Cifra de One-Trick Pony - Paul Simon
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
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Album chords by: maguri
ALBUM INFO
Released August 12, 1980
Recorded 1979–1980
Studio A&R Studios, New York
Genre Rock
Length 38:25
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Paul Simon, Phil Ramone
TRACK LIST
1. Late in the Evening 4:02
2. That's Why God Made the Movies 3:37
3. One-Trick Pony 3:53
4. How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns 2:49
5. Oh, Marion 4:00
6. Ace in the Hole 5:43
7. Nobody 3:32
8. Jonah 3:30
9. God Bless the Absentee 3:17
10. Long, Long Day 3:57
Bonus Track: Soft Parachutes (unreleased soundtrack recording)
All songs written by Paul Simon
MUSICIANS
Paul Simon – lead vocals, background vocals (1, 5, 7, 10), nylon string guitar (2, 4,
8),
Eric Gale – lead electric guitar (3, 6) electric guitar ( 1, 4, 7, 9), nylon string
guitar (4)
Richard Tee – Fender Rhodes on all songs except (1), tambourine (6),
Tony Levin – bass guitar on all songs except (5), backing vocals (6)
Steve Gadd – drums
Hugh McCracken – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 7, 9, 10), slide guitar (2)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 2, 8)
Anthony Jackson – bass (5)
Patti Austin – lead and background vocals (10)
Lani Groves – background vocals (10)
Jeff Mironov – electric guitar (5)
Joe Beck – electric guitar (10)
John Tropea – acoustic guitar (8)
Hiram Bullock – slide guitar (2)
Don Grolnick – synthesizer (2)
Jon Faddis – flugelhorn (5)
Dave Grusin – horn and string arrangements (1, 9)
Bob Friedman – horn and string arrangements (10)
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Capo: 3rd fret
Play: D
Key: F
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Lick for basic chords (no capo)
[F [Bb [C
e|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
B|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
G|--------5--3----| |----3---5--3----| |----5---7--5----|
D|----3-----------| |-3--------------| |-5--------------|
A|-3------------(3) |1---------------| |3---------------|
E|1---------------| |----------------| |----------------|
If you want to include the feel of the lick into your accompaniment,
I’d suggest using a capo 3rd fret and play something like this:
[D [G [A
e|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
B|----3-----------| |----------------| |----------------|
G|----2---2--2----| |----0---2--0----| |----2---4--2----|
D|-0--0---2--0----| |-0--0---0--0----| |-2--2---2--2----|
A|0---------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|
Working with sus4 chords sounds fine too (I hear an acoustic
playing at least the D part later in the song):
[D [G [A
e|2---2---3--2----| |3---3---3--3----| |0---0---0--0----|
B|3---3---3--3----| |0---0---1--0----| |2---2---3--2----|
G|2---2---2--2----| |0---0---0--0----| |2---2---2--2----|
D|0---0---0--0----| |0---0---0--0----| |2---2---2--2----|
A|----------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|
In the instrumental parts a little more fleshed out:
[D [G [A
e|----2---3--2----| |----3---3--3----| |----------------|
B|----3---0--3----| |----0---1--0----| |----2---3--2----|
G|----2---0--2----| |----0---2--0----| |----2---4--2----|
D|-0--0---0--0----| |-0--0---0--0----| |-2--2---4--2----|
A|0---------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|
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[Intro]
| D | % | % | % |
| G | % | D | % |
| A | % | D | % |
[Verse 1]
The first thing I remember
I was lying in my bed
I couldn't have been no more than one or two
And I remember there's a radio
G
Comin' from the room next door
And my mother laughed the way some ladies do
When it's late in the evening
A | D | % |
And the music's seeping through
[Verse 2]
The next thing I remember
I am walking down the street
I'm feeling all right, I'm with my boys, I'm with my troops, yeah
And down along the avenue
Some guys were shooting pool
And I heard the sound of a cappella groups, yeah
Singing late in the evening
A | D | % |
And all the girls out on the stoops, yeah
[Verse 3]
Then I learned to play some lead guitar
I was underage in this funky bar
And I stepped outside to smoke myself a J
And when I came back to the room
G
Everybody just seemed to move
And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play
And it was late in the evening
A | D | % |
And I blew that room away
[Horn Instrumental]
| G | % | D | % |
| G | % | D | % |
| A | % | D | % |
[Verse 4]
The first thing I remember
When you came into my life
I said I'm gonna get that girl, no matter what I do
Well, I guess I'd been in love before
And once or twice I been on the floor
But I never loved no one the way that I loved you
And it was late in the evening
A | D | % |
And all the music seeping through
Break
| N.C. | % | % | % |
(drums)
| D | % | % | % |
(drums, guitar lick and horns)
[Horn Instrumental]
| G | % | D | % |
| G | % | D | % |
| A | % | D | % |
[Outro]
| D | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade out)
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CHORDS
B7(+5) x-2-1-2-0-3
C#m7-5 x-4-2-0-0-0
D9 x-x-0-2-1 or 5-4-5-5-5
E x-x-2-1-0-0
E/D# x-x-1-1-0-x
E/D x-x-0-1-0-0
B7sus4 x-2-2-2-x-x
F#m7 2-x-2-x-x-x (Middle 8)
E/G# 4-x-4-x-x-x (Middle 8)
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[Intro]
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
[Verse 1]
When I was born, my mother died
She said, “Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye”
I said, “Where you goin? I’m just born”
She said, “I’ll only be gone for a while”
My mother loved to leave in style (break)
That’s why God made the movies
[Interlude]
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
[Verse 2]
Well, I laid around in my swaddling clothes
Until the doctor came and turned out the light
Then I packed my bag and my name tag
I stole away into the night
C#7 F#7 B7sus4
Hoping things would work out right (break)
That’s why God made the movies
[Middle 8]
| E7 | E F#m7 E/G# | A
A E/G# F#m7 Emaj7
Say you’ll take me to your lovin’ breast
Emaj7 F#m7
Say you’ll nourish me with your tenderness
F#m7 C#m
The way the ladies sometimes do
| B E F#m7 E/G# | A
A E/G# F#m7 Emaj7
Say you won’t leave me for no other man 5/4
Emaj7 F#m F#m/E B/D# | B/D# |
Say you’ll love me just the way I am ... say you will, baby
B [ E7 ]
Say you will, just say you will
[Interlude]
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
[Solo]
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
[Verse 3]
When I was born, my mother died
She said, “Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye”
And since that day, I’ve made my way
The notorious boy of the wild
C#7 F#7 B7sus4
Adopted by the wolves when he was a child (break)
N.C.
That’s why God
B7sus4
That’s why God
B7sus4
That’s why God made the movies ...
[Outro]
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
| E7 | A7 | E7 | A7 |
(repeat and fade)
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CHORDS
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
D7 x-x-0-2-1-2
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
Bm7b5 x-2-3-2-3-x
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
Bdim x-2-3-4-3-x
C9 x-3-2-3-3(3)
F#dim 2-x-1-2-1-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
E/G# 4-x-0-1-0-0
C/Bb x-1-2-0-1-0
Bb9 x-1-0-1-1-1
Amadd11 x-0-5-5-3-0
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RIFF (verse)
[Am7
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------%----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0-----------3---|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-------0--3--3--|---------0---3--|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| Am7 | % | % | % |
| Am7 | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
Am7
He's a one-trick pony
Am7 | Am7 | % |
One trick is all that horse can do
He does one trick only
D7 | Am7 | % |
It's the principal source of his revenue
And when he steps into the spotlight
You can feel the heat of his heart
Come rising through
[Interlude]
| Am7 | % |
[Verse 2]
Am7
See how he dances
Am7 | Am7 | % |
See how he loops from side to side
D7
See how he prances
D7 | Am7 | % |
The way his hooves just seem to glide
He's just a one-trick pony, that's all he is
F Bm7b5 E7 [ Am7 ]
But he turns that trick with pride
[Interlude]
| Am7 | Am7 Bdim |
[Chorus]
He makes it look so easy, he looks so clean
F F#dim7
He moves like God's immaculate machine
He makes me think about
All of these extra moves I make
And all this herky-jerky motion
And the bag of tricks it takes
To get me through my working day
One-trick pony
[Interlude]
| Am7 | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
Am7
He's a one-trick pony
Am7 | Am7 | % |
He either fails or he succeeds
He gives his testimony
D7 | Am7 | % |
Then he relaxes in the weeds
He's got one trick to last a lifetime
F Bm7b5 E7 | Am7 | % |
But that's all a pony needs - yeah, that's all he needs
[Solo]
| Am7 | % | % | % |
| D7 | % | Am7 | % |
| G D/F# | F Bm7b5 E7 |
| Am7 | Am7 Bdim |
[Chorus]
C C9
He looks so easy, he looks so clean
F F#dim7
He moves like God's immaculate machine
He makes me think about
All of these extra moves I make
And all this herky-jerky motion
And the bag of tricks it takes
To get me through my working day
One-trick pony
One-trick pony
[Coda]
| Am7 | % |
| Am7 | % |
| Am7 | % |
| Am7 | | Am7 | Amadd11
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CHORDS
E9 0-2-0-1-0-2
Gbmaj7 2-x-2-2-1-x
Bbm6 x-2-4-0-3-x
Gbm6 2-4-2-2-4-x
Gbm7 2-4-2-2-5-x
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[Verse 1]
In the blue light of the Belvedere Motel
A E
Wondering as the television burns
B7 E
How the heart approaches what it yearns
[Verse 2]
In a fever I distinctly hear your voice
A E
Emerging from a dream, the dream returns
B7 E E7
How the heart approaches what it yearns
[Middle 8]
Gbmaj7 /F Bbm7 Bbm6
After the rain on the interstate
Cdim7 Bbm
Headlights slide past the moon
A bone-weary traveler waits
By the side of the road
Gbm Gbm6 Gbm7
Where’s he going?
[Solo]
5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
| E | % | % | E9 |
6/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
| A | E | % | % |
5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
| B7 | % | E | E9 |
[Middle 8]
I dream we are lying on the top of a hill
And headlights slide past the moon
I roll in your arms
And your voice is the heat of the night
Gbm Gbm6 Gbm7
I’m on fire
[Verse 3]
In a phone booth In some local bar and grill
Rehearsing what I’ll say, my coin returns
B7 | E | % |
How the heart approaches what it yearns
B7 | E | % |
How the heart approaches what it yearns
[Coda]
5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8
| B7 | % | E | % |
5/8 5/8
| B7 | % | E
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Capo: 4th fret
Play: E
Key: Ab
CHORDS
Em/D x-x-0-0-0-0
Em/C# x-4-2-0-0-0
Em/C x-3-2-0-0-0
F#dim7 2-x-1-2-1-x
E/D# x-x-1-1-0-0
E/D x-x-0-1-0-0
Fdim7 1-x-0-1-0-x
F#m7-9 2-x-2-2-1-0
Ddim7 x-x-0-1-0-1
B7/D# x-x-1-2-0-2
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[Intro]
| Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
| Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
[Verse 1]
The boy’s got brains, he just don’t use ‘em, that’s all
The boy’s got brains, he just refuse to use ‘em and that’s all
He says, “The more I get to thinking
The less I tend to laugh”
The boy’s got brains, he just abstains
[Interlude]
| Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
[Verse 2]
The boy’s got a heart but it beats on his opposite side
It’s a strange phenomenon, the laws of nature defied
He said, “It’s a chance I had to take
So I shifted my heart for its safety’s sake”
The boy’s got a heart but it beats on his opposite ...
[Chorus]
E E/D# E/D C#m7
Oh, Marion, I think I’m in trouble here
I should’ve believed you when I heard you saying it
The only time that love is an easy game
Is when two other people re playing it
[Interlude]
| Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
[Verse 3]
The boy’s got a voice but the voice is his natural disguise
Yes, the boy’s got a voice but his words don’t connect to his eyes
He says, “Ah, but when I sing
I can hear the truth auditioning”
The boy’s got a voice but the voice is his natural ...
[Solo]
| Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
| Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# F#dim7 |
| G F | C | C7 | G F | C | C7 |
| G F | Bb B |
[Chorus]
E E/D# E/D C#m7
Oh, Marion, I think I’m in trouble here
I should’ve believed you when I heard you saying it
The only time that love is an easy game
Is when two other people re playing it
[Outro]
| Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C | Em Em/D | Em/C# Em/C |
(repeat and fade)
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[Intro]
| N.C. | % | % | % | % | % |
(drums) (+ riff) (+ bass)
| A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
(+ Fender Rhodes)
[Verse 1]
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Some people say Jesus, that’s the ace in the hole
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
But I never met the man so I don’t really know
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Maybe some Christmas, if I’m sick and alone
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
He will look up my number, call me on the phone, and say
[Chorus]
G/D Bm7 F#m7
“Hey, boy, where you been so long?
G#m7-5 Dm/F | A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole.” (Clarence Franklin ...)
[Verse 2]
(Richard Tee)
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Two hundred dollars, that’s my ace in the hole
When I’m down, dirty and desperate that’s my emergency bankroll
I got two hundred dollars, that’s the price on the street
If you wanna get some quality, that’s the price you got to meet. And the man says ...
[Chorus]
(Richard Tee)
G/D Bm7 F#m7
“Hey, Junior, where you been so long?”
G#m7-5 Dm/F | A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole.” Talkin’ about ace in the hole ...
[Verse 3]
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Once I was crazy and my ace in the hole was that I
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Knew that I was crazy, so I never lost my self-control
I just walk in the middle of the road and I sleep in the middle of the bed
I stop in the middle of a sentence and the voice in the middle of my head said
(break)
[Chorus]
G/D Bm7 F#m7
“Hey, Junior, where you been so long?
G#m7-5 Dm/F A/E D#m7-5
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole, oh yeah.”
[Post Chorus]
Dmaj7
Ace in the hole
C#dim7 A#dim7
Lean on me
Bm7
Don’t you know me?
Dm6 | A | Bm/A | A7 | % |
I’m your guarantee
[Middle 8]
G/D G
Riding on this rolling bus
F#m7
Beneath a stony sky
Bm7
With a slow moon rising
E7 | A | A7 |
And the smokestacks drifting by
G/D G
In the hour when the heart is weakest
And memory is strong
Bm7
When time has stopped
E | A | % |
And the bus just rolls along
[Solo]
(Roll on, roll on)
(Roll on, roll on)
(Roll on, roll on, ooooooh) (break)
[Interlude]
| A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
[Verse 4]
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
A7 Bm A A7 Bm A
Some people say music, that’s their ace in the hole
Just your ordinary rhythm and blues, your basic rock and roll
You can sit on the top of the beat, you can lean on the side of the beat
You can hang from the bottom of the beat but you gotta admit that the music is sweet
[Chorus]
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
| G/D | G | F#m7
G#m7-5 Dm/F A/E D#m7-5
Don’t you know me? I’m your ace in the hole, oh yeah.”
[Post Chorus]
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
Dmaj7
Ace in the hole
C#dim7
Lean on me
Bm7
Don’t you know me?
Dm6 | A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
I’m your guarantee
[Interlude]
| A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
| A7 Bm A | % | % | % |
[Verse 4]
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
N.C.
Some people say music, that’s their ace in the hole
Just your ordinary rhythm and blues, your basic rock and roll
You can sit on the top of the beat, you can lean on the side of the beat
You can hang from the bottom of the beat but you gotta admit that the music is sweet
[Outro]
(Richard Tee and Paul Simon)
| A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % |
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.” (I’m talkin’ to you ...)
| A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % |
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.” (I’m talkin’ to you ...)
| A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % |
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.” (I’m talkin’ to you ...)
| A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | A7 Bm A | % |
Hey Junior! I’m your ace in the hole.”
[Coda]
| A7 | A7 | A7 | A7
(breaks . . . )
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
Verse riff (no capo)
[Eb [Ab6 [Fm7 Eb
e|----------------|----------------|
B|8-------6/-8--6-|4---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|8-------6/-8--6-|5---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
For one guitar (capoed)
[D [G6 [D
e|2-------0--2--0-|2---------------|
B|3-------0-------|3---------------|
G|2-------0--2--0-|2---------------|
D|0-------0-------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|--------3-------|----------------|
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[Intro]
| D G6 | D | D G6 | D |
| D G6 | D |
[Verse 1]
Who knows my secret broken bone?
Who feels my flesh when I am gone?
Who was a witness to the dream?
Who kissed my eyes and saw the scream lying there?
G/A | D G G/B | D |
[Verse 2]
Who is my reason to begin?
Who plows the earth, who breaks the skin?
Who took my two hands and made them four?
Who is my heart, who is my door?
G/A | D G | D C9 |
[Chorus]
[ C9 ] Bm7
Nobody but you, girl
A7 Bm7
D9 G F Bb C
| D D/F# G G/B | % | D |
Nobody
[Verse 3]
Who makes the bed that can’t be made?
Who is my mirror, who is my blade?
When I am rising like a flood
Who feels the pounding in my blood?
G/A | D G G/B | D D9 |
[Chorus]
Nobody but you
A7 Bm7
D9 G F Bb F
Bb F
Nobody, girl
C C#dim [ D ]
Oh, oh - nobody
[Solo]
| D G6 | D | D G6 | D D/F# |
| G F#m7 | E7 G/A | D D/F# G G/B | D D9 |
[Chorus]
No, nobody but you, yeah
Yea-eah, nobody but you
D7 G F | Bb C A/C# |
[Coda]
| D G | % | % | % | D
Nobody, nobody, nobody
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
CHORDS
Dm x-x-0-2-3-1
Em/D x-x-0-4-5-3
F/D x-x-0-5-6-5
Em7/D x-x-0-0-3-0
A7/C# x-4-2-0-2-0
Bb/Eb x-x-1-3-3-1
C7-9 x-3-2-3-2-x
A7-9 x-0-2-3-2-3
Bbma7/A x-0-3-3-3-5
A13 x-0-2-0-2-2
Bm/G# 4-x-4-4-3-x
Bm/G 3-x-3-3-2-x
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[Intro]
| Dm | Em/D | F/D | Em |
| Dm | Em/D | F/D | Em Dm Em7/D |
[Verse 1]
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
Half an hour, change your strings and tune up
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
Bb/Eb A7 | Dm | Gm Am7 |
[Verse 2]
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
Local girls, unspoken conversation
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
Eb9 | Abmaj7 | C7(+5) |
Plays guitar
[Chorus]
They say Jonah, he was swallowed by a whale
But I say there’s no truth to that tale
I know, Jonah, he was swallowed by a song (arpeggio) (let ring)
[Interlude]
| Dm | Em/D | F/D | Em Dm Em7/D |
[Verse 3]
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
No one gives their dreams away too lightly
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
Bb/Eb A7 | Dm | Gm Am7
[Verse 4]
Dm A/C# Cmaj7
One more year of traveling ‘round this circuit
Gb7 F7 Bbmaj7
Eb9 | Abmaj7 | C7(+5) |
Into gold
[Chorus]
They say Jonah, he was swallowed by a whale
But I say there’s no truth to that tale
I know, Jonah, he was swallowed by a song (arpeggio)
[Bridge]
D G
Here’s to all the boys who came along
A7/C# Cmaj7 B7
Em7 A13 | Bm/G# | Bm/G |
All night long
Em7 A7 | Bm/G# | Bm/G |
And do you wonder where those boys have gone?
Em7 A7 [ Dmaj7 ]
Do you wonder where those boys have gone?
[Outro]
| Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 |
(repeat and fade)
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Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: Bb
For chords in original key, transpose +1 (and “use flats”).
Verse turnaround
[Em [D/F# [G [G#dim7 [Am7 [G [D/F# [Dm/F
e|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|1-------0-------|3-------3-------|
G|0-------2-------|0-------4-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|
D|2-------0-------|0-------3-------|2-------0-------|0-------0-------|
A|2---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|0-------2-------|3-------4-------|--------3-------|2-------1-------|
[Em [A#9 [A9
e|0-------1-------|0---------------|
B|0-------1-------|0---------------|
G|0-------1-------|0---------------|
D|2-------0-------|2---------------|
A|2-------1-------|0---------------|
E|0---------------|----------------|
CHORDS
B7 x-2-1-2-0-2
B7-9 x-2-1-2-1(2)
Dm7 x-x-0-2-1-1
Dm6 x-x-0-2-0-1
Db6 x-4-3-3-2-x
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
Bm7-5 x-2-3-2-3-x
Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1
F#m11 2-2-2-2-2-2
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[Intro]
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
[Verse 1]
Em D A
Lord, I am a working man
And music is my trade
I’m traveling with this five-piece band
I play the ace of spades
Em D/F# G G#dim7 Am7 G D/F# Dm/F
I have a wife and family, but they don’t see much of me
Em A#9 A9
God bless the absentee
[Interlude]
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
[Verse 2]
Em D A
Lord, I am a surgeon
And music is my knife
It cuts away my sorrow
And purifies my life
Em D/F# G G#dim7 Am7 G D/F# Dm/F
But if I could release my heart from veins and arteries, I'd say ...
Em A#9 A9
God bless the absentee
[Interlude]
| Em D | A |
[Bridge]
Dm7 Dm6
I miss my woman so
Db6 F/C
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
I miss those soft places
I used to lay my head
[Solo]
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | B7 | B7-9 |
| Em D/F# | G G#dim7 | Am7 G | D/F# Dm/F |
| Em A#9 | A9 | % |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
[Bridge]
Dm7 Dm6
My son don’t need me yet
Db6 F/C
He flies a silver airplane
He wears a golden cross
[Verse 3]
Em D A
God bless the absentee
Lord, this country’s changed so fast
The future is the present
The present’s in the past
The highways are in litigation, the airports disagree
Em A#9 A9
God bless the absentee
[Outro]
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
| Em D | A | Em D | A |
(repeat and fade)
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Simon probably plays this in E on a guitar tuned one step down,
so it sounds in Eb. Here's a capoed version in D if you do not
want to tune down. The whole thing is a little easier (and much
more guitarey) using the other tuning, though. If you use the
tuning One Step Down, transpose this chord sheet +2 and there
you are.
Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
Time signature: 3/4
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Tab 1: Lead-in to G Tab 2: Intro / Bridge
[D [Em7 [D/F# [Fmaj7 [Gm7 [Ab [Eb
e|------------| |------------|
B|------------| |------------|
G|----0---2---| |2---3---6---|
D|4---2---4---| |------------|
A|5-----------| |------------|
E|------------| |1---3---4---|
CHORDS
G/F# 2-x-0-0-x-x
B7#9 x-2-1-2-3-x
B7b9 x-2-1-2-1-x
A9 x-0-2-0-0-0 or x-0-2-4-2-3
G#dim7 4-x-3-4-3-x
Dmaj7/A x-0-x-2-2-2
B7 x-2-1-2-0-x
B9 x-2-1-2-2-x
A13 x-0-2-0-2-2
A#dim7 x-1-2-0-2-0
F#7(#5) 2-4-2-3-3-2 or easier x-x-2-3-3-2
C/F 1-x-2-0-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
A/E x-x-2-2-2-x or 0-x-2-2-2-x
A#dim/E x-x-2-3-2-x or x-x-2-3-2-x
A7/E x-x-2-0-2-x or 0-x-2-0-2-x
C9 x-3-2-3-3-x
Bm11 x-2-2-2-3-x
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[Intro]
| Bbmaj7 | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| Bbmaj7 | % | Fmaj7 | F7 |
| Bbmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 Gm7 Ab | Eb |
| Dsus4 | D Em7 D/F# |
[Verse]
G G/F# | B7#9 | B7b9 |
Em7 A9 | Dmaj7 | % | D Em7 D/F# |
G G#dim7 Dmaj7/A
But any old place will be okay
Em7 A13 A#dim7 | Bm7 | % | F#7(#5) | % |
It's been a long, long day
[Link]
| Bm7 | % | C/F | % |
| C/F | % | G | % |
Oh, my love (Tab 1)
[Verse]
G G/F# | B7#9 | B7b9 |
Em7 A9 | Dmaj7 | % | D Em7 D/F# |
G G#dim7 Dmaj7/A
You don't see my face in Rolling Stone
But I sure been on this road
[Link]
| Bm7 | % | C/F | % |
| C/G | C/E | Gsus4 | % |
My love
[Bridge]
Bbmaj7
When I saw him standin' there
(Slow ...)
I said, "Hey, there's a guy who needs a laugh"
That's what I said to myself
Fmaj7 F7
What the hell? We're both alone
And I'm just standin' here ... in the corner
Fmaj7 Gm7 Ab | Eb | % | A/E A#dim/E | A7/E | D Em7 D/F# |
Shoo- tin' to kill, And it's been a... (Tab 1)
[Verse 3]
G G/F# | B7#9 | B7b9 |
Em7 A7 | Dmaj7 | % | D Em7 D/F# |
G G#dim7 Dmaj7/A
I hate to abuse an old cliché
But it's been a long, long day
[Coda]
G C9 Bm11 | Bbmaj7 | % | % | % | D
It's been a long, long day
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Unreleased soundtrack secording from the movie “One-Trick Pony” (1980)
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CHORDS
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x
G/B x-2-0-0-3-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3
G/F# 2-x-0-0-x-x
D7sus4 x-x-0-0-1-x
Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
G6/B x-2-0-0-3-0
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[Intro]
| G D/F# Em | D/F# | D/F# Em D/F# | Em |
| G Am7 G/B | C | Gmaj7/B | Am7 |
| G D/F# Em | D/F# | D | D7 |
| C G/B Am7 | G |
[Chorus]
G D/F# Em D/F#
Soft pa ra- chutes
D/F# Em D/F# Em
Fourth of Ju- ly
And villa- ges burning
Returning
The bodies all laid in a line
Like soft pa-a-ra- chutes
[Verse]
Last year I was a senior
In Emerson High school
I had me a girlfriend
We used to get high
G G/F#
Now I am flyin down
Some Vietnam highway
Don't ask me the reason
God only knows why
[Chorus]
G D/F# Em D/F#
Soft pa ra-chutes
D/F# Em D/F# Em
Fourth of Ju- ly
And villa- ges burning
Returning
The bodies all laid in a line
C G/B Am7 | G |
Soft pa-a-ra- chutes
[Outro]
| G D/F# Em | D/F# | D/F# Em D/F# | Em |
| G Am7 G/B | C | Gmaj7/B | Am7 |
| G D/F# Em | D/F# | D | D7 |
| C G/B G6/B | G | % |
| C G/B G6/B | G | % |
((repeat and fade)