Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Composer: Paul Simon
Song: Fakin' it
Album: Bookends
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd April 2014
CAPO: 4th fret (sounds in the key of E)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C7 = x32310 A = x02220 Dm = xx0231
F = 133211 D = xx0232 Em = 022000
Cmaj7 = x32000 D7 = xx0212 D/A = x00232
E = 022100 C = x32010
This is a link to a live (audio only) version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJjpVlFHyqU
The bridge skips the whole spoken 'Good mornin', Mr. Leitch'...
lines, and Paul finishs the coda with a bar of the intro riff
ending back on the C7.
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[Verse 1]
C7
e |------0--------------------| [x3]
B |------1--------------------|
G |------3--------------------|
D |------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3--3------1---------1---|
E |---------h3----------------|
C7
When she goes, she's---- gone------------------,
e |------0--------------------------|------0--------------------|
B |------1--------------------------|------1--------------------|
G |------3--------------------------|------3--------------------|
D |------2---------------p1--0------|------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3--3------------1---------1---|---3--3------1---------1---|
E |--------------h3-----------------|---------h3----------------|
F Cmaj7 F E A
If she stays, she stays here, | / / / / | / / / / |
D A D7 F
The girl does what she wants to do, she knows what she wants to do!
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F F Em Dm
And I know I'm fakin' it, | / /__/ / / | I'm not real - ly...
C7
...makin' it! (Ah--------------------------------------!)
e |--------0---------------------|-----0-------------------|
B |--------1---------------------|-----1-------------------|
G |--------3---------------------|-----3-------------------|
D |--------2-----------p1--0-----|-----2---------p1--0-----|
A |---3----3--------1---------1--|--3--3------1---------1--|
E |-------------h3---------------|--------h3---------------|
C7
e |------0--------------------|
B |------1--------------------|
G |------3--------------------|
D |------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3--3------1---------1---|
E |---------h3----------------|
[Verse 2]
C7
Such a du -bi -ous-------- soul------------------,
e |------0-----------------------|------0--------------------|
B |------1-----------------------|------1--------------------|
G |------3-----------------------|------3--------------------|
D |------2-------------p1--0-----|------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3--3---------1---------1---|---3--3------1---------1---|
E |-----------h3-----------------|---------h3----------------|
F Cmaj7 F E A
And a walk in the gar - den... just wears me down,
D A D7 F
Tangled in the fallen vines, picking up the punch - lines!
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F F Em Dm
I've just been fakin' it, | / /__/ / / | Not real - ly...
C7
...makin' it! No, no, no...
e |---------0----------------------|------0--------------------|
B |---------1----------------------|------1--------------------|
G |---------3----------------------|------3--------------------|
D |---------2-----------p1--0------|------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3-----3--------1---------1---|---3--3------1---------1---|
E |-------------h3-----------------|---------h3----------------|
C7
...No!
e |------0--------------------|
B |------1--------------------|
G |------3--------------------|
D |------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3--3------1---------1---|
E |---------h3----------------|
[Verse 3]
C7
Is there an - y-------------- dan - ger------------?
e |------0--------------------------|------0--------------------|
B |------1--------------------------|------1--------------------|
G |------3--------------------------|------3--------------------|
D |------2---------------p1--0------|------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3--3------------1---------1---|---3--3------1---------1---|
E |--------------h3-----------------|---------h3----------------|
F Cmaj7 F E A
No, no, not real - ly, just lean on me,
D/A A D7 F
Take the time to treat your friendly neighbours honestly!
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F
I've just been fakin' it, fak - in' it,
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F
Not real - ly makin' it, | / /__/ / / |
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F F Em Dm
This feel - in' of fakin' it,| / /__/ / / | I still have - n't...
C7
...shakin' it!
e |--------0------------------------|------0--------------------|
B |--------1------------------------|------1--------------------|
G |--------3------------------------|------3--------------------|
D |--------2-------------p1--0------|------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3----3----------1---------1---|---3--3------1---------1---|
E |------------h3-------------------|---------h3----------------|
[Bridge]
C7
Prior to this----------- life - time------------...
e |------0------------------------|------0--------------------|
B |------1------------------------|------1--------------------|
G |------3------------------------|------3--------------------|
D |------2-------------p1--0------|------2---------p1--0------|
A |---3--3----------1---------1---|---3--3------1---------1---|
E |------------h3-----------------|---------h3----------------|
F Cmaj7 F E A
...I surely was a tail - or, ...look at me!
E7 E A
("Good, mornin', Mr.Leitch, 'ave you 'ad a busy day?)
D/A D A
I own the tailors face and hands,
D7 F F Em Dm
I am the tailors face and hands! | / / / |
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F
I know I'm fakin'it, fak - in' it,
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F
I'm not real - ly makin' it, | / /__/ / / |
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F
This feel - in' of fakin' it, | / /__/ / / |
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F
I still have - n't shaken it, shak - en it!
[Coda]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F
I know I'm fakin' it, | / /__/ / / |
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F F Em Dm C
I'm not real - ly makin' it-------------------------------...
| / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / |
C Dm Em F F Em Dm C
...------------!
| / /__/ / / | / /__/ / / ||
