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From: Spencer Christensen
The Only Living Boy In New York
by: Paul Simon
C (x32010@1) FTom-, (133211@1)get your plane right on time.
C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)know your part'll go fine.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_x02010@1">Am7 Dm7 FFly- (133211@1)down to Mexico---
G (320003@1) FDo-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da (133211@1)and here I am-
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Dm7
The only living boy in New York.
C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)get the news I need from the weather report-
C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)can gather all the news I need from the weather report-
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)Dm (xx0231@1) Dm7
Hey- I've got nothing to do to-day but smile
G (320003@1) FDo-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n (133211@1)here I am-
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmThe (x02210@1)only living boy in New York.
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1) CHalf (x32010@1)of the time we're gone, but we don't know where
FAnd (133211@1)we don't know where-
C (x32010@1) FTom- (133211@1), get your plane right on time.
C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)know that you've been eager to fly now-
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) FHey- (133211@1), let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,
G (320003@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)Dm7 FDo-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do- (133211@1)like it shines on me.
C (x32010@1) FThe (133211@1)only living boy in New York.
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CThe (x32010@1)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 (x2555x@1)|C/A C/G (3x555x@1)|
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 (022100@1) |
|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 (022100@1) |
|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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