Song: A hazy shade of winter
Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Composer: Paul Simon
Album: Bookends
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
14th Oct 2016
The original album track was played on a 12 string guitar.
Here's a link to a performance by Simon & Garfunkel, but
the live version has a slightly different arrangement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RONzpfVotPU
CAPO: 5th fret (Sounds in the key of Dm)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Am = x02210 F = 133211 Asus2 = x02200
A4 = x02230 F7 = 131211 G6 = 320000
G = 355433 E = 022100 C/G = 3x2013
G7 = 353433 E7 = 020100 Am7 = x02010
h = hammer-on
~ = vibrato
N.C. = No chord
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[Intro]
(Am) (A4) (Am) (G) (G7)
e |--(0)----------------|--(3)---------------|
B |--(1)----------------|--(3)---------------|
G |--(2)----------------|--(4)---------------|
D |--(2)-----0-h2-0-----|--(5)----5-~3---0---|
A |---0--0-3--------3---|--(5)--5------------|
E |---------------------|---3----------------|
(F) (F7)(F) (E) (E7)(E)
e |--(1)----------------|--(0)---------------|
B |--(1)----------------|--(0)---------------|
G |--(2)----------------|--(1)---------------|
D |--(3)-------1--0-----|--(2)---2--0--2-----|
A |--(3)---0-3------3---|--(2)-2-------------|
E |---1--1--------------|---0----------------|
[Verse 1]
Am Asus2 G
Time, ...time, ...time, see what's be - come of me?
F
While I looked around for my...
G6 G
...possi -bil -i -ties------, I was so hard to please,
e |---0-------------|---------------|
B |---0-------------|---------------|
G |---0-------------|---------------|
D |---0-------------|--0--2--3--0---|
A |---2---0---2--3--|---------------|
E |---3-------------|---------------|
C/G G C/G G C/G G Am A4 Am G G7
But look a - round, leaves are brown,
F F7 F E E7 E Am
And the sky ...is a hazy shade of winter!
[Verse 2]
Am Am7 Am Asus2 Am7 Am G
Hear the Sal - vation Army Band,
F
Down by the riverside, it's bound to be a better ride,
G6 G
Than what you've got planned---, carry your cup in your hand,
e |---0-------------------|-------------------|
B |---0-------------------|-------------------|
G |---0-------------------|-------------------|
D |---0-------------------|--0---2---3---0----|
A |---2----0--------2--3--|-------------------|
E |---3-------------------|-------------------|
C/G G C/G G C/G G Am A4 Am G G7
And look a - round, leaves are brown now,
F F7 F E E7 E Am
And the sky ...is a hazy shade of winter!
[Verse 3]
Am Am7 Am Asus2 Am7 Am G
Hang on to your hopes, my friend,
F
That's an easy thing to say, but, if your hopes should pass away,
G6 G
Simp -ly pre -tend------ ...that you can build them again,
e |--0-----------------|-------------------|
B |--0-----------------|-------------------|
G |--0-----------------|-------------------|
D |--0-----------------|--0---2---3---0----|
A |--2---0-------2--3--|-------------------|
E |--3-----------------|-------------------|
C/G G C/G G C/G G Am A4
Look a - round,
Am G G7 F F7
The grass is high, the fields are ripe,
F E E7 E Am
It's the springtime of my life!
[Bridge]
Am Asus2
| / / / / | / / / / |
F C
Ah------, seasons change with the scenery,
G7
Weaving time in a tapestry,
Am Asus2 Am G
Won't you stop and re -mem -ber me, at any convenient time?
F
Funny how my memory skips, while looking over manuscripts...
G6 G
...of un -published rhyme-----, ...drink -ing my vodka and lime,
e |---0------------------|----------------------|
B |---0------------------|----------------------|
G |---0------------------|----------------------|
D |---0------------------|--0----2----3----0----|
A |---2-----0-----2--3---|----------------------|
E |---3------------------|----------------------|
C/G G C/G G C/G G Am A4 Am G G7
I look a - round, leaves are brown now,
F F7 F E E7 E Am A4
And the sky ...is a hazy shade of winter!
[Coda]
Am G G7 G F F7
Look a - round, leaves are brown,
F E E7 E Am A4
There's a patch of snow on the ground,
Am G G7 G F F7
Look a - round, leaves are brown,
F E E7 E Am A4
There's a patch of snow on the ground,
Am G G7 G F F7
Look a - round, leaves are brown,
F E E7 E Am N.C.
There's a patch of snow on the ground! Hah!
