Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Key: F# Difficulty: Intermediate --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kathy’s Song – Paul Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paul Simon From the solo album "The Paul Simon Songbook" (1965) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: one step down: F#-B-D#-G#
This is not the Simon and Garfunkel version of this beautiful song, but the solo version that Simon recorded in London in 1965. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9KNS7cHIHs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- tuning: F#-B-D#-G# play: G key: Gb/F# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS g-C-E-A : D(add11) 0-2-2-0 Am7 0-0-0-0 Gadd9 2-2-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: | Dadd11 | % | % | % | | G C | G C | G C | G C | Verse: G C G I hear the drizzle of the rain Am Am7 C Bm Like a memory it falls G Bm G C Soft and warm continuing Am Am7 D | G C | G C | G C | G C | Tapping on my roof and walls Verse: G C | G C | G | And from the shelter of my mind Am Am7 C Bm Through the window of my eyes G Bm G C I gaze beyond the rain drenched streets Am D | G C | G C | G C | G C | To England where my heart lies Interlude: | Dadd11 | % | % | Dadd11 C | | G C | G C | G C | G C | Verse: G C G My mind's distracted and diffused Am Am7 C Bm My thoughts are many miles away G Bm G C They lie with you when you're asleep Am Am7 D | G C | G C | G C | G C | And kiss you when you-ou-ou start your day Verse: G C G And a song I was writing is left undone Am Am7 C Bm I don't know why I spent my time G Bm G C Writing songs I can't believe Am Am7 D | G C | G C | G C | G C | With words that tear a-a-nd strain to rhyme Interlude: | Dadd11 | % | % | Dadd11 C | | G C | G C | G C | G C | Verse: G C G And so you see I have come to doubt Am Am7 C Bm All that I once held as true G Bm G C I stand alone without beliefs Am Am7 D | G C | G C | G C | G C | The only truth I know is you Verse: G C G And as I watch the drops of rain Am Am7 C Bm Weave their weary paths and die G Bm G C I know that I am like the rain Am Am7 D | G C | G C | G C | G C | There but for the grace of you go I Instrumental verse: (+ coda) | G | Gadd9 | G | % | % | | Am | Am7 | C | Bm | % | | G | Bm | G | C | % | | Am | Am7 | D/A | G