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Simon and Garfunkel : Bookends
1968

  1. Bookends Theme
  2. Save The Life Of My Child
  3. America
    +1
  4. Overs
  5. Old Friends
    +1


  6. Fakin' It
  7. Punky's Dilemma
    +1
  8. Mrs Robinson
  9. A Hazy Shade Of Winter
  10. At The Zoo
    +1

Bookends Theme

Capo:
IV
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Save The Life Of My Child

G
D
F
G
"Good God! Don't Jump!"
G
A boy sat on the ledge
C
G
And old man who had fainted was revived
F
G
G7
And everyone agreed 'twould be a miracle indeed
C
If the boy survived
C
Dm
"Save the life of my child!"
C
G
D
F
Cried the desperate mother
G
The woman from the supermarket
G
Ran to call the cops
C
G
"He must be high on something," someone said
G
C
Thought it never made the New York Times
G
C
In the Daily News the caption read
C
Dm
"Save the life of my child!"
C
G
D
F
Cried the desperate mother
G
A patrol car passing by
G
Halted to a stop
C
G
Said officer MacDougal in dismay
G
C
"The force can't do a decent job
G
'Cause the kids got no respect
C
For the law today" (and blah blah blah)
C
Dm
"Save the life of my child!"
C
Cried the desperate mother
Dm7
"Oh, what's becoming of the children?"
Dm
C
People asking each other
G
When darkness fell, excitement kissed the crowd
G
And it made them wild
C
G
In an atmosphere of freaky holiday
G
When the spotlight hit the boy
G
The crowd began to cheer
C
He flew away
F
C
"Oh my Grace, I got no hiding place"
F
C
"Oh my Grace, I got no hiding place"

America

Capo:
II
C
Am
C
F
C
Am
C
F
Ooh ooh ooh a ooh a ooh, ooh ooh ooh a ooh a ooh
C
/b
Am
C6
F
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
C
/b
Am
Am7
I've got some real estate here in my bag
Em
A7
Em
A7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs Wagner pies
D
C
G
C
Am
Am7
F
And walked off to look for America
C
Am
C
F
Kathy, I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg
C
Am
Am7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G
Em
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
D
G
D
Cmaj7
C
And I've come to look for America
Bb
C
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Bb
C
Am
C
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
F
Fmaj7
C
Am
C
Am
F
I said be careful his bow tie is really a camera
C
Am
C
F
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
C
Am
Am7
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Em
A7
Em
A7
Em
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
D
C
G
C
Am
C
F
And the moon rose over an open field
C
Am
C
F
Kathy I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
C
Am
Am7
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
G
Em
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
D
G
D
Cmaj7
They've all come to look for America
D
G
D
Cmaj7
They've all come to look for America
D
G
D
Cmaj7
C
They've all come to look for America
C
Am
C
Dm
F
G
G7
x2
Do do do doo-da-doo, doo doo doo doo-da-doo

Overs

Dmaj7
Ebdim7
Em7
Dmaj7
Why don't we stop fooling ourselves?
D6
Dsus4
Em7
The game is over, over, over
G
Gm
Gm6
No good times
D
F#m
Bm
No bad times
G
F#m
Bm
There's no times at all
Em
Esus2
Just The New York Times
D
F#/c#
Am6/c
Bm7
G
Sitting on the windowsill
Dmaj7
Near the flowers
Gm
A
A7
Dmaj7
F#dim7
Em7
Dmaj7
We might as well be apart
D6
It hardly matters
Dsus4
Em7
F#m7
G
We sleep separately
Gm
Gm6
D
F#m
Bm
And drop a smile passing in the hall
G
F#m
Bm
But there's no laughs left
Em
Esus2
'Cause we laughed them all
D
F#/c#
Am6/c
Bm7
Em7
And we laughed them all
G
In a very short time
G
Dmaj7
Time is tapping on my forehead
E9
Dmaj7
Hanging from my mirror
E9
F#m
Rattling the teacups
Em
Gm
Dmaj7
And I wonder
Ebdim7
Em7
Dmaj7
How long can I delay?
D6
We're just a habit
Dsus4
Em7
F#7
G
Like saccharin
C9
D
F#m
Bm
And I'm habitually feelin' kinda blue
G
F#m
Bm
D
E9
But each time I try on the thought of leaving you
D
Dmaj7
I stop... stop and think it over

Old Friends

Capo:
IV
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
x4
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Old friends
F6
G
C
Am
Sat on their park bench like bookends
G
A newspaper blown through the grass
Am
G
Falls on the round toes of the high shoes
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Of the old friends
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Old friends
G
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Winter companions, the old men
F6
G
C
Am
Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun
G
Am
Sounds of the city sifting through trees
Am
G
F
Settles like dust on the shoulders
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Of the old friends
F6
G
C
Am
Can you imagine us, years from today
G
Cmaj7
Sharing a park bench quietly?
F6
G
Asus2
How terribly strange to be seventy
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Old friends
F6
G
Fmaj7
Cmaj7
Memory brushes the same years
F6
G
C
Am
Silently sharing the same fears
F6
Time it was and what a time it was it was
C
F
C
A time of innocence, a time of confidences Long ago, it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you

Fakin' It

Capo:
III
C7
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C7
C7
When she goes, she's gone
F
Cmaj7
F
E
A
If she stays, she stays here
D
A
A
The girl does what she wants to do
D7
F
She knows what she wants to do
F
Em
Dm
C
|
C
Dm
Em
| And I know I'm fakin' it
F
|
F
Em
Dm
$2 |
C
C7
I'm not really makin' it
C7
C7/g
C7
I'm such a dubious soul
F
C
G
F
E7
And a walk in the garden
A
A/g#
|
A/f#
|
A
D/a
|
A
It just wears me down
D
A
Tangled in the fallen vines
D7
F
Pickin' up the punch lines I've just been fakin' it I'm not really makin' it Is there any danger? No, no, not really Just lean on me Take the time to treat your friendly neighbors honestly I've just been fakin' it
C
|
C
Dm
Em
|
F
I'm not really makin' it |
F
Em
Dm
|
C
|
C
Dm
Em
|
F
This feeling of fakin' it |
F
Em
Dm
|
C7
I still haven't shaken it Prior to this lifetime I surely was a tailor
A
Look at me
D
A
I own the tailor's face and hands
D7
F
Em
Dm
|
F
Em
Dm
| I am the tailor's face and hands And I know I'm fakin' it I'm not really makin' it This feelin' of fakin' it I still haven't shaken it

Punky's Dilemma

Capo:
V
Cmaj7
Cmaj7
Dm7
Wish I was a Kellogg's Cornflake
G
Cmaj7
Floatin' in my bowl takin' movies
Cmaj7
Dm7
Relaxin' a while
C
Cmaj7
Livin' in style
F
Cmaj7
Talkin' to a raisin who occasionally plays LA
Cmaj7
G/b
Am7
F/a
G/a
Casually glancing at his toupee Wish I was an English muffin 'Bout to make the most out of a toaster I'd ease myself down Comin' up brown I prefer boysenberry more than any ordinary jam I'm a "Citizen's for Boysenberry Jam" fan
F/a
Cmaj7
Ah, South California If I become a first lieutenant Would you put my photo on your piano? "To Mary Jane Best Wishes, Martin" Old Roger, draft-dodger Leavin' by the basement door Everybody knows what he's tippy-toeing down there for
Cmaj7

Mrs Robinson

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F#
F#7
Di di di-di di-di di-di-di di di
B7
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
E7
A
D
A/c#
Bm
F#7
Di di di-di di-di di-di-di di-di-di
E7
A
F#m
And here's to you, Mrs Robinson
A
F#m
D
E
Jesus loves you more than you will know (whoa whoa whoa)
A
F#m
God bless you please, Mrs Robinson
A
F#m
D
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Bm
F#
(Hey hey hey... hey hey hey)
F#7
We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
B7
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
E7
A
D
A/c#
Bm
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
F#7
E7
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home
E7
A
F#m
And here's to you, Mrs Robinson
A
F#m
D
E
Jesus loves you more than you will know (whoa whoa whoa)
A
F#m
God bless you please, Mrs Robinson
A
F#m
D
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Bm
F#
(Hey hey hey... hey hey hey)
F#7
Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
B7
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
E7
A
D
A/c#
Bm
It's a little secret just the Robinson's affair
F#
F#
E7
Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids
E7
A
F#m
Coo-coo-ca-choo, Mrs Robinson
A
F#m
D
E
Jesus loves you more than you will know (whoa whoa whoa)
A
F#m
God bless you please, Mrs Robinson
A
F#m
D
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Bm
F#
(Hey hey hey... hey hey hey)
F#7
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
B7
Going to the candidates' debate
E7
A
Laugh about it, shout about it
D
A/c#
Bm
When you've got to choose
F#7
E7
Every way you look at it, you lose
E7
A
F#m
Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?
A
F#m
D
E
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (woo woo woo)
A
F#m
What's that you say, Mrs Robinson?
A
F#m
D
Joltin' Joe has left and gone away
Bm
F#
(Hey hey hey... hey hey hey)

A Hazy Shade Of Winter

Intro and chorus riff
Dm
C
Bb
A
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Dm
C
Time, time, time, see what's become of me
Bb
While I looked around
Am
For my possibilities
C
I was so hard to please
Dm
C
But look around, leaves are brown
Bb
A7
Dm
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
C
Hear the salvation army band
Bb
Down by the riverside, it's bound to be a better ride
Am
Than what you've got planned
C
Carry your cup in your hand
Dm
C
And look around you, leaves are brown now
Bb
A7
Dm
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
C
Hang on to your hopes, my friend
Bb
That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away
Am
Then simply pretend
C
That you can build them again
Dm
C
Look around, the grass is high
Bb
A7
Dm
The fields are ripe, it's the springtime of my life
Bb
F
Ahhh, seasons change with the scenery
Cadd9
Weaving time in a tapestry
Dm
D7sus2
Dm
Won't you stop and remember me
C
At any convenient time
Bb
Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts
Am
Of unpublished rhyme
C
Drinking my vodka and lime
Dm
C
I look around, leaves are brown now
Bb
A7
Dm
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
C
Bb
Look around, leaves are brown
A7
Dm
There's a patch of snow on the ground

At The Zoo

Capo:
III
Amaj7
A7
Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo
D7
G
Em
I do believe it, I do believe it's true
G
Em
Mmm mmm mmm ... mmm mmm mmm ...
G
Em
It's a light and tumble journey
G
Em
From the East side to the park
G
Em
D
Just a fine and fancy ramble to the zoo
G5
Em
But you can take the crosstown bus
G5
Em
If it's raining or it's cold
G5
Em
Asus4
And the animals will love it if you do, if you do now Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo I do believe it I do believe it's true The monkeys stand for honesty Giraffes are insincere And the elephants are kindly but they're dumb Orangutans are skeptical of changes in their cages And the zoo-keeper is very fond of rum Zebras are reactionaries Antelopes are missionaries Pigeons plot in secrecy And hamsters turn on frequently What a gas! You gotta come and see At the zoo, at the zoo, at the zoo