The Only Living Boy In New York Acoustic tab

The Only Living Boy In New York Acoustic

Artist: Paul Simon
Song: The Only Living Boy In New York (live and acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASrh5n0WEXI
Transcription: SCA, [email protected]

Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret (in some versions 4th fret)

Chords:
G:     3.2.0.0.0.3
C:     x.3.2.0.1.0
C/B:   x.2.0.0.1.0
Am:    x.0.2.2.1.0
Am/G:  3.x.2.2.1.0
D/F#:  2.x.0.2.3.2
E:     0.2.2.1.0.0
Esus4: 0.2.2.2.0.0
Am7/G: 3.x.2.0.1.3
Am7:   x.0.2.0.1.0
G/B:   x.2.0.0.3.x

Note:
The horizontal lines are there to help you with the timing. 
  
Intro: 
G

Verse:         
G                             C          
Tom, get your plane right on time
G                        C  *        
I know your part'll go fine
G        |C   C/B  Am  Am/G|
Fly     down to Mexico
D/F#                         C            
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am
|G                    C  C/B Am7|   G
The only living boy in New York 
  
Verse: 
G                             C     
I get the news I need from the weather report
G                             C     
I can gather all the news I need from the weather report
G                |C   C/B  Am  Am/G |
Hey, I've got nothing to do to-day but smile
D/F#                      C           
Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am
|G                        C |    
The only living boy in New York 

Break:  
|E     Esus4   E|       
|Am                    D7/F#|                 
Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know
G                       C         
Where, and we don't know where

Verse:    
G                          C     
Tom, get your plane right on time
G                        C     
I know that you've been eager to fly now
G                      |C   C/B  Am  Am/G|
Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,
D/F#                            C           
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it shines on me
|G                        C|           G
The only living boy in New York
|G                        C|           G
The only living boy in New York 
  
Break:  
e-|---------------------3--3------------------0-0-0-0--|
B-|---------------------0--0------------------0-1-0-1--|
G-|---------------------0--0------------------0-0-0-0--|
D-|--------0-h2--0------0--0--------0-h2--0---0-2-0-2--|
A-|--0-h2----------2-0--2--2---0-h2-----------0-3-0-3--|
E-|---------------------3--3---------------------------|

|E     Esus4   E| 
|Am     D/F#    |
|G  Am7/G  G/B  C |

Ending:
G                          C     
A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah
G                        C     
A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah 
G                      |C   C/B  Am  Am/G|
A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah 
D/F#                            C           
A ha a ha a ah ah aha ah ah ah 
|G                        C|           G
A ha here I am
|G                        C|           G
A ha here I am


Note II:
He often does hammer-ons and pull-offs, for example
where the star sign is he does something like this:
*
e-|--0-0---0-----0---0-------|
B-|--1-1---1-----1---1-------|
G-|--0-0---0h2p0-0---0-------|
D-|--2-0h2-0-----0h2-2-------|
A-|--3-3---3-----3---3-------|
E-|--------------------------|
     
Note III:
If you have any corrections or improvements to the tab write
them on the comments section, or send me a message,
or e-mail, so we can together make this tab even better.  

SCA, [email protected]

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