Paul Simon - The only living boy in new york acoustic
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Capo: 3
Artist: Paul Simon
Song: The Only Living Boy In New York (live and acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASrh5n0WEXI
Transcription: SCA, kostya.levin.sca@gmail.com
Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret (in some versions 4th fret)
Chords:
G: 3.2.0.0.0.3
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
C/B: x.2.0.0.1.0
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
Am/G: 3.x.2.2.1.0
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.2
E: 0.2.2.1.0.0
Esus4: 0.2.2.2.0.0
Am7/G: 3.x.2.0.1.3
Am7: x.0.2.0.1.0
G/B: x.2.0.0.3.x
Note:
The horizontal lines are there to help you with the timing.
Intro:
G
Verse:
GTom, get your plane right on tCime
GI know your part'll go fiCne
Verse:
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G |C C/B Am Am/G| Fly down to Mexico D/F#Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da anCd here I am |G C C/B Am7| G The only living boy in New YorkGI get the news I need from theC weather report
GI can gather all the news I neCed from the weather report
G |C C/B Am Am/G |
Hey, I've got nothing to do to-day but smile
D/F#Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n Chere I am
|G C |
The only living boy in New York
Break:
|E Esus4 E|
|Am D7/F#|
Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know
GWhere, and we don't knowC where
Verse:
GTom, get your plane right oCn time
GI know that you've been eCager to fly now
G |C C/B Am Am/G|
Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,
D/F#Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it Cshines on me
|G C| G
The only living boy in New York
|G C| G
The only living boy in New York
Break:
e-|---------------------3--3------------------0-0-0-0--|
B-|---------------------0--0------------------0-1-0-1--|
G-|---------------------0--0------------------0-0-0-0--|
D-|--------0-h2--0------0--0--------0-h2--0---0-2-0-2--|
A-|--0-h2----------2-0--2--2---0-h2-----------0-3-0-3--|
E-|---------------------3--3---------------------------|
|E Esus4 E|
|Am D/F# |
|G Am7/G G/B C |
Ending:
GA ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ahC ah
GA ha a ha a ah ah aha ah Cah ah
G |C C/B Am Am/G|
A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah
D/F#A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah C
|G C| G
A ha here I am
|G C| G
A ha here I am
Note II:
He often does hammer-ons and pull-offs, for example
where the star sign is he does something like this:
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e-|--0-0---0-----0---0-------|
B-|--1-1---1-----1---1-------|
G-|--0-0---0h2p0-0---0-------|
D-|--2-0h2-0-----0h2-2-------|
A-|--3-3---3-----3---3-------|
E-|--------------------------|
Note III:
If you have any corrections or improvements to the tab write
them on the comments section, or send me a message,
or e-mail, so we can together make this tab even better.
SCA, kostya.levin.sca@gmail.com