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Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 4
Bleecker Street 8
The Sound Of Silence 13
Leaves That Are Green 18
AMost Peculiar Man 22
I Am ARock 30
Richard Cory 27
Kathy's Song 32
Scarborough Fair/ Canticle 38
Homeward Bound 35
Sparrow 42
The 59tl1 Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 45
The Dangling Conversation 48
APoem On Tile Underground Wall 56
AHazy Silade Of Winter 51
At The Zoo 60
Mrs. Robinson (From the Motion Picture The Graduate) 68
Fakin' It 74
Old Friends 65
Bookends 80
America 82
Overs 90
EI Condor Pasa (If I Could) 94
Bridge Over Troubled Water 97
Cecilia 102
Keep Tile Customer Satisfied 106
So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 11 0
The Boxer 11 8
Baby Driver 11 5
The Only Living Boy In New York 138
Song For Tile Asking 126
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 128
My Little Town 132
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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Bleecker Street Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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The Sound 01 SilellCe Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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mains with - in The Sound Of
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And rest -less dreams I in the nak - ed
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nar - row streets of cob - ble stone. 'Neath the ha - 10 of a ten thou-sand peo - pie, may - be more. Peo - pIe talk - ing with - out
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street lamp._ turned my col lar to the cold and damp_ speak ing._ peo - pIe hear - ing with - out lis ten . ing_
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Leaves That Are Green Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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---. two_ now but I won't be for long _ time _ her_ close, but she fad oed in the night _ like a poem
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AMost Peculiar Man Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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Richard Cory Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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@., spread his wealth_ a - round_ Born_ in - to__ so
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man __ev - 'ry - thing a could want:_ pow - er, grace and sure . ly must be hap . py with_ ev - 'ry - thing he's Cor - y went home __ last night_ and put a bul . let through his -
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I Am ARock Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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2. walls, A fort - ress deep and might-y, 3. love; But I've heard fhe word be - fore; 4. books. And my po e - try to pro - teet me;
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I Am A Rock,_feel - ings that have died. If I nev - er loved I nev - er would have cried. Safe with - in my womb. I touch no one and no one touch - es me.
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Kathy's Song Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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Homeward Bound Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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.. I• On a tour_ of one night stands my suit - case and gui- ta
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lies wait· ing for me. __ 3. To-
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Scarborough Fair/CanticleArrangement and original counter melody by PAUL SIMON and ARTHUR GARFUNKEL
Moderately slow
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me to one who lives there.
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Em o Em 0 Em
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the the
side side War
of of bel
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lows
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hill hill blaz -
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the a in
deep for sprink-ling scar - let
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---Tell Tell Tell
her her her
to to to
make find reap
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with a
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bric of of
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leath er:
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green. leaves.
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of the als
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spar - row grave
or • der
on with their
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ley. ley. ley,
sage. sage, sage.
rose rose rose
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and and and
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Em D Em D••••D
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r r r r r r r bed - clothes the child of the moun - tain.
cleans and po - Ush -es a gun. .II cause they've long a· go for • got - ten.
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work, Then she'll be a true love of strands, Then she'll be a true love of heath er, Then she'll be a true love of
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SparrowWords and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderately
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heart. Spar • row?
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who's and And Will
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rest? _cries for word? _kind • Iy
row? _starv • ing spar eu • 10 gy?_------
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I", said the oak tree, I," said the swan, I", said the gold - en wheat,_
"I wiD," said the earth,_
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won't share my branch • es with tire __ dea __i is
would if I could but I all I've ere a - ted re •
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no spar • row's nest, ut - ter •. Iy ab . surd,
can • not I know, turns un - to me,
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leaves won't warm her cold scorned if the oth - er swans grain to pros . per and made and dust ye shall
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breast." heard." grow." be."
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The 59th Street Bridge Song(Feelin' Groovy)
Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderately
Eb Bb Cm7sus Bb Eb Bb
~ II II m II II II
-t'
Slow down,_ you move too fast._ You got to make the morn -
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Cm7sus Bb Eb Bb Cm7sus Bb
II II II II II 11
ing last. _ Just kick - in' down the cob - ble stones, _
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II 3
1m 1m II II II II II
look· in' for fun and Feel---- in' Groov . y.
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Hel - 10 lamp - post, what· cha know - in' I've come to watch your now
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II II Ii II Ii• -
grow in'. Ain't· cha got no rhymes_ for me?
Eb Bb Cm7sus Bb Eb Bb Cm7sus
II II mm II II II II @J
Doot - in' doo· doo, Feel - in' Groov· y. Got
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no deeds to do, no prom· is - es to keep. I'm
Bb BbCm7
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~ r•r me.[ morn· ing - time drop all its
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Eb
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sleep. Let theto
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Bb
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~ Life, love you, All is groov y.
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The Dangling Conversation Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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speak of things that
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of a now late af . ter and I my Rob -ert with words that must be
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II II II• e .. ------noon,------------_ As the sun shines through the cur-tained lace ~ _ Frost, _ And we note our place with book mark - ers said, 'Can an al - y sis be worth-while~ _;;;;_~~~;;;-
Bb Bb6 B~ maj7
II 1m• room. _and sha-dows wash the
that meas-ure what we've lost. 'Is the thea- ter real ly dead~· _
Gm
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• And we sit and drink our cof fee _ Like a po - em poor Iy writ ten _ we are Now the room is soft ly fad ed and I
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couched in our in dif - fer ence, like she lis up on the vers es out of rhy thm. coup lets out of
on Iy kiss your sha dow, can not feel your
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to me _
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hear the 0 - cean syn - co - pat - ed
strang - er now un
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you're a
shore rhyme, hand,
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dang - lIng con - ver sa - tlon and the sup - er fi -cial
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AHazy Shade Of Winter Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderate tempo --fI
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Time, time, _ time, __ See what's be - come of me. while 1_
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C Dm C
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IS A Ha zy Shade_ Of
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Hear the Sal - va - tion
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planned._
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Car - ry your cup in your hand, _
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--And look a - rOlllld,_
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II II~ • • -leaves are brown_ now, And the sky__ IS a Ha zy Shade _ Of Win
c• ter. Hang on to your hopes,_ my friend, ~
:han Simp -Iy pre - tend __ that you c'an
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build them a gain,_~__ Look a - round:_ The grass is high, the fields arl'-i U i Uf
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life. _
Sea -sonsehangewith the seen - er - y, Wea v- mg time in a
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Leaves are brown,
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snow_ on the ground._
Shade Of Win
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APoem On The Underground Wall Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Bright tempo
1\
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j~~ I. TheI 2. (His)
I 3. (Now)I
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ftbJ last __
rest less from the
c10s touch meet
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N =h~.. .--' II1g soon._ or catch, _
the groom,_
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i train IS near Iy due,_ the un - der ground is
eyes leap and scratch,_ at all that they can (un nel's stan y womb,_ the car riage rides to
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Am E7 Am
II II Ii IIF
1\
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~ r "it ..---..;:;.-\;= "it ~ . --- .Rest less in an - tic i . pa - tion. a man waits in the
Safe with . in his si . lent sock - et. he holds his col ored he hes· i . ta tes, then with - draws deep - er In the" I I -
t; ~ .. .- T 1= "it · ·
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on wheels click - il
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from his pock - et quick he flash - es, the cray - on on the wall he slash - es, heart IS laugh - ing, scream - ing,pound - ing, The poem a - cross the tracks re - bound - ing,
F c Dm c Am E7
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Shad - owed by the ex - it light __ his legs take their as - cend - ing flight_ to
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seek the breast of dark - ness and be suck - led by the night 1";'\
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At The Zoo Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
_______.__9
At The Zoo. _
C7
II
it's all hap-pen ing
mp
Some-one told me,
Moderate tempo
Cmaj7
II
F7
II ~.
do be - Iieve_
Bb
1m ~gJ it,_ do be - lieve_ it's true._
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Bb F7 Bb D7 D7Gm Gm
II -. II II II II II II
(Hum~):::::========= __
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Dm7 Bb Dm7 BbGm Gm Dm7
II II II II m II m It's a light and tum-ble jour ney, from the East side to the park._
Dm7 Bb Dm Gm Dm7 F F7 m II DII mm mm
Just a fine and fan - cy ram - ble to the zoo. _
D7 Dm7 Bb D7 Gm Dm7Gm7
II II mil III! m can take the cross - town bus,_ if it's rain - in' or it's And the
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an - i - mals will youifdo, _love it, if_ you
C7
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Some-thing tells me, it's all hap - pen - ing At The Zoo.
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do be - lieve_ it._ do be· - lieve _ it's true._
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(Hllm) _ The mon - keys stand for
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~ Gir affcs are in - sin cere, And the cl - c - rhants Jrc
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chan - ges In their ea - ges, And the zoo - keep er IS ve - ry fond_ of
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Old Friends Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Abmaj7 Ebmaj7Slowly rmROOil1 I
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Old Friends,
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on their park bench Like book - ends. _Old Friends, Sat ----- A
Of the
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Falls on the round
Bb
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high shoes Of the Old Friends. __ Old Friends,
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II II 1mII II . . L1\
I ... Win - ter com - pan - ions, The old men Lost in their o - ver - coats,
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II 1m II. II II
Wait - ing for the sun - set.-- The sounds of the cit - ---y,-
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i Sift - ing through trees,_ set - tle like dust-______ On the
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shoul- d ~ Of the Old Fr~__ Can you im - a - gine us
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Shar - ing a park bench qui - et - ly? How
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ter - ri - bly strange To be sev- en - ty. _ Old Friends,
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mem - 0 - ry brush - es the same years. Si - lent - ly shar - ing the
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same fears. __
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Mrs. Robinson Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
I
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Chorus ~Im II 1m
Moderately bright
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God bless you, please, Mrs._ Rob in - son,_ Heav-en holds ~ a pla(e~
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for those who pray, _ (Hey, hey, hey, _
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Fakin'lt Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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Take the time to treat your friend -ly neigh-bors hon - est - ly,_
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Bookends Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Gracefully
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America Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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bought a pack of cig - a - rettes,__ And Mrs._ Wag ner's
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board - ed a Grey - hound in Pitts - burgh,
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Overs Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
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English Lyric by PAUL SIMON Musical arrangement by JORGE MILCHBERG and DANIEL ROBLES
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Eb Ab Eb Ab
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~Sail on
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II~iftEI sil-ver girl,:
Ab Db Ab• 1m I}E ~ ~ I e I ~ ~
Sail on by. Your time has
All your dreams are on their way.to shine._
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Eb
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1111 IISee how they shine. _
Eb
II
if you need a friend
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1m
Like a
Ab
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II
Cm
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F Bb Eb 7 Eb9 Ab F#dlm
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be hind._ Like a Bridge 0 - ver
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will ease your mind. _
I will ease your mind._
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Ab
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Cm
II
Cm
II
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Trou - bled Wa-ter
In tempoE~7
II
I'm sail - ing right
ED(8bbass) :> Ab
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ED(81) bass)
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102
CeciliaWords and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderate, not too fast, rhythmically
F
IIBb F
IIBb
II
Cel ia, you're break-ing my heart._ You 're shak - ing my con fi-dence dal'
'-
C Bb F F
1m g H
I"~jJ
~ Ir F Of Of 1-=ly._ Oh, Ce - cil ia, I'm down on my knees,_ I'm
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'--Ho - ho - home._
F
II
got up_
en my place._
r
ter - noon_ with Ce - ci -in the afMak - ing love_
I[cOOIJ
F
II
come back to bed._ some-one's tak
-to come home._
When
F
II
face_
Bb F C F
II II - H(mak - ing love-~ )
--lia. Up in my___ bed - room._
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my
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Bb
II
Bb
II
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F Bb F B~ Fm II m g III~'~~J~~J~'~~tJ~J~'f~
Cel ia, You're break-ing my heart,_ You'r13 shak - ing my con - fi - dence dai-iI
c m F Bb F
III II II II III&~ )~
•
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:.!~~ly. Oh, Ce - cil ia, I'm down on my knees,_ I'm
Poh pohCome on home._
Bb F C F
,,~L}~~·~~1~~~~'~~: beg - ging you please-_ to come home._
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II .
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II II IIFsus
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rJl J ~
poh poh_ poh poh poh poh poh poh poh poh_ poh._ Ju - bi -
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1
mF
II
home._
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II
B~ F BD F
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-.....-oh oh oh oh_ oh oh oh oh oh_ oh oh oh __ oh._ Oh oh_
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- mg._ Ju - hi - - ing._ Oh oh __ oh oh oh
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la - tion, She loves me a - gain,_ I fall on the floor_ and I bugh-
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108
Keep The Customer SatisfiedWords and Music by PAUL SIMON
3
Moderately bright
I
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.Gee but it's great to be back home, Home is where I want toDep' u . ty Sher . iff said to me Tell me what you come here
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F£grg{+t1N7TJE T= -.J )4-=tJbe. I've been on the road so long my friend,for, boy. You bet . ter get your bags and flee.
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Bb
• -And if you came a - long I know you could - n't dis - a gree._You're ill trou ble boy, And now you're head ing in to more._
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Eb
II
Ev - 'ry-where I
beled,_
Eb
IIJust
107
Li
Bb
R
And I'm one step a - head of the
line,
(Yeah) }
Cm
II
--ble. _
---
sian - dered,
Eb
II
a-way from the
get
Eb
II
Eb
II
nev - er heard in the Bi
Cm
II
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sat - is - tied, Sat - is - tied.__ fied. _
Woh _
Fi-:jr -:- --- J~-~
Woh _
Ab.41r~gE_
Woh Woh _
But it's the same old
E~ :>~ Ab• ••~I"·§&~~.~fir§'~JI~E_-I sto - ry------- Ev - 'ry-where I go, ---- get
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tired, __
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em
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so
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beled,_
tied. _
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Li
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sIan - dered,
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oh so tired, But I'm trying to keep my eus - tom - ers
110
So Long, Frank Lloyd WrightWords and Music by PAUL SIMON
C-Bb7
IID7
1mVery slowly Moderate. not too fast
Dmaj7 ffim1\
eJ 'l'
So long, Frank Lloyd Wright._
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-I can't be - lieve your song_ is gone so soon._
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bare - ly learned the tune
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E~maj7Gm
fI IIF
• II II ..........1&1 soon __So So soon.~
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tim mit I'll re - mem ber _
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Frank Lloyd Wright. _
Om7 F7 Bbmaj7
omll II m II the nights _ we'd bar mo - nize _ till dawn..
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@}~~ er change your point of --view._
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When
113
C'dim (;7
II 1m ~ r tiFt • fS'r t
and think of you,
em7
chi - tects lll:1y go :lnd
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Frank Lloyd Wright._
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So long_So long_
Om Om7 F7 Bbmaj7
11M II _1It-----the nights_ we'd har mo - nize _ till dawn. ~~ _
"f "f r
Bb F
'p~~r~~~¥~~.~~~ nev - er laughed _ so long__ So long_~ .------
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Ke p repeating and fade out eJm F
IIG Gb~ II
G Gbmaj7
1m II IIF
---So long._ So long_
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115
Baby Driver Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderate bright tempo
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1. My dad dy was a fam - i - Iy bass--- man, My rna 2. (My) dad dy was a prom - i nent frog man, My rna 3. (My) dad - dy got a big pro - rna tion, My rna
Dng_
I I __gi - neer, _ And was born_ ane dark'_ I __
-en
raiseNa - val re - serve, _ When was young_ I car
in pay,__ There's no__ one home, __ we're all_
.,
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1\ iJ _
40 r -- gray mom __ With
gun __ried a But -- a - lone__ Oh,
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In my ears. -__ -. I did not serve. __
._- Yes. we can play. __
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fI ill
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me Ba - by Driv . -- in' a - bout your pig
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tails,
D
1m
G
II r r mu . sic com nev . er got
come in . to
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- . And once_ And once_ But talk .
-
r - in' in my ears_
the chance to serve_ my room· and play__
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They call_ They call_
not talk· ~
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., r u . pon a pair u - pon a pair
in' 'bout your sex
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of wheels. of wheels. ap . peal_
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ill ~ ears__ serve_ play__
•
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feels. __
how your en - ginewon feels. __ feels. __
how your en - gine how your en - gine
won won
won der how your en - gine feels. Sa Sa Sa Sa won - der how your en - gine feels. Sa Sa Sa Sa won . der how your en - gine feels. ___ Sa Sa Sa Sa
JI e
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talk Scoot down the road, What's__ my num ber, Scoot down the road, What's__ my num ber,- Scoot down the road, What's__ my num ber,
Em7 D
II II wheels. wheelspeal_
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118
The Boxer Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderate tempo c
II ;~e~§-~==:g~~~~~~~j ~j.~=i@1~1~j~W~~~.~.~ I ~. am just a poor boy. Though my
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pock - et - ful of mum - bles, such are prom- is - es.
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to hear, _ And
-Iy,_ was
G
II
my home and my ram
r
rest. _
c
II
c
II
r
re - gards the
111
Am G F• II 1m
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants
dis
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Am G
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no more than a boy in the com - pa - ny_ of stran - gers in the
f\ i i
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Dm7 c
f\ II II
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qUI - et of a rail - way sta - tion run - ning scared,
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Am c
m IIF
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Lay - ing low. seek - ing out the poor - er quar - ters where the
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c Am
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know. Lie - la - lie, Lie - la
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lie la la la la Lie - la la la la lie.
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Am G
1m II 1'\
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look -ing for a job, but I get no of
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f\ • t.! ~ .' . --
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come-Qn from the whores_ on Sev-enth Av - e - nue,
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I do de - clare, there were times_ when I was so lone- some I
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win - ter c1othes_ and wish - ing I was gone,_ go - ing home
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t- .. --- - .. .. Where the New York Cit - win - ters are - n't bleed - ing me,
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go - ing
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home.
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clear - ing
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stands
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a
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a fight • er
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laid him down_ Or cut him till he cried_ out in his an . ger and his shame,
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Song For The Asking Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderately
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r, • • - • •
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~ r ~_-,}-o • sweet -ly, 1'11_ make you smile;_ This is my-fl
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Eb Bb Eb F7 Bb
II II II II II lng_ all my_ l1fe.--
.,
Gm
11,,----5 -----,
Dm• D Bdim
1I~,--5--~ Cm
II F7
mm
sad. Think-lug it o-ver, I'd be more than glad To
Eb Gm Cm7Bb GBb7
II II II II II II ,~ ~. bL4 i r ~ J , I) ~~; JE
"
change my ways_ for the ask - mg, Ask me and 1_ will
D D7 Eb Bb Bb F7 Bb
II II II mm II II Ii
play All the love that I _ hold in - side.
128
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For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderate tempo
)~ ~ "'P "mp''',gaw
What a dream_ had: _ Pressed in or-
IIF
Eb Bb
1m OJ ~~~§J~'t~~~~e ~~~~IJ~F~F~'~~~ I~) of smok· y Bur - gun· dy; Soft . er than the
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III II ~. D~ f¥~---?3~.~~~F~~§lJ§~~~r~@ r ~ain wan - dered emp - ty streets - down
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II Eb
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the - dral bells _ trip- ping down the al - ley ways, as_ I
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walked on. And when you ran to me your
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cheeks Oushed with the night. We walked on
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light.lampof JU ni-per and
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with my grate-ful
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My Little Town Words and Music by PAUL SIMON
Moderatclv
Tacet1\/#
In my lit· tie town_
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