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El Condor Pasa (If I Could) – Simon and Garfunkel
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Simon and Garfunkel
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (1970)
(Milchberg/Robles)
From: "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
VERSION 1: no capo
VERSION 2 capo 7th fret (for a second guitar to get that ukulele sound)
I made a quick recording of the tab. Listen to it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5noj2ognis4ixfr/SimonAndGarfunkel_ElCondorPasa.mp3
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VERSION 1
capo: -
play: Em
key: Em
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[Intro] (tempo rubato)
Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|12----------10--|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|12-----10----10-|12--------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------12----|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|12------10--1210|----------------|----------------|12------15------|
B|--------------p-|12-----10----10-|12--------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------12----|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Am Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|12--------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
B|----------------|1---------------|0---------------|----------------|
G|----------------|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|
D|----------------|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro](tempo rubato)
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em | Am | Em | % |
[Verse]
G
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
D G D G B7 Em B7 Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm
Em G
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
D G D7 G B7 Em B7 Em
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm
[Chorus]
C C
Away, I'd rather sail away
G D G
Like a swan that's here and gone
C C
A man gets tied up to the ground
G D G
He gives the world its saddest sound
B7 Em B7 | Em B7 | Em |
Its saddest sound - Hm, hm
[Verse]
Em G
I'd rather be a forest than a street
D G D G B7 Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
Em G
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
D G D7 G B7 Em
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
[Solo]
| C | % | G D | G |
| C | % | G D | G B7 |
[Coda]
1 + 2 + 3
| Em B7 | Em B7 | Em Em
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VERSION 2
capo: 7th fret
play: Am
key: Em
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[Chorus]
F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 F6
F F F F F F F F C G/B C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-------|
B|1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-------|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-------|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2---0-2-|
A|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-2---|3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 F6
F F F F F F F F C G/B C E7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|0-0-0-0-0-0-----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
A|----------------|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-2---|3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------0-0-|
Am E7 Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro] (tempo rubato)
| Am | % | % | % |
| Am | % | % | % |
| Am | Dm | Am | % |
[Verse]
C
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
G C G C E7 Am E7 Am
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm
Am C
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
G C G C E7 Am E7 Am
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm
[Chorus] (see tab above)
F F
Away, I'd rather sail away
C G C
Like a swan that's here and gone
F F
A man gets tied up to the ground
C G C
He gives the world its saddest sound
E7 Am E7 | Am E7 | Am |
Its saddest sound - Hm, hm
[Verse]
Am C
I'd rather be a forest than a street
G C G C E7 Am
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
Am C
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
G C G C E7 Am
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
[Solo] (see tab above)
| F | % | C G | C |
| F | % | C G | C E7 |
[Outro]
1 + 2 + 3
| Am E7 | Am E7 | Am Am
