I Do It For Your Love Tab by Paul Simon

I Do It For Your Love tab by Paul Simon

Guitar Tab

I Do It For Your Love
---------------------
Words and Music by Paul Simon
As performed by Paul Simon on his TV Special (1977)
Original recording from 'Still Crazy After All These Years'

Tabbed and transcribed by Rich Kent r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk

He plays this song fingerpicked on an electric... Watch out for those
wierd barre chords!

Intro
-----

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

  E(no 3rd)(add D)  Bm11              A7                D6
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------0-------0-|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|
|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3-------|-----2---2---2-1-|-----0---0-------|
|---4-------4-----|---2-------2---2-|---0-------0-0---|---2-------2---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-----------2---|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                      CV
  Ebdim7  Gbdim7    Em                Bbdim7  Am        D9
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------2-------5-|-------12--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1-------4---|-----12--12--12--|-----5-------5---|-----5-----5-----|
|---2-------5-----|---12------12----|---6-------5-----|---5-----5-----5-|
|-1-------4-------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------5---|
|-----------------|-12------------0-|-6-----6-5-----5-|-----------------|
                    h h h h h h h

Verse 1
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  E(no 3rd)(add D)  Bm11              A7                D6
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----0---0-------|
|---4-------4-----|---2-------2-----|---0-------0-----|---2-------2---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-------2-----2-|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|
|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        We were married ...
                                      CV
  Ebdim7  Gbdim7    Em                Bbdim7  Am        D9
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------2-------5-|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----1-------4---|-------0---0-----|-----5-------5---|-----5-----5-----|
|---2-------5-----|-----0-------0---|---6-------5-----|---5-----5-----5-|
|-1-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|-------4---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------5---|
|-----------------|-0-------------0-|-6-----6-5-----5-|-----------------|
    We signed the ...

Verse 2
----- -

  E(no 3rd)(add D)  Bm11              A7                D6
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----0---0-------|
|---4-------4-----|---2-------2-----|---0-------0-----|---2-------2---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-------2-----2-|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|
|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
     The rooms were musty ...
                                      CV      CVI       CIV
  Ebdim7  Gbdim7    Em                Bbdim7  Eb7       Ab      Ab+
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------2-------5-|---------3-------|-----------------|-------4-------4-|
|-----1-------4---|-------0---0-----|-----5-------8---|-----4---5---5---|
|---2-------5-----|-----0-------0---|---6-------6-----|---5-------5-----|
|-1-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------6-----6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-------------0-|-6-----6---------|-4---------------|
    Drank all the ...

Chorus
------
  CIV               CIV               CIV               CII
  Dbm               Adim7             Db      Dbmaj7    Gb
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|---------4-------|-----------------|-------4---------|-----------------|
|-------5-------5-|-------4---4-----|-----6-------6---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----6-------6---|-----5---5-----5-|---6-------5---5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---6-------6-----|---4-------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4---------------|-----------------|-4-------4-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-----------5---|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
        Found a rug ...

  CI                CI                        CII       CI
  Bbm               Adim7             Cm7-5   B7        Bb7
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|---------1-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-----2-------2-|-------1---1-----|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---3---3-3-|
|-3---3-------3---|-----2---2-----2-|-3---3---2---2---|-1---1---1---1-1-|
|-3-3-------3-----|---1-------------|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---3---3-3-|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-3-3-----2-2-----|-1-1---1---1-----|
|-----------------|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
     Along the way ...

Harmonica Solo (play verse chords up to Em
for twice their original duration),
the pattern is more of a strummed feel, then fingerpick the Bbdim7 and
carry on from there into the chorus again


Verse 3
----- -

  E(no 3rd)(add D)  Bm11              A7                D6
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----0---0-------|
|---4-------4-----|---2-------2-----|---0-------0-----|---2-------2---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-------2-----2-|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|
|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        The sting of reason ...
                                      CV
  Ebdim7  Gbdim7    Em                Bbdim7  Am7
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------2-------5-|---------3-------|-----------------|-------5---------|
|-----1-------4---|-------0---0-----|-----5-------5---|-----5-----5-----|
|---2-------5-----|-----0-------0---|---6-------5-----|---5-----5-----5-|
|-1-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------5---|
|-----------------|-0-------------0-|-6-----6-5-----5-|-----------------|
    Love emerges ...

                    CIII
  Am7               G                 Gmaj7
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-------5---------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----5---------5-|-------3---------|---3-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-----||
|---5---------5---|-----4-----------|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-----||
|-----------4-----|---5-------------|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-----||
|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-------------3---||
   I do it ...

Tha Gmaj7 is Paul just mucking about after he finishes on the G


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