• Song:

    Bleecker Street

  • Artist:

    Simon And Garfunkel

  • Album:

    The Essential Simon & G...

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Transcribed by Rich Kent (r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk). If there's any questions
mail me...

Capo 9th Fret!!
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Intro|
------
    G                 D/F#              C                 G/C
e||-----------------|-2---------------|-------3---------|-----------------|
B||-0-----0---0-----|-------3---3-----|-0h1-------1-----|-----0h1---0-----|
G||-------0---------|------(2)--------|-----0-------0---|-----------------|
D||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|---------2-------|-----0h2-----0---|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
E||-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |

                                        Verse1:
    G/C               G/C               D/F#              C
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-------3---------|
B||-------0h1p0-----|-----0h1---0-----|-------3---------|-0h1-------1-----|
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-------0---|
D||-----0--h2p0-0---|-----0h2-----0---|-----0-------0---|---------2-------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
E||-3------(3)------|-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |
                            Fogs rolling in     off the   east river


    G/C               G                 Am                Am/G
e||-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|
B||-----0h1---0-----|-----------0-----|-----------1-----|-----------1-----|
G||-----------------|-------0---------|-------2---------|-------2---------|
D||-----0h2-----0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|
E||-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |
    bank                      like a    shroud


    Am/F#                               G                 Em
e||-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|---------------0-|
B||-------1---------|-------1---------|-----0-------1---|-0---------0-----|
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------|-0-----0---------|
D||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-3-------3---2---|-0-------0-------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |
                              it covers         Bleecker  Street


                      B7                                  C
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------0-----|-------0---------|-4-----0---------|-------1---------|
G||-------0---------|-----------2-----|-----------2-----|-----------0-----|
D||-----2-------2---|-----1-------1---|-----1-------1---|-----2-------2---|
A||-----------------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|
E||-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |
            fills the alleys                    where men sleep


                      G                                   D/F#
e||-3---------------|-------3---------|-3---------------|-----2-----0-----|
B||-----------1-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|-------3-------3-|
G||-------0---------|-----------0-----|-------0---------|-----------------|
D||-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A||-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |
         hides the shepherd


                      Em                                  G
e||-----2-----------|---------------0-|-----0-----------|-----------------|
B||-----3-----------|-----------0-----|-----0-----------|-------3---------|
G||-----2-----------|-------0---------|-----0-----------|-----------0-----|
D||-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|-----0-------0---|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-2-------2---0---|-0-------0-------|-0-------0---2---|-3-------3-------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |
            from the  sheep


            Em        G                                          Verse2:>
e||-2-------0-------|-----------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
B||-----------------|-3-----0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-------0---------|
G||-------0-------0-|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-----------0-----|
D||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-2-------0h2-----|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
    |       |         |       |         |       |         |       |
                                                                  Voices

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

Other verses
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Voices leaking from a sad cafe
Smiling faces try to understand
I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
On Bleecker Street

The poet reads his crooked rhyme
Holy holy is his sacrament
Thirty dollars pays your rent
On Bleecker Street

I heard a church bell softly chime
In a melody sustaining
It's a long road to Canaan
On Bleecker Street


Notes:
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The bass note of the D/F# must be played with the thumb
hooking over the guitar's neck. The bass note G in brackets in bar 5 can
be played but only if you break the Travis pattern, it's optional.
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