One-trick Pony Album chords by Paul Simon
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Advanced 🤯
TRACK LIST 1. Late in the Evening 4:02 2. That's Why God Made the Movies 3:37 3. One-Trick Pony 3:53 4. How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns 2:49 5. Oh, Marion 4:00 6. Ace in the Hole 5:43 7. Nobody 3:32 8. Jonah 3:30 9. God Bless the Absentee 3:17 10. Long, Long Day 3:57 Bonus Track: Soft Parachutes (unreleased soundtrack recording)
All songs written by Paul Simon
MUSICIANS
Paul Simon – lead vocals, background vocals (1, 5, 7, 10), nylon string guitar (2, 4, 8),
electric guitar (3, 6), percussion (8), horn and string arrangements (4, 8)
Eric Gale – lead electric guitar (3, 6) electric guitar (1, 4, 7, 9), nylon string guitar (4)
Richard Tee – Fender Rhodes on all songs except (1), tambourine (6),
background vocals and co-lead vocal (3, 6)
Tony Levin – bass guitar on all songs except (5), backing vocals (6)
Steve Gadd – drums
Hugh McCracken – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 7, 9, 10), slide guitar (2)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 2, 8)
Anthony Jackson – bass (5)
Patti Austin – lead and background vocals (10)
Lani Groves – background vocals (10)
Jeff Mironov – electric guitar (5)
Joe Beck – electric guitar (10)
John Tropea – acoustic guitar (8)
Hiram Bullock – slide guitar (2)
Don Grolnick – synthesizer (2)
Jon Faddis – flugelhorn (5)
Dave Grusin – horn and string arrangements (1, 9)
Bob Friedman – horn and string arrangements (10)
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1. Late in the Evening - Paul Simon
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Capo: 3rd fret
Play: D
Key: F
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Lick for basic chords (no capo)
[F [Bb [C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
B|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
G|--------5--3----| |----3---5--3----| |----5---7--5----|
D|----3-----------| |-3--------------| |-5--------------|
A|-3------------(3) |1---------------| |3---------------|
E|1---------------| |----------------| |----------------|
If you want to include the feel of the lick into your accompaniment,
I’d suggest using a capo 3rd fret and play something like this:
[D [G [A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
B|----3-----------| |----------------| |----------------|
G|----2---2--2----| |----0---2--0----| |----2---4--2----|
D|-0--0---2--0----| |-0--0---0--0----| |-2--2---2--2----|
A|0---------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|
Working with sus4 chords sounds fine too (I hear an acoustic
playing at least the D part later in the song):
[D [G [A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---2---3--2----| |3---3---3--3----| |0---0---0--0----|
B|3---3---3--3----| |0---0---1--0----| |2---2---3--2----|
G|2---2---2--2----| |0---0---0--0----| |2---2---2--2----|
D|0---0---0--0----| |0---0---0--0----| |2---2---2--2----|
A|----------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|
In the instrumental parts a little more fleshed out:
[D [G [A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----2---3--2----| |----3---3--3----| |----------------|
B|----3---0--3----| |----0---1--0----| |----2---3--2----|
G|----2---0--2----| |----0---2--0----| |----2---4--2----|
D|-0--0---0--0----| |-0--0---0--0----| |-2--2---4--2----|
A|0---------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|
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♫ Intro:
D | % | % | % :
G | % | D | % :
A | % | D | % :
♫ Verse 1:
G
The first thing I remember
G
I was lying in my bed
G | D | % |
I couldn't have been no more than one or two
G
And I remember there's a radio
G
Comin' from the room next door
G | D | % |
And my mother laughed the way some ladies do
A
When it's late in the evening
A | D | % |
And the music's seeping through
♫ Verse 2:
G
The next thing I remember
G
I am walking down the street
G | D | % |
I'm feeling all right, I'm with my boys, I'm with my troops, yeah
G
And down along the avenue
G
Some guys were shooting pool
G | D | % |
And I heard the sound of a cappella groups, yeah
A
Singing late in the evening
A | D | % |
And all the girls out on the stoops, yeah
♫ Verse 3:
G
Then I learned to play some lead guitar
G
I was underage in this funky bar
G | D | % |
And I stepped outside to smoke myself a J
G
And when I came back to the room
G
Everybody just seemed to move
G | D | % |
And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play
A
And it was late in the evening
A | D | % |
And I blew that room away
Horn ♫ Instrumental:
G | % | D | % :
G | % | D | % :
A | % | D | % :
♫ Verse 4:
G
The first thing I remember
G
When you came into my life
G | D | % |
I said I'm gonna get that girl, no matter what I do
G
Well, I guess I'd been in love before
G
And once or twice I been on the floor
G | D | % |
But I never loved no one the way that I loved you
A
And it was late in the evening
A | D | % |
And all the music seeping through
Break
N.C. | % | % | % :
(drums)
D | % | % | % :
(drums, guitar lick and horns)
Horn ♫ Instrumental:
G | % | D | % :
G | % | D | % :
A | % | D | % :
♫ Outro:
D | % | % | % :
(repeat and fade out)
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2. That’s Why God Made the Movies – Paul Simon
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B7(+5) x-2-1-2-0-3
C#m7-5 x-4-2-0-0-0
D9 x-x-0-2-1 or 5-4-5-5-5
E x-x-2-1-0-0
E/D# x-x-1-1-0-x
E/D x-x-0-1-0-0
B7sus4 x-2-2-2-x-x
F#m7 2-x-2-x-x-x (Middle 8)
E/G# 4-x-4-x-x-x (Middle 8)
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♫ Intro:
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
♫ Verse 1:
E7 B7(+5)
When I was born, my mother died
Gmaj7 C#m7-5 Cmaj7 F#
She said, “Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye”
G#m D9
I said, “Where you goin? I’m just born”
E E/D# E/D
She said, “I’ll only be gone for a while”
C#7 F#7 B7sus4
My mother loved to leave in style (break)
| N.C. |
That’s why God made the movies
♫ Interlude:
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
♫ Verse 2:
E7 B7(+5)
Well, I laid around in my swaddling clothes
Gmaj7 C#m7-5 Cmaj7 F#
Until the doctor came and turned out the light
G#m D9
Then I packed my bag and my name tag
E E/D# E/D
I stole away into the night
C#7 F#7 B7sus4
Hoping things would work out right (break)
| N.C. |
That’s why God made the movies
Middle 8:
E7 | E F#m7 E/G# : A
Say you will, say you will
A E/G# F#m7 Emaj7
Say you’ll take me to your lovin’ breast
Emaj7 F#m7
Say you’ll nourish me with your tenderness
F#m7 C#m
The way the ladies sometimes do
B E F#m7 E/G# : A
Say you won’t, say you won’t!
A E/G# F#m7 Emaj7
Say you won’t leave me for no other man 5/4
Emaj7 F#m F#m/E B/D# | B/D# |
Say you’ll love me just the way I am say you will, baby
B E7 :
Say you will, just say you will
♫ Interlude:
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
Say you will
♫ Solo:
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
♫ Verse 3:
E7 B7(+5)
When I was born, my mother died
Gmaj7 C#m7-5 Cmaj7 F#
She said, “Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye”
G#m D9
And since that day, I’ve made my way
E E/D# E/D
The notorious boy of the wild
C#7 F#7 B7sus4
Adopted by the wolves when he was a child (break)
N.C.
That’s why God
B7sus4
That’s why God
B7sus4
That’s why God made the movies
♫ Outro:
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 :
(repeat and fade)
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3. Paul Simon – One-Trick Pony
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
D7 x-x-0-2-1-2
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
Bm7b5 x-2-3-2-3-x
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
Bdim x-2-3-4-3-x
C9 x-3-2-3-3(3)
F#dim 2-x-1-2-1-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
E/G# 4-x-0-1-0-0
C/Bb x-1-2-0-1-0
Bb9 x-1-0-1-1-1
Amadd11 x-0-5-5-3-0
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RIFF (verse)
[Am7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------%----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0-----------3---|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-------0--3--3--|---------0---3--|----------------|----------------|
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♫ Intro:
Am7 | % | % | % :
Am7 | % | % | % :
♫ Verse 1:
Am7
He's a one-trick pony
Am7 | Am7 | % |
One trick is all that horse can do
D7
He does one trick only
D7 | Am7 | % |
It's the principal source of his revenue
G D/F#
And when he steps into the spotlight
F Bm7b5
You can feel the heat of his heart
E7 Am7 :
Come rising through
♫ Interlude:
Am7 | % :
♫ Verse 2:
Am7
See how he dances
Am7 | Am7 | % |
See how he loops from side to side
D7
See how he prances
D7 | Am7 | % |
The way his hooves just seem to glide
G D/F#
He's just a one-trick pony, that's all he is
F Bm7b5 E7 Am7 :
But he turns that trick with pride
♫ Interlude:
Am7 | Am7 Bdim :
♫ Chorus:
Bdim: C C9
He makes it look so easy, he looks so clean
F F#dim7
He moves like God's immaculate machine
C/G
He makes me think about
E7/G#
All of these extra moves I make
Am
And all this herky-jerky motion
C/Bb
And the bag of tricks it takes
F Bb9
To get me through my working day
Am7 :
One-trick pony
♫ Interlude:
Am7 | % | % | % :
♫ Verse 2:
Am7
He's a one-trick pony
Am7 | Am7 | % |
He either fails or he succeeds
D7
He gives his testimony
D7 | Am7 | % |
Then he relaxes in the weeds
G D/F#
He's got one trick to last a lifetime
F Bm7b5 E7 | Am7 | % |
But that's all a pony needs - yeah, that's all he needs
♫ Solo:
Am7 | % | % | % :
D7 | % | Am7 | % :
G D/F# | F Bm7b5 E7 :
Am7 | Am7 Bdim :
♫ Chorus:
C C9
He looks so easy, he looks so clean
F F#dim7
He moves like God's immaculate machine
C/G
He makes me think about
E7/G#
All of these extra moves I make
Am
And all this herky-jerky motion
C/Bb
And the bag of tricks it takes
F Bb9
To get me through my working day
| Am7 | % |
One-trick pony
| Am7 | % |
One-trick pony
Coda:
Am7 | % :
One-trick pony
Am7 | % :
One-trick pony
Am7 | % :
One-trick pony (take me for a ride)
Am7 | | Am7 : Amadd11
One-trick pony
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4. Paul Simon – How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
E9 0-2-0-1-0-2
Gbmaj7 2-x-2-2-1-x
Bbm6 x-2-4-0-3-x
Gbm6 2-4-2-2-4-x
Gbm7 2-4-2-2-5-x
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♫ Verse 1:
E E9
In the blue light of the Belvedere Motel
A E
Wondering as the television burns
B7 E
How the heart approaches what it yearns
♫ Verse 2:
E E9
In a fever I distinctly hear your voice
A E
Emerging from a dream, the dream returns
B7 E E7
How the heart approaches what it yearns
Middle 8:
Gbmaj7 /F Bbm7 Bbm6
After the rain on the interstate
Cdim7 Bbm
Headlights slide past the moon
Ebdim7 Dbmaj7
A bone-weary traveler waits
Gbmaj7
By the side of the road
Gbm Gbm6 Gbm7
Where’s he going?
♫ Solo:
5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
E | % | % | E9 :
6/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
A | E | % | % :
5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
B7 | % | E | E9 :
Middle 8:
Gbmaj7 /F Bbm7 Bbm6
I dream we are lying on the top of a hill
Cdim7 Bbm
And headlights slide past the moon
Ebdim7
I roll in your arms
Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7
And your voice is the heat of the night
Gbm Gbm6 Gbm7
I’m on fire
♫ Verse 3:
E E9
In a phone booth In some local bar and grill
A E
Rehearsing what I’ll say, my coin returns
5/8 5/8
B7 | E | % |
How the heart approaches what it yearns
5/8 5/8
B7 | E | % |
How the heart approaches what it yearns
Coda:
5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
B7 | % | E | % :
5/8 5/8
B7 | % : E
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5. Paul Simon – Oh, Marion
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: E
Key: Ab
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Em/D x-x-0-0-0-0
Em/C# x-4-2-0-0-0
Em/C x-3-2-0-0-0
F#dim7 2-x-1-2-1-x
E/D# x-x-1-1-0-0
E/D x-x-0-1-0-0
Fdim7 1-x-0-1-0-x
F#m7-9 2-x-2-2-1-0
Ddim7 x-x-0-1-0-1
B7/D# x-x-1-2-0-2
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♫ Intro:
Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C :
Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C :
♫ Verse 1:
Em Em/D Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
The boy’s got brains, he just don’t use ‘em, that’s all
Em Em/D Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# F#dim7 |
The boy’s got brains, he just refuse to use ‘em and that’s all
G F C C7
He says, “The more I get to thinking
G F C C7
The less I tend to laugh”
G F Bb B
The boy’s got brains, he just abstains
♫ Interlude:
Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C :
♫ Verse 2:
Em Em/D Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
The boy’s got a heart but it beats on his opposite side
Em Em/D Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# F#dim7 |
It’s a strange phenomenon, the laws of nature defied
F#dim7 : G F C C7
He said, “It’s a chance I had to take
G F C C7
So I shifted my heart for its safety’s sake”
G F Bb B
The boy’s got a heart but it beats on his opposite
♫ Chorus:
E E/D# E/D C#m7
Oh, Marion
I think I’m in trouble here
Fdim7 F#m7 F#m7-5 | B C#m7 | Ddim7 B7/D# |
I should’ve believed you when I heard you saying it
E G#m7 Am7 F#m7-5
The only time that love is an easy game
G D#dim7 Em :
Is when two other people re playing it
♫ Interlude:
Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C :
♫ Verse 3:
Em Em/D Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
The boy’s got a voice but the voice is his natural disguise
Em Em/D Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# F#dim7 |
Yes, the boy’s got a voice but his words don’t connect to his eyes
G F C C7
He says, “Ah, but when I sing
G F C C7
I can hear the truth auditioning”
G F Bb B
The boy’s got a voice but the voice is his natural
♫ Solo:
Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C :
Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# F#dim7 :
G F | C | C7 | G F | C | C7 :
G F | Bb B :
♫ Chorus:
E E/D# E/D C#m7
Oh, Marion
I think I’m in trouble here
Fdim7 F#m7 F#m7-5 | B C#m7 | Ddim7 B/D# |
I should’ve believed you when I heard you saying it
E G#m7 Am7 F#m7-5
The only time that love is an easy game
G D#dim7 Em :
Is when two other people re playing it
♫ Outro:
Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C :
(repeat and fade)
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6. Ace in the Hole – Paul Simon
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♫ Intro:
N.C. | % | % | % | % | % :
(drums) (+ riff) (+ bass)
A7 Bm A | % | % | % :
(+ Fender Rhodes)
♫ Verse 1:
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Some people say Jesus, that’s the ace in the hole
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
But I never met the man so I don’t really know
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Maybe some Christmas, if I’m sick and alone
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
He will look up my number, call me on the phone, and say
♫ Chorus:
G/D Bm7 F#m7
“Hey, boy, where you been so long?
G#m7-5 Dm/F | A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole.” (Clarence Franklin )
♫ Verse 2:
(Richard Tee)
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Two hundred dollars, that’s my ace in the hole
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
When I’m down, dirty and desperate that’s my emergency bankroll
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
I got two hundred dollars, that’s the price on the street
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
If you wanna get some quality, that’s the price you got to meet. And the man says
♫ Chorus:
(Richard Tee)
G/D Bm7 F#m7
“Hey, Junior, where you been so long ”
G#m7-5 Dm/F | A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole.” Talkin’ about ace in the hole
♫ Verse 3:
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Once I was crazy and my ace in the hole was that I
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Knew that I was crazy, so I never lost my self-control
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
I just walk in the middle of the road and I sleep in the middle of the bed
A7 A7
I stop in the middle of a sentence and the voice in the middle of my head said
(break)
♫ Chorus:
G/D Bm7 F#m7
“Hey, Junior, where you been so long?
G#m7-5 Dm/F A/E D#m7-5
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole, oh yeah.”
♫ Post-Chorus:
Dmaj7
Ace in the hole
C#dim7 A#dim7
Lean on me
Bm7
Don’t you know me?
Dm6 | A | Bm/A | A7 | % |
I’m your guarantee
Middle 8:
G/D G
Riding on this rolling bus
F#m7
Beneath a stony sky
Bm7
With a slow moon rising
E7 | A | A7 |
And the smokestacks drifting by
G/D G
In the hour when the heart is weakest
F#m7
And memory is strong
Bm7
When time has stopped
E | A | % |
And the bus just rolls along
♫ Solo:
| D | % | A | A7 |
(Roll on, roll on)
| D | % | A | A7 |
(Roll on, roll on)
| D | % | A | F#7 | Bm7 | E |
(Roll on, roll on, ooooooh) (break)
♫ Interlude:
A7 Bm A | % | % | % :
♫ Verse 4:
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Some people say music, that’s their ace in the hole
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Just your ordinary rhythm and blues, your basic rock and roll
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
You can sit on the top of the beat, you can lean on the side of the beat
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
You can hang from the bottom of the beat but you gotta admit that the music is sweet
♫ Chorus:
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
G/D | G : F#m7
(solo) “Where you been so long ”
G#m7-5 Dm/F A/E D#m7-5
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole, oh yeah.”
♫ Post-Chorus:
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
Dmaj7
Ace in the hole
C#dim7
Lean on me
Bm7
Don’t you know me?
Dm6 | A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
I’m your guarantee
♫ Interlude:
A7 Bm A | % | % | % :
A7 Bm A | % | % | % :
♫ Verse 4:
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
N.C.
Some people say music, that’s their ace in the hole
N.C.
Just your ordinary rhythm and blues, your basic rock and roll
N.C.
You can sit on the top of the beat, you can lean on the side of the beat
N.C.
You can hang from the bottom of the beat but you gotta admit that the music is sweet
♫ Outro:
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % :
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.” (I’m talkin’ to you )
A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % :
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.” (I’m talkin’ to you )
A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % :
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.” (I’m talkin’ to you )
A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % :
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.”
Coda:
1 2 3 4
A7 | A7 | A7 : A7
(breaks )
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7. Nobody – Paul Simon
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
Verse riff (no capo)
[Eb/G
[Eb [Ab6 [Fm7 Eb
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|8-------6/-8--6-|4---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|8-------6/-8--6-|5---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
(triplet)
For one guitar (capoed)
[D [G6 [D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-------0--2--0-|2---------------|
B|3-------0-------|3---------------|
G|2-------0--2--0-|2---------------|
D|0-------0-------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|--------3-------|----------------|
(triplet)
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♫ Intro:
D G6 | D | D G6 | D :
D G6 | D :
♫ Verse 1:
| D G6 | D |
Who knows my secret broken bone?
| D G6 | D |
Who feels my flesh when I am gone?
D7/F# G
Who was a witness to the dream?
F#m7 E7
Who kissed my eyes and saw the scream lying there?
G/A | D G G/B | D |
Nobody
♫ Verse 2:
| D G6 | D |
Who is my reason to begin?
| D G6 | D |
Who plows the earth, who breaks the skin?
D7/F# G
Who took my two hands and made them four?
F#m7 E7
Who is my heart, who is my door?
G/A | D G | D C9 |
Nobody
♫ Chorus:
C9 : Bm7
Nobody but you, girl
A7 Bm7
Nobody but you
D9 G F Bb C
Nobody in this whole wide world
| D D/F# G G/B | % | D |
Nobody
♫ Verse 3:
| D G6 | D |
Who makes the bed that can’t be made?
| D G6 | D |
Who is my mirror, who is my blade?
D7/F# G
When I am rising like a flood
F#m7 E7
Who feels the pounding in my blood?
G/A | D G G/B | D D9 |
Nobody
♫ Chorus:
Bm7
Nobody but you
A7 Bm7
Nobody but you, girl
D9 G F Bb F
Nobody in this whole wide world
Bb F
Nobody, girl
C C#dim D :
Oh, oh - nobody
♫ Solo:
D G6 | D | D G6 | D D/F# :
G F#m7 | E7 G/A | D D/F# G G/B | D D9 :
♫ Chorus:
Bm7
No, nobody but you, yeah
A7 Bm7
Yea-eah, nobody but you
D7 G F | Bb C A/C# |
Nobody in this whole wide world
Coda:
D G | % | % | % : D
Nobody, nobody, nobody
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8. Jonah – Paul Simon
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm x-x-0-2-3-1
Em/D x-x-0-4-5-3
F/D x-x-0-5-6-5
Em7/D x-x-0-0-3-0
A7/C# x-4-2-0-2-0
Bb/Eb x-x-1-3-3-1
C7-9 x-3-2-3-2-x
A7-9 x-0-2-3-2-3
Bbma7/A x-0-3-3-3-5
A13 x-0-2-0-2-2
Bm/G# 4-x-4-4-3-x
Bm/G 3-x-3-3-2-x
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♫ Intro:
Dm | Em/D | F/D | Em :
Dm | Em/D | F/D | Em Dm Em7/D :
♫ Verse 1:
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
Half an hour, change your strings and tune up
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
Sizing the room up
Bb/Eb A7 | Dm | Gm Am7 |
Checking the bar
♫ Verse 2:
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
Local girls, unspoken conversation
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
Misinformation
Eb9 | Abmaj7 | C7(+5) |
Plays guitar
♫ Chorus:
Fm7 Dbmaj7 | Gm7 | C7-9 |
They say Jonah, he was swallowed by a whale
Emaj7 Em7 A7-9 | Dmaj7 | D7 |
But I say there’s no truth to that tale
Gm7 C7 | Fmaj7 | Bbmaj7/A | % |
I know, Jonah, he was swallowed by a song (arpeggio) (let ring)
♫ Interlude:
Dm | Em/D | F/D | Em Dm Em7/D :
♫ Verse 3:
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
No one gives their dreams away too lightly
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
They hold them tightly
Bb/Eb A7 | Dm | Gm Am7
Warm against cold
♫ Verse 4:
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
One more year of traveling ‘round this circuit
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
Then you can work it
Eb9 | Abmaj7 | C7(+5) |
Into gold
♫ Chorus:
Fm7 Dbmaj7 | Gm7 | C7-9 |
They say Jonah, he was swallowed by a whale
Emaj7 Em7 A7-9 | Dmaj7 | D7 |
But I say there’s no truth to that tale
Gm7 C7 | Fmaj7 | Bbmaj7/A |
I know, Jonah, he was swallowed by a song (arpeggio)
♫ Bridge:
D G
Here’s to all the boys who came along
A7/C# Cmaj7 B7
Carrying soft guitars in cardboard cases
Em7 A13 | Bm/G# | Bm/G |
All night long
Em7 A7 | Bm/G# | Bm/G |
And do you wonder where those boys have gone?
Em7 A7 Dmaj7 :
Do you wonder where those boys have gone?
♫ Outro:
Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 :
(repeat and fade)
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9. God Bless the Absentee – Paul Simon
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: Bb
For chords in original key, transpose +1 (and “use flats”).
Verse turnaround
[Em [D/F# [G [G#dim7 [Am7 [G [D/F# [Dm/F
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|1-------0-------|3-------3-------|
G|0-------2-------|0-------4-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|
D|2-------0-------|0-------3-------|2-------0-------|0-------0-------|
A|2---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|0-------2-------|3-------4-------|--------3-------|2-------1-------|
[Em [A#9 [A9
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------1-------|0---------------|
B|0-------1-------|0---------------|
G|0-------1-------|0---------------|
D|2-------0-------|2---------------|
A|2-------1-------|0---------------|
E|0---------------|----------------|
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B7 x-2-1-2-0-2
B7-9 x-2-1-2-1(2)
Dm7 x-x-0-2-1-1
Dm6 x-x-0-2-0-1
Db6 x-4-3-3-2-x
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
Bm7-5 x-2-3-2-3-x
Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1
F#m11 2-2-2-2-2-2
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♫ Intro:
Em D | A | Em D | A :
Em D | A | Em D | A :
♫ Verse 1:
Em D A
Lord, I am a working man
Em D A
And music is my trade
Em D A
I’m traveling with this five-piece band
B7 B7-9
I play the ace of spades
Em D/F# G G#dim7 Am7 G D/F# Dm/F
I have a wife and family, but they don’t see much of me
Em A#9 A9
God bless the absentee
♫ Interlude:
Em D | A | Em D | A :
♫ Verse 2:
Em D A
Lord, I am a surgeon
Em D A
And music is my knife
Em D A
It cuts away my sorrow
B7 B7-9
And purifies my life
Em D/F# G G#dim7 Am7 G D/F# Dm/F
But if I could release my heart from veins and arteries, I'd say
Em A#9 A9
God bless the absentee
♫ Interlude:
Em D | A :
♫ Bridge:
Dm7 Dm6
I miss my woman so
Db6 F/C
I miss my bed
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
I miss those soft places
F#m11
I used to lay my head
♫ Solo:
Em D | A | Em D | A :
Em D | A | B7 | B7-9 :
Em D/F# | G G#dim7 | Am7 G | D/F# Dm/F :
Em A#9 | A9 | % :
Em D | A | Em D | A :
♫ Bridge:
Dm7 Dm6
My son don’t need me yet
Db6 F/C
His bones are soft
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
He flies a silver airplane
F#m11
He wears a golden cross
♫ Verse 3:
Em D A
God bless the absentee
Em D A
Lord, this country’s changed so fast
Em D A
The future is the present
B7 B7-9
The present’s in the past
Em D/F# G G#dim7 Am7 G D/F# Dm/F
The highways are in litigation, the airports disagree
Em A#9 A9
God bless the absentee
♫ Outro:
Em D | A | Em D | A :
God bless the absentee
Em D | A | Em D | A :
God bless the absentee
Em D | A | Em D | A :
(repeat and fade)
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10. Long, Long Day – Paul Simon
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Simon probably plays this in E on a guitar tuned one step down,
so it sounds in Eb. Here's a capoed version in D if you do not
want to tune down. The whole thing is a little easier (and much
more guitarey) using the other tuning, though. If you use the
tuning One Step Down, transpose this chord sheet +2 and there
you are.
Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
Time signature: 3/4
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Tab 1: Lead-in to G Tab 2: Intro / Bridge
[D [Em7 [D/F# [Fmaj7 [Gm7 [Ab [Eb
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------| |------------|
B|------------| |------------|
G|----0---2---| |2---3---6---|
D|4---2---4---| |------------|
A|5-----------| |------------|
E|------------| |1---3---4---|
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G/F# 2-x-0-0-x-x
B7#9 x-2-1-2-3-x
B7b9 x-2-1-2-1-x
A9 x-0-2-0-0-0 or x-0-2-4-2-3
G#dim7 4-x-3-4-3-x
Dmaj7/A x-0-x-2-2-2
B7 x-2-1-2-0-x
B9 x-2-1-2-2-x
A13 x-0-2-0-2-2
A#dim7 x-1-2-0-2-0
F#7(#5) 2-4-2-3-3-2 or easier x-x-2-3-3-2
C/F 1-x-2-0-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
A/E x-x-2-2-2-x or 0-x-2-2-2-x
A#dim/E x-x-2-3-2-x or x-x-2-3-2-x
A7/E x-x-2-0-2-x or 0-x-2-0-2-x
C9 x-3-2-3-3-x
Bm11 x-2-2-2-3-x
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♫ Intro:
Bbmaj7 | % | Fmaj7 | % :
Bbmaj7 | % | Fmaj7 | F7 :
Bbmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 Gm7 Ab | Eb :
(Tab 2)
Dsus4 | D Em7 D/F# :
(Tab 1)
♫ Verse:
G G/F# | B7#9 | B7b9 |
It's been a long, long day
Em7 A9 | Dmaj7 | % | D Em7 D/F# |
I got some run-down shoes (Tab 1)
G G#dim7 Dmaj7/A
Ain't got no place to stay
B7 B9 B7b9 Em7
But any old place will be okay
Em7 A13 A#dim7 | Bm7 | % | F#7(#5) | % |
It's been a long, long day
Link:
Bm7 | % | C/F | % :
Good night
C/F | % | G | % :
Good night
| D | % | % | D Em7 D/F# |
Oh, my love (Tab 1)
♫ Verse:
G G/F# | B7#9 | B7b9 |
I'm sure been on this road
Em7 A9 | Dmaj7 | % | D Em7 D/F# |
Done nearly 14 years (Tab 1)
G G#dim7 Dmaj7/A
Can't say my name's well-known
B7 B9 B7b9 Em7
You don't see my face in Rolling Stone
Em7 A13 A#dim7 | Bm7 | F#7(#5) |
But I sure been on this road
Link:
Bm7 | % | C/F | % :
Good night
C/G | C/E | Gsus4 | % :
Good night
| D | % |
My love
♫ Bridge:
Bbmaj7
When I saw him standin' there
(Slow )
Fmaj7
I said, "Hey, there's a guy who needs a laugh"
( motion)
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 :
That's what I said to myself
(Half a dollar bill)
Fmaj7 F7
What the hell? We're both alone
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
And I'm just standin' here in the corner
Jukebox in the corner
Fmaj7 Gm7 Ab | Eb | % | A/E A#dim/E | A7/E | D Em7 D/F# |
Shoo- tin' to kill
And it's been a (Tab 1)
(Tab 2)
♫ Verse 3:
G G/F# | B7#9 | B7b9 |
It's been a long, long day
Em7 A7 | Dmaj7 | % | D Em7 D/F# |
I sure could use a friend (Tab 1)
G G#dim7 Dmaj7/A
Don't know what else to say
B7 B9 B7b9 Em7
I hate to abuse an old cliché
Em7 A7 A#dim7 | Bm7 | D7 | G |
But it's been a long, long day
Coda:
G C9 Bm11 | Bbmaj7 | % | % | % | D
It's been a long, long day
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BONUS TRACK
Soft Parachutes – Paul Simon
Unreleased soundtrack secording from the movie “One-Trick Pony” (1980)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x
G/B x-2-0-0-3-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3
G/F# 2-x-0-0-x-x
D7sus4 x-x-0-0-1-x
Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
G6/B x-2-0-0-3-0
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♫ Intro:
G D/F# Em | D/F# | D/F# Em D/F# | Em :
G Am7 G/B | C | Gmaj7/B | Am7 :
G D/F# Em | D/F# | D | D7 :
C G/B Am7 | G :
♫ Chorus:
G D/F# Em D/F#
Soft pa ra- chutes
D/F# Em D/F# Em
Fourth of Ju- ly
G Am7 G/B C
And villa- ges burning
Gmaj7/B
Returning
Am7 G D/F# Em | D/F# | D | D7 |
The bodies all laid in a line
C G/B Am7 | G | C/G | G | C/G | G | % |
Like soft pa-a-ra- chutes
♫ Verse:
G G/F#
Last year I was a senior
F C
In Emerson High school
G/B A7
I had me a girlfriend
Am7 D7sus4
We used to get high
G G/F#
Now I am flyin down
F C
Some Vietnam highway
Am7 Em
Don't ask me the reason
D Dsus2 D5 G
God only knows why
♫ Chorus:
G D/F# Em D/F#
Soft pa ra-chutes
D/F# Em D/F# Em
Fourth of Ju- ly
G Am7 G/B C
And villa- ges burning
Gmaj7/B
Returning
Am7 G D/F# Em | D/F# | D | D7 |
The bodies all laid in a line
C G/B Am7 | G |
Soft pa-a-ra- chutes
♫ Outro:
G D/F# Em | D/F# | D/F# Em D/F# | Em :
G Am7 G/B | C | Gmaj7/B | Am7 :
G D/F# Em | D/F# | D | D7 :
C G/B G6/B | G | % :
C G/B G6/B | G | % :
((repeat and fade) Published:
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