Simon and Garfunkel : Bridge Over Troubled Water

Capo:

III

C

Gm

F

G7

C

A7

F

G7

C

F

C

When you're weary, feeling small

F

Bb

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all

C

G

Am

G

(

G7

)

F

C

/b

I'm on your side, oh, when times get rough

C7

F

D

G

And friends just can't be found

C7

F

/f#

C

A7sus4

A7

Like a bridge over troubled water

F

E7

Am

I will lay me down

C7

F

/f#

C

A7sus4

A7

Like a bridge over troubled water

F

G9

G7

C

I will lay me down

C

F

C

When you're down and out, when you're on the street

F

Bb

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

When evening falls so hard, I will comfort you

C

G

Am

G

F

C

/b

I'll take your part when darkness comes

C7

F

D

G

And pain is all around

C7

F

/f#

C

A7sus4

A7

Like a bridge over troubled water

F

E7

Am

I will lay me down

C7

F

/f#

C

Am

Like a bridge over troubled water

F

Am

E7

Am

D7

I will lay me down

F

Am

F

Fm

C

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

C

Sail on silvergirl, sail on by

F

Bb

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

Your time has come to shine, all your dreams are on their way

C

G

Am

G

C

/b

See how they shine, oh, if you need a friend

C7

F

D

G

I'm sailing right behind

C7

F

Fmaj7

D9

C

Am

Like a bridge over troubled water

F

E

E7

Am

D9

I will ease your mind

C

F

Fm

C

Your mind

Em

G

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail

Em

Yes I would, if I could, I surely would

G

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail

Em

Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

C

Away, I'd rather sail away

G

Like a swan that's here and gone

C

A man gets tied up to the ground

G

He gives the world its saddest sound

Em

Its saddest sound

Em

G

I'd rather be a forest than a street

Em

Yes I would, if I could, I surely would

G

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet

Em

Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

C

Away, I'd rather sail away

G

Like a swan that's here and gone

C

A man gets tied up to the ground

G

He gives the world its saddest sound

Em

Its saddest sound

G

C

G

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart

C

G

D

You're shaking my confidence daily

C

G

C

G

Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees

C

G

D

I'm begging you please to come home

G

Come on home Cecilia, you're breaking my heart You're shaking my confidence daily Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees I'm begging you please to come home Come on home

G

C

D

G

Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia

C

D

G

Up in my bedroom

C

D

I got up to wash my face

G

C

When I come back to bed

D

G

Someone's taken my place ... Cecilia, you're breaking my heart You're shaking my confidence daily Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees I'm begging you please to come home Come on home

G

C

G

C

G

D

Bo bo bo bo bo ... Bo bo bo bo bo bo bo ...

C

G

C

G

Jubilation, she loves me again

C

G

D

I fall on the floor and I'm laughing

C

G

C

G

Jubilation, she loves me again

C

G

D

I fall on the floor and I'm laughing

C

G

C

G

C

G

D

Gee but it's great to be back home

D7

Home is where I want to be

G

I've been on the road so long my friend

D

G

And if you came along I know you couldn't disagree

D

D7

It's the same old story

D7

G

D

A7

Everywhere I go, I get slandered, libeled

D

G

I hear words I never read in the bible

D

Bm

And I'm one step ahead of the shoe-shine

D

G

Two steps away from the county line

D

G

D

Just trying to keep my customer satisfied, satisfied Deputy sheriff said to me "Tell me what you come here for, boy You better get your bags and flee You're in trouble boy and now you're headed into more" It's the same old story Everywhere I go, I get slandered, libeled I hear words I never read in the bible And I'm one step ahead of the shoe-shine Two steps away from the county line Just trying to keep my customer satisfied, satisfied Everywhere I go, I get slandered, libeled I hear words I never read in the bible

D

Bm

And I'm so... tired

D

G

I'm so-oh oh-oh so-oh tired

D

G

D

A7

Just trying to keep my customers satisfied, satisfied

Capo:

I

Dmaj7

|

D7

|

Bb7

C

|

F

F6

F

| So long, Frank Lloyd Wright

A7

Dm

Dm7

F7

|

Bbmaj7

| I can't believe your song is gone so soon

Bb

F

I barely learned the tune

Gm

|

Ebmaj7

| | So soon, so soon

Em7b5

|

D

|

D7

|

Bb7

C

|

F

F6

F

| I'll remember Frank Lloyd Wright

A7

Dm

Dm7

F7

|

Bbmaj7

| All of the nights we'd harmonise till dawn

Bb

|

F

I never laughed so long

Gm

|

Gb

Gbmaj7

|

F

|

F7

| So long, so long

Gm7

|

Fmaj7

Architects may come and architects may go |

Eb9

|

F

| And never change your point of view

Gm7

Fm7

|

Eb7

Eb7b5

D7b5

When I run dry |

Gmaj7

G7

|

C#dim

G7

| I stop awhile and think of you

Gm7

|

Fmaj7

Architects may come and architects may go |

Eb9

|

F

| And never change your point of view

Dmaj7

|

D7

|

Bb7

C

|

F

F6

F

| So long, Frank Lloyd Wright

A7

Dm

Dm7

F7

|

Bbmaj7

| All of the nights we'd harmonise till dawn

Bb

|

F

I never laughed so long |

G

|

Gb

|

F

| So long, so long (

Gb

) |

G

|

Gb

Gbmaj7

|

F

So long, so long

Repeat and fade

C

/c

/b

Am

I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told

G

I have squandered my resistance

F

C

For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises

Am

G

F

All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear

C

G

C

And disregards the rest, mmm....

C

/c

/b

Am

When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy

G

In the company of strangers

F

C

In the quiet of a railway station running scared

Am

G

F

C

Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go

G

F

G

C

Looking for the places only they would know

Am

Em

Lie la-lie, Lie la-lie la lie la-lie

Am

G

C

Lie la lie, Lie la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie

C

/c

/b

Am

Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job

G

But I get no offers

F

C

Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

/b

Am

G

F

C

I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there

G

C

La-la-la la la la la |

C

|

C

Am

|

G

|

G

| |

C

|

C

Am

|

G

| |

F

|

C

G

|

F

|

C

|

Am

Em

Lie la-lie, Lie la-la la lie la-lie

Am

G

C

Lie la-lie, Lie la-la la la la la lie la la la la lie

C

/c

/b

Am

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone

G

G7

C

Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

Em

Am

G

C

Leading me.... going home

C

/c

/b

Am

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade

G

G7

And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down

C

/c

/b

Am

Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame

G

F

C

G

F

C

"I am leaving, I am leaving," but the fighter still remains, mmm...

Am

Em

Lie la-lie, La-la-la la lie la-lie

Am

G

Am

Lie la-lie, La-la la la la lie la la la la lie

Capo:

I

D

(

Dsus2

)

D

My daddy was the family bassman My mamma was an engineer And I was born one dark grey morn

G

With music coming in my ears

D

In my ears

G

They call me Baby Driver And once upon a pair of wheels

D

I hit the road and I'm gone

D

Db

C

B

What's my number?

E

I wonder how your engines feel (ba-ba ba-ba ba)

D

Db

C

B

Scoot down the road, what's my number?

E

A

D

I wonder how your engines feel? (sha-la-lie) My daddy was a prominent frogman My mamma's in the naval reserve When I was young I carried a gun But I never got the chance to serve I did not serve They call me Baby Driver And once upon a pair of wheels I hit the road and I'm gone What's my number? I wonder how your engines feel (ba-ba ba-ba ba) Scoot down the road, what's my number? I wonder how your engines feel My daddy got a big promotion My mamma got a raise in pay There's no one home, we're all alone Oh come into my room and play Yes we can play I'm not talking about your pigtails But I'm talking 'bout your sex appeal I hit the road and I'm gone What's my number? I wonder how your engines feel (ba-ba ba-ba ba) Scoot down the road, what's my number? I wonder how your engines feel

Eb(vii)

Capo:

IV

G

C

Tom, get your plane right on time

G

C

I know your part 'll go fine

G

C

/b

Am

/g

Fly down to Mexico

D/f#

C

Doo-n-da doo-n-da doo-n-da doo-n-da, here I am

G

C

G

The only living boy in New York |

C

|

C

| I get the news I need from the weather report I can gather all the news I need from the weather report Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile Doo-n-da doo-n-da doo-n-da doo-n-da, here I am The only living boy in New York |

E

|

Esus4

|

E

|

Am

D7/f#

Half of the time we're gone

G

But we don't know where

C

And we don't know where |

G

|

C

|

G

|

C

| |

G

|

C

/b

Am

/g

| |

D/f#

|

C

| |

E

|

Esus4

|

E

| Half of the time we're gone But we don't know where And we don't know where Tom, get your plane right on time I know that you've been eager to fly now Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now

D/f#

Cmaj7

Doo-n-da doo-n-da doo-n-da doo, like it shines on me

G

C

G

The only living boy in New York The only living boy in New York

G

D

G

D

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C

|

E

|

Am

|

D

|

G

|

C

| |

G

|

C

|

G

|

C

| |

G

|

C

/b

Am

/g

| |

D/f#

|

Cmaj7

| |

G

|

Capo:

I

D

Why don't you write me? I'm out in the jungle

E

I'm hungry to hear you

A7

Send me a card I am waiting so hard

Bm

F#m

To be near you

D

G

(La, la, la)

D

Why don't you write? Something is wrong

E7

And I know I got to be there

A7

Maybe I'm lost But I can't make the cost

Bm

F#m

D

Of the airfare, ooh

G

Tell me why, why, why

A

Tell me why, why, why

D

Why don't you write me? A letter would brighten

E

My loneliest evening

A7

Mail it today If it's only to say

Bm

F#m

That you're leaving me, ooh

D

G

D

D7

(La, la, la)

G7

Monday morning, sitting in the sun Hoping and wishing for the mail to come

D

D7

Tuesday, never got a word, mmm

G7

Wednesday, Thursday, ain't no sign Drank a half a bottle of iodine

D

Friday, woe is me

D7

G

I'm gonna hang my body from the highest tree

D

Why don't you write me?

G

Why don't you write me?

D

Why don't you write me?

Capo:

II

E

D5

A

D5

E

A

E

Bye bye, love

A

E

Bye bye, happiness

A

E

Hello, loneliness

E

B

E

I think I'm gonna cry

A

E

Bye bye, love

A

E

Bye bye, sweet caress

A

E

Hello, emptiness

E

B

E

I feel like I could die

E

B

E

Bye bye, my love, goodbye

E

B

E

There goes my baby with someone new

E

B

E

She sure looks happy, I sure am blue

E

A

B

She was my baby till he stepped in

F#m

E

Goodbye, to romance that might have been Bye bye, love... I'm through with romance, I'm through with love I'm through with counting the stars above And here's the reason that I'm so free My lovin' baby is through with me Bye bye, love...

Ddim

G

C

Em

Here is my song for the asking

Am7

B

B7

C

Ask me and I will play so sweetly

G

C

D7

G

I'll make you smile

G

C

Em

This is my tune for the taking

Am7

B

B7

Take it, don't turn away

C

G

C

D7

G

I've been waiting all my life

Em

Bm

B

Thinking it over, I've been sad

Dm

Am

D7

Thinking it over, I'd be more than glad

G

G7

C

Em

To change my ways for the asking

Am7

B

B7

Ask me and I will play

C

G

C

G

D7

G

All the love that I hold inside

Simon and Garfunkel : Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water

El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

Cecilia

Keep The Customer Satisfied

So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

The Boxer

Baby Driver

The Only Living Boy In New York

Why Don't You Write Me?

Bye Bye Love

Song For The Asking

Simon and Garfunkel : Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water

El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

Cecilia

Keep The Customer Satisfied

So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

The Boxer

Baby Driver

The Only Living Boy In New York

Why Don't You Write Me?

Bye Bye Love

Song For The Asking

Simon and Garfunkel : Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970