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The Late Great Johnny Ace – Paul Simon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: standard
Paul Simon
The Late Great Johnny Ace (1983)
(Paul Simon)
From: "Hearts and Bones"
This is a chords version of the song for strumming along. It looks much
more complicated than it actually is ...
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Abmaj7 4-x-5-5-4-x
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
A7sus2 x-0-2-0-0-0
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-x
G* 3-x-0-0-0-x
Gadd9 3-x-0-2-x-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-x
G7* 3-x-3-0-3-x
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-x
Bb/G 3-x-0-3-3-1
Cm/G 3-x-5-5-4-x
C*/G 3-x-5-5-5-x
Cb/G 3-x-4-4-4-x
Bb/G 3-x-3-3-3-x
Gbdim7 2-x-1-2-1-x
Bb9 x-1-0-1-1-1
Ebmaj7 x-x-1-3-3-3
Bb7-9 x-1-0-1-0-x
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INTRO
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
VERSE
Abmaj7 D
I was reading a magazine
Abmaj7 D
Thinking of a rock and roll song
Abmaj7 D
The year was nineteen fifty-six
G G7
And I hadn't been playing that long
C F/C C C7
When a man came on the radio
F Bb7 Am7
And this is what he said
Dm E
He said I hate to break it to his fans
A7sus2 Fmaj7 [Am7]
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
VERSE
Abmaj7 D
Well, I really wasn't such a Johnny Ace fan
Abmaj7 D
But I felt bad alI the same
Abmaj7 D
So I sent away for his photograph
G G7
And I waited till it came
C F/C C C7
It came all the way from Texas
F Bb7 Am7
With a sad and simple face
Dm E
And they signed it on the bottom
A7sus2 Fmaj7 [Am7]
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
MIDDLE 8
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
C/G G7* C/G
It was the year of The Beatles
F/G C/G G7* C/G F/G
It was the year of The Stones
C/G G7* C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
It was nineteen sixty - four
C/G G7* Bb/G
I was li - ving in London
Cm/G C*/G Cb/G Bb/G | Gbdim7 |2/4 F7 |4/4 G7 |
With the girl from the summer before
C/G G7* C/G
It was the year of The Beatles
F/G C/G G7* C/G F/G
It was the year of The Stones
C/G G7* C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
A year after J. F. K.
C/G G7* Bb/G Cm/G
We were staying up all night
C*/G Cb/G Bb/G G | F | Bb9 {
And giving the days a-way
Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bb7-9 [Abmaj7]
And the music was flowing amazingly blowing my way
INTERLUDE
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
VERSE
Abmaj7 D
On a cold December evening
Abmaj7 D
I was walking through the Christmas tide
Abmaj7 D
When a stranger came up and asked me
G G7
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
C F/C C C7
And the two of us went to this bar
F Bb7 Am7
And we stayed to close the place
Dm E
And every song we played
A7sus2 Fmaj7 [Am7]
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
CODA composed by by Philip Glass (strings)
