S&g - For guitar tab
For Emily, Whenever I may Find Her ( Paul Simon )
( From Parsley, Sage, Rosemay and Thyme, 1966 )
Transcribed from "Back to College", 1969
Transcribed and tabbed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se )
Notes : Capo 5. ( Capo 4 on the original recording )
Intro :
Dadd9
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5----------------5-------
B-|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5--------5-------5---
G-|-----------2---------------2---------------2----------------5-------
D-|---0---------------0---------------0----------------0---------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
Dsus4add9 ( repeat twice )
e-|-----------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--------||
B-|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----||
G-|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0--------||
D-|---0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------||
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse :
D/A (*)
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5------------------------
B-|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3--------------------
G-|-----------2---------------2---------------2-----------2-------4----
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------5--------
A-|---0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
What a dream I had
G G/F# Em Dadd9
e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|-----------3---------------3-------------------------------5--------
G-|-------4-------4-------4-------4-------0-------0-------0-------0----
D-|-----------5---------------5-------------------------------0--------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|---3---------------3---------------3-------2-------0----------------
pressed in or - gan - dy
D
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5---------------5--------
B-|---3---------------3---------------3---------------3-----------0----
G-|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------------
D-|---0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
clothed in crinoline
Cmaj7
e-|-----------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--------
B-|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----
G-|-----------4---------------4---------------4---------------4--------
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A-|---3---------------3---------------3---------------3----------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
of smo - ky bur - gan - dy
G G G/F# A5
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------5--------
B-|---0-------3---------------3---------------------------5-------5----
G-|-------0-------4-------4-------4-------------------2-------2--------
D-|-----------5---------------5-------5-------4------------------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|-------------------3------------------------------------------------
soft - er than the rain
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5------------------------
B-|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------2--------------------
G-|-----------2---------------2---------------2------------------------
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A-|---0---------------0---------------0--------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 2 :
D
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5------------------------
B-|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3--------------------
G-|-----------2---------------2---------------2-----------2-------4----
D-|---0---------------0---------------0-----------------------5--------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
I wandered empty streets down
G G/F# Em Dadd9
e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|-----------3---------------3-------------------------------5--------
G-|-------4-------4-------4-------4-------0-------0-------0-------0----
D-|-----------5---------------5-------------------------------0--------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|---3---------------3---------------3-------2-------0----------------
past the shop dis - plays
D
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5---------------5--------
B-|---3---------------3---------------3---------------3-----------0----
G-|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------------
D-|---0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
I heard cathedral bells
Cmaj7
e-|-----------3---------------3---------------3---------------3--------
B-|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5----
G-|-----------4---------------4---------------4---------------4--------
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A-|---3---------------3---------------3---------------3----------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
trip - ping down the alley ways
G G G/F# A5
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------5--------
B-|-----------3---------------3---------------------------5-------5----
G-|-------4-------4-------4-------4-------------------2-------2--------
D-|-----------5---------------5-------5-------4------------------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|---3---------------3------------------------------------------------
as I walked on
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5------------------------
B-|-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------2--------------------
G-|-----------2---------------2---------------2------------------------
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
A-|---0---------------0---------------0--------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 3 :
D
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5------------------------
B-|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3--------------------
G-|-----------2---------------2---------------2-----------2-------4----
D-|---0---------------0---------------0--------------0-----------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
And when you ran to me your
G G/F# Em Dadd9
e-|----------)3--------------------------------------------------------
B-|----------(3-----------------------------------------------5--------
G-|----------)4---------------------------0-------0-------0-------0----
D-|----------(5---------------5-------------------------------0--------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|---3---------------3---------------3-------2-------0----------------
cheeks flushed with the night
D
e-|-----------5---------------5---------------5---------------5--------
B-|---3---------------3---------------3---------------3-----------0----
G-|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------------
D-|---0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
we walked on frosted fields
Cmaj7
e-|----------(3------(3--------------(3-------(3-------------(3-------
B-|----------)5------)5--------------)5-------)5-------------)5-------
G-|----------(4------(4--------------(4-------(4-------------(4-------
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-|---3----------------------3-----------------------3----------------
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
Chord voicing :
Dadd9 : xx0255
Dsus4add9 : xx0053
D/A : x0x235 (*) see note below
G : 355433
G/F# : 2xx0xx
Em : 0xx0xx
D : xx0235
Cmaj7 : x3x453
A5 : x02255
(*) Played D/A ( x0x235 ) in most live versions ( first verse only ).
Played D ( xx0235 ) in the studio version.
