Rich Kent from the album Bridge Over Troubled Water
r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk


Capo I

4/4

                      Esus4              Bdim      E7       C7      D7
|------------------|------------------|------------0-----|--0-------2-------|
|------------------|--4-----4-4-4-4-0-|--3-3---3---------|--------------1---|
|------------------|--4-----4-4-4-4-0-|--1-1---1-----1---|----3---0---2---2-|
|------------------|--6-----6-6-6-6---|--3-3---3-------0-|------2---0-------|
|------------------|------------------|--2---2-----------|--3---------------|
|--------------0---|------------0-----|------------------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
                      So                 ...


   Em                 B7                 Em    G            Cmaj7
|--------0---------|------------------|--0-----3---------|--0---------------|
|----0-------0-----|--0-0-0-0-------0-|--0-----0---0-----|----------0-------|
|--------------0---|--2-2-2-2-----2---|--0-----0-----2---|--------0-------0-|
|------2---------0-|--1-1-1-1-1-------|----------------0-|------2-------2---|
|------------------|--2---2-----------|--2---------------|--3-------3-------|
|--3---------------|------------------|------3-----------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
   Wright             I can't ...


                                        (G)                 Am
|--0---------0-----|------------0-----|------------------|------0-----------|
|----0-----0-------|----------4-------|----0-------0-----|------1-1-1-1-----|
|--------0-----0---|--------0---------|--3-----3-------0-|------2-2-2-2-0---|
|------2-----------|------------------|------0-------0---|------2-2-2-2---0-|
|--3-------------2-|--3---3-----------|------------------|--0---------------|
|------------------|----------------3-|--3-------3-------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
                 I    barely learned ...


   Fmaj7              F                  B7                 E
|--------0---------|------------------|------------------|------0-0-0-0-----|
|------1-----1-----|------1-1-1-1-----|--------4---4-----|------0-0-0-0-----|
|----2---------2---|------2-2-2-2-----|------2-------2---|------1-1-1-1-0---|
|--3-------------3-|------3-3-3-3---3-|----4-----------4-|----------------0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--1---1---1---1---|--2-------2-------|--0---------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
           so soon                               I'll re...


   Bdim               C7      D7        Em/G                B7
|------------0-----|--0-------2-------|--------0---------|------------------|
|----3---3---------|--------------1---|----0-------0-----|--0-0-0-0-------0-|
|----1---1-----1---|----3---0---2--(0)|--------------0---|--2-2-2-2-----2---|
|----3---3-------0-|------2---0-------|------2---------0-|--1-1-1-1-1-------|
|--2---2-----------|--3---------------|------------------|--2---------------|
|------------------|------------------|--3---------------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
                      Frank   Lloyd ...


   Em  G              C7
|--0-----3---------|--0---------------|--0-----------0---|----0-------0-----|
|--0-----0---0-----|----------0-------|----0-------0-----|--4-----4-----4---|
|--0-----0-----2---|--------0---0---0-|--------2-------0-|----------------0-|
|----------------0-|------2-------2---|-----(0)----------|------------------|
|--2---------------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|--3---3---3-------|
|------3-----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
   harmonize till dawn                                 ...


   G?                 Am                 Ab                 G
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----0-------0-----|--1-----1---1-1-1-|--1---1-----1---1-|--0-----0---0-----|
|--3-----3-------0-|--2-----2---2-2-2-|----4-----4-------|--0-----0---0-----|
|------0-------0---|--2-----2---2-2-2-|------------------|--0-----0---0-----|
|------------------|--0---0---0-------|------------------|------------------|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|--4-----4-----4---|--3---3-----3-----|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
   long      so ...


   G7                 Am7           G?                 C7
|----0-1---1---1---|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----0-0---0---0---|--1-1-1-1-1-1---0-|----0-0-0-0-0---1-|----1-1-1-----1---|
|--0---0---0---0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0---3-|----3-3-3-3-3---3-|----3-3-3---3-----|
|--------------0---|--2-2-2-2-2-2---0-|----0-0-0-0-0---2-|----2-2-2---------|
|------------------|--0---0---0-------|----------------3-|----3-3-3---------|
|--3---3---3-------|----------------3-|----3-3-3-3-3-----|----------3-------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
                      Architects may come and ...
                      *                                                   *
   G?                 Gm7     Fm7 Cm7/5          Bm7/5                    C7
|------------0-----|--3-3-3---1-1-----|------------------|------1-----------|
|--------0-----0---|--3-3-3---1-1---4-|----4---4-3-------|----2---------3-1-|
|----3-------------|--3-3-3-3-1-1-3-3-|----3---3-2-------|--------0---0---3-|
|------0---------0-|--3-------1-1---4-|----4---4-3-----0-|--3-------0-----2-|
|------------------|----------------3-|----3---3-2-------|----------------3-|
|--3-------3-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
                      When    I          run     ...


                      Instrumental I (see notes)
|------------------|------------------||
|----Sustain C7----|------------------||
|----for a beat----|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^


  G7                 Am7           G?                 C7
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------0-----|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1---0-|----0-0-0-0-0---1-|----1-1-1-----1---|--------0-----0---|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0---3-|----3-3-3-3-3---3-|----3-3-3---3-----|----3-------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2---0-|----0-0-0-0-0---2-|----2-2-2---------|------0---------0-|
|--0---0---0-------|----------------3-|----3-3-3---------|------------------|
|----------------3-|----3-3-3-3-3-----|----------3-------|--3-------3-------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
   Architects may come ...


  Then comes Instrumental II for 4 bars (see notes)
  -------------------------------------------------

  Capo 0
  ---- -
   Esus4              Bdim      E7       C7      D7
|------------------|------------0-----|--0-------2-------|
|--4-----4-4-4-4---|--3-3---3---------|--------------1---|
|--4-----4-4-4-4---|--1-1---1-----1---|----3---0---2---0-|
|--6-----6-6-6-6---|--3-3---3-------0-|------2---0-------|
|------------------|--2---2-----------|--3---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
   So                 ...


   Em                 B7                 Em    G            Cmaj7
|--------0---------|------------------|--0-----3---------|--0---------------|
|----0-------0-----|--0-0-0-0-------0-|--0-----0---0-----|----------0-------|
|--------------0---|--2-2-2-2-----2---|--0-----0-----2---|--------0-------0-|
|------2---------0-|--1-1-1-1-1-------|----------------0-|------2-------2---|
|------------------|--2---2-----------|--2---------------|--3-------3-------|
|--3---------------|------------------|------3-----------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
   Wright             All of the nights ...


   hammer/pulloff     (C)               (G)                 Am            Ab
|------------------|----0-------0-----|------------------||------------------|
|--010-------------|--4-----4-----4---|----0-------0-----||--1---1-1-1-----1-|
|-----0--0---------|----------------0-|--3-----3-------0-||.-2---2-2-2-----1-|
|------2-----------|------------------|------0-------0---||.-2---2-2-2-----1-|
|--3---------------|--3---3---3-------|------------------||------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------||------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^       ^   ^   ^   ^
                 I    never laughed so ...


                      G                              Ab     A             Ab
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----1---1-1---1---|--0-----0-0-0---0-|----0---0-0---1---|--2-----2-2-2---1-|
|----1---1-1---1---|--0-----0-0-0---0-|----0---0-0---1---|--2-----2-2-2---1-|
|----1---1-1---1---|--0-----0-0-0---0-|----0---0-0---1---|--2-----2-2-2---1-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^
           So long


   G          G6      G7        G        C
|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|----1---1-1---1---|--0-----0-0-0---0-|----0---0-0---0---||
|----1---1-1---1---|--0-----0-0-0---0-|----0---0-0---0--.||  Repeat and fade
|----1---1-1---1---|--0-----0-0-0---0-|----0---0-0---0--.||
|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------||
   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^



Notes:

Instrumental I
--------------

Paul Simon plays underneath the flute from the beginning up to the first Ab,
then he skips somewhere and I'm not sure where, you'll have to work it out
yourself...

Instrumental II
---------------

He plays from the Gm7 to C7 (marked by stars)


************************************************************************
*  Rich Kent; email r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk ;  http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d213ga *
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