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Simon and Garfunkel : Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970


  1. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  2. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
  3. Cecilia
  4. Keep The Customer Satisfied
  5. So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

  6. The Boxer
  7. Baby Driver
  8. The Only Living Boy In New York
  9. Why Don't You Write Me?
  10. Bye Bye Love
  11. Song For The Asking

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Capo:
III
C
Gm
F
G7
C
A7
F
G7
C
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 silver girl, 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


El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

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


Cecilia

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


Keep The Customer Satisfied

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


So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

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


The Boxer

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
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


Baby Driver

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
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)


The Only Living Boy In New York

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
|


Why Don't You Write Me?

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?


Bye Bye Love

<Everly Brothers>
Capo:
II
E
D5
A
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...


Song For The Asking

Ddim
G
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
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