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Kathys Song

Simon & Garfunkel
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

e|----------0---------------0-----|----------0---------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0---|----0-------0-------0-----------|
D|4-------4-------4-------4-------|4-------4-------4-------4---2---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

G C/g G C/g G

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----0h1---1--p0-----0----(0)----|--0--h1---1--p0-----0-----0-----|
G|------------------------------0-|------------------------------0-|
D|----0h2-----2p0-----0-------0---|----0h2-----2p0-----0-------0---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|3-------3-------3-------3-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------|

Verse

G C/g

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--0-------0-----|1---------1-----|1---------1-----|
G|------0-------0-|------0---------|------0---------|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|

I hear the driz - zle of th

G

e|----------------3---------------|
B|0---------0---------------0-----|
G|------0---------------0---------|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|3-------3-------3-------3-------|

rain.

Am Gadd9 C /b

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------1-----|
G|------2---------|------2---------|------0---------|
D|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|0-------0-------|----------------|3-------2-------|
E|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|

Like a mem - o - ry it

Bm

e|----------------2---------------|
B|3---------3---------------3-----|
G|------4---------------4---------|
D|----4-------4-------4-------4---|
A|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|

falls.

G* Bm G /a /b

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|3---------3-----|3---------3-----|--0-------------|
G|------4---------|------4-------0-|------0---------|
D|----0-------0---|----4-------4---|----0-----0-----|
A|----------------|2-------2-------|--------0---2---|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3---------------|

Soft and warm con - tinu -

C

e|----------------0---------------|
B|----------1---------------1-----|
G|------0---------------0---------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|--------------------------------|

ing.

Am Gadd9 D

e|----------------|---------------|------2---------|
B|1---------1-----|0---------0----|----------3-----|
G|------2---------|------2--------|----2-------2---|
D|----2-------2---|----0-------0--|0-------0-------|
A|0-------0-------|---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|3-------3------|----------------|

Tapping on my roof and

G C/g G C/g G C/g G C/g

e|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
B|----------1-----|0---------1----|0---------1-----|0---------1----|
G|------0---------|------0--------|------0---------|------0--------|
D|----0-------2---|----0-------2--|----0-------2---|----0-------2--|
A|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3------|3-------3-------|3-------3------|

walls.

G C/g

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0---------0-----|1---------1-----|1---------1-----|
G|------0-------0-|------0---------|------0---------|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|

And from the shelter….. eEtc.

Interlude

Dadd11/a

e|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
B|3---------3-----|----------3-----|3---------3-----|----------3-----|
G|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
D|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5-------5-------|5-------5-------|5-------5-------|5-------5-------|

G C/g G

e|--------------------------------|
B|----0h1---1--p0-----0----(0)----|
G|------------------------------0-|
D|----0h2-----2p0-----0-------0---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|3-------3-------3-------3-------|

Outro

G Gadd9 G

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
G|0-----0---0-----|0h2---2---2-----|------0---2-----|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
e|----------------3---------------|
B|0---------0---------------0-----|
G|------0---------------0---------|
D|----0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|3-------3-------3-------3-------|

Am Gadd9 C /b

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------1-----|
G|------2---------|------2---------|------0---------|
D|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|0-------0-------|----------------|3-------2-------|
E|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|

Bm

e|----------------2---------------|
B|3---------3---------------3-----|
G|------4---------------4---------|
D|----4-------4-------4-------4---|
A|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|

G* Bm G /a /b

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--3-------3-----|3---------3-----|----0-----------|
G|------4---------|------4-------0-|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----4-------4---|----0-----------|
A|----------------|2-------2-------|--------0---2---|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3---------------|

C

e|----------------0---------------|
B|------1---1---------------1-----|
G|----------------------0---------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|--------------------------------|

Am Gadd9 D

e|----------------|---------------|------2---------|3-|
B|1---------1-----|0---------0----|----------3-----|0-|
G|------2---------|------2--------|----2-------2---|0-|
D|----2-------2---|----0-------0--|0-------0-------|0-|
A|0-------0-------|---------------|----------------|2-|
E|----------------|3-------3------|----------------|3-|

Note: It's worth making a note of the timing structure of the verses. 3 bars of 2/4

by a single bar of 4/4. Being aware of this certainly helps when performing the song.

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| (n) Ghost note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

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