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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADIOS HERMANOS - Paul Simon ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: CherryKim, August 19, 2011 This great song is off the Paul Simon album "Songs From The Capeman" and is mostly sung a capella, but I transcribed the background singers' music and the organ for guitar. Listen to the record for timing. Tuning: Standard Capo: 1st fret Intro (pluck): G+G e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| BB|---1-1---1-1---1-1---3-3---1-1---1-1---1-1---0-0---1-1---1-1---0-0--0-0---| G+G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---0-0--0-0---| D MajorD|---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---3-3---3-3---0-0--0-0---| A augmentedA|-3-----3-----3-----2-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------| E MajorE|-------------------------------------------3-----1-----1-----3-----3------| C majorC e|-------------------------| BB|----1-1---1-1------------| G+G|----2-2---0-0------------| Play intro twice D MajorD|----3-3---2-2------------| A augmentedA|--3-----3----------------| E MajorE|--------------1-----3----|
SAL (pluck): G+G e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| BB|---1-1---1-1---1-1---3-3---1-1---1-1---1-1---0-0---1-1---1-1---0-0--0-0---| G+G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---0-0--0-0---| D MajorD|---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---3-3---3-3---0-0--0-0---| A augmentedA|-3-----3-----3-----2-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------| E MajorE|-------------------------------------------3-----1-----1-----3-----3------| C majorC e|-------------------------| | |---------| BB|----1-1---1-1------------| Repeat over | Last time |---------| G+G|----2-2---0-0------------| verse | play this |------2--| D MajorD|----3-3---2-2------------| | after the |----0----| A augmentedA|--3-----3----------------| | last C: |--3------| E MajorE|---------------1-----3---| | |---------| G+G It was the morning of October 6th, 1960 A minorAm I was wearing my brown suit G+G Preparing to leave the house of D. C majorC Shook some hands then adios Brooklyn amigos C majorC Maybe some of them had hopes of seeing me again G+G Some even said that my judge-Judge Gerald Culkin- FF Wouldn't play it by the book G+G Maybe let us off the hook C majorC But, WOH-OO-WOH, I knew better G+G Afraid to leave the projects G+G To cross into another neighborhood G+G The blancos and the nigger gangs C majorC Well, they'd kill you if they could AUREA (Strum): Bb majorBb Angel of Mercy, people are suffering C majorC All over the world FF Spanish children are taught on their knees to believe Bb majorBb Angel of Mercy, people are suffering C majorC All over the island tonight, G+G Mothers weep Sisters grieve
SAL (pluck): C majorC Well, I entered the courtroom, state of New York G+G County of New York, G+G Just some spic they scrubbed off the sidewalk FF Guilty by my dress G+G Guilty in the press C majorC Let The Capeman burn for the murders C majorC Well the Spanish boys had their day in court G+G And now it was time for some fuckin' law and order FF The electric chair G+G For the greasy pair C majorC Said the judge to the court reporter G+G Afraid to leave the projects G+G To cross into another neighborhood G+G The newspapers and the TV crews C majorC Well, they'd kill you if they could AUREA (strum): Bb majorBb Angel of Mercy, people are suffering C majorC All over the world FF A augmentedA Spanish boy could be killed every night of the week FF But just let some white boy die C majorC And the world goes crazy for blood-Latin blood G+G I don't lie when I speak SAL (pluck): G+G Well they shackled my hands C majorC A augmentedA heavy belt around my waist to restrain me G+G And they shackled my legs C majorC Hernandez, the Umbrella Man, chained beside me G+G Then we rode that Black Maria G+G Through the streets of Spanish Harlem G+G Calling old friends on the corners C majorC Just to lay our prayers upon them Crying G+G Adios Hermanos, A-----dios C majorC Adios Hermanos, A-dios Chords used: C: x3201x G: x2003x (or 320003) Am: x0221x F: 1x321x (or xx3211) Bb: 113331
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