Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York guitar tab

The Only Living Boy In New York

by: Paul Simon

C F

Tom-, get your plane right on time.

C F

I know your part'll go fine.

C F Am7 Dm7 F

Fly- down to Mexico---

G F

Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am-

C F C F C Dm7

The only living boy in New York.

C F

I get the news I need from the weather report-

C F

I can gather all the news I need from the weather report-

C F C Dm Dm7

Hey- I've got nothing to do to-day but smile

G F

Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am-

C F Am

The only living boy in New York.

Dm G7 C

Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know where

F

And we don't know where-

C F

Tom- , get your plane right on time.

C F

I know that you've been eager to fly now-

C F C Dm F

Hey- , let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,

G Fmaj7 Dm7 F

Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do- like it shines on me.

C F

The only living boy in New York.

C F C

The only living boy in New York.

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Spencer Christensen schriste@east.east-slc.edu

Salt Lake City, Utah

"I'm in shape! Round's a shape isn't it?" -A. Alyosha Efros

The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel

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From "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

Transcribed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

Capo 4th fret.

4/4 time.

INTRO:

|G |G |

VERSE 1:

|G |G |C |C |

Tom, get your plane right on time

|G |G |C |C |

I know your part'll go fine

|G |G |C C/B |C/A C/G |

Fly down to Mexico

|D/F# |D/F# |C |C |

Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am

|C |G |G |

The only living boy in New York.

VERSE 2: (two bars of C to lead in)

I get the news I need from the weather report

I can gather all the news I need from the weather report

Hey, I've got nothing to do to-day but smile

Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am

The only living boy in New York.

CHORUS:

|E |Esus4 E |

|Am |D7/F# |

Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know

|G |C |C |

Where, and we don't know where

VERSE 3:

Ah....

Here I am.

CHORUS

VERSE 4:

Tom, get your plane right on time

I know that you've been eager to fly now

Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,

Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it shines on me

The only living boy in New York

The only living boy in New York.

BRIDGE:

|G |G |G |G |

(hammer on and pull off at the second fret on the A and D strings)

|G |C |E |Esus4 E |

|Am |D7/F# |G |C |

VERSES 5 & 6: (as for Verse 3)

CODA:

|G |G |G |G |G ||Fine.

\\\\\\\\ John Kean

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