Artist: Paul Simon Song: The Only Living Boy In New York (live and acoustic) Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASrh5n0WEXI Transcription: SCA, [email protected] Note: The horizontal lines are there to help you with the timing. Watch the video in the link above. He doesn't play 'Esus4'. It's optional. Tuning: standard Capo: 3rd fret (in some versions 4th fret) Chords: G: 3.2.0.0.0.3 C: x.3.2.0.1.0 C/B: x.2.0.0.1.0 Am: x.0.2.2.1.0 Am/G: 3.x.2.2.1.0 D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.2 E: 0.2.2.1.0.0 Esus4: 0.2.2.2.0.0 Am7/G: 3.x.2.0.1.3 Am7: x.0.2.0.1.0 G/B: x.2.0.0.3.x Intro: G Verse: G C Tom, get your plane right on time G C * I know your part'll go fine G |C C/B Am Am/G| Fly down to Mexico D/F# C Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am |G C C/B Am7| G The only living boy in New York Verse: G C I get the news I need from the weather report G C I can gather all the news I need from the weather report G |C C/B Am Am/G | Hey, I've got nothing to do to-day but smile D/F# C Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am |G C | The only living boy in New York Break: |E Esus4 E| |Am D7/F#| Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know G C Where, and we don't know where Verse: G C Tom, get your plane right on time G C I know that you've been eager to fly now G |C C/B Am Am/G| Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now, D/F# C Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it shines on me |G C| G The only living boy in New York |G C| G The only living boy in New York Break: e-|---------------------3--3------------------0-0-0-0--| B-|---------------------0--0------------------0-1-0-1--| G-|---------------------0--0------------------0-0-0-0--| D-|--------0-h2--0------0--0--------0-h2--0---0-2-0-2--| A-|--0-h2----------2-0--2--2---0-h2-----------0-3-0-3--| E-|---------------------3--3---------------------------| |E Esus4 E| |Am D/F# | |G Am7/G G/B C | Ending: G C A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah G C A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah G |C C/B Am Am/G| A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah D/F# C A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah |G C| G A ha here I am |G C| G A ha here I am Note II: He often does hammer-ons and pull-offs, for example where the star sign is he does something like this: * e-|--0-0---0-----0---0-------| B-|--1-1---1-----1---1-------| G-|--0-0---0h2p0-0---0-------| D-|--2-0h2-0-----0h2-2-------| A-|--3-3---3-----3---3-------| E-|--------------------------| Note III: If you have any corrections or improvements to the tab write them on the comments section, or send me a message, or e-mail, so we can together make this tab even better. SCA, [email protected]
