Artist: Carly Simon
Song: You're so vain
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd June 2013

Tuning: Standard

I've based this tab more on the hit single version, with the more jazzy
extended chords suggested in the full arrangement, rather than the
simpler guitar chords Carly uses to play live. 

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                        (Son of a  gun!)
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----0-h3------0-h3-------------|------0-h3------0-h3-----|
E|--5---------5--------5----------|--5---------5---------5--|


     Am        Am7          Am       Am/G
||:  /  /   /__/   /__/  |  /  /   /__/   /__/  :|| (Twice)
     ^         ^      ^     ^         ^      ^

   Am        Am7          Am       Am/E   Am/G
|  /  /   /__/   /__/  |  /  /   /__/   /__/  |
   ^         ^      ^     ^         ^      ^

     Am7        Am      Am7   Am                 F        Fadd9  F  Am
You walked in - to the party...  like you were walking on - to   a yacht,
Asus2                     Am7       Am        Am7     Am
       Your hat, stra - tegically dipped be - low one eye,
       F            Fadd9  F    Am     Asus2
Your scarf it was an  a - pri - cot,
       Fmaj7    G       Em7   Am7         F                    C
You had one eye in the mirror as... you watched yourself ga - votte,
   (C4) (C)   G                   F                  (F6)
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your part - ner,
 F                   (F6)   F
They'd be your part - ner, and...


C                        Dm7                            C
   You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
      C/B  Am                 Fmaj9         (Fmaj9)  (Fmaj9)  G13
You're so vain,           I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
         (You're so vain!)      ^              ^        ^      ^

(G13)      (G13)
Don't you, don't you?
  ^          ^

        Am7    Am         Am7      Am       F           Fadd9  F    Am
Oh, you had me...several years a - go, when I was still quite nai - ve,
Asus2             Am7         Am           Am7    Am
       Well, you said that we make such a pretty pair,
     F             Fadd9  F   Am    Asus2
And that you would nev - er leave,
        Fmaj7     G       Em7        Am7        F              C
But you gave a - way the things you loved, and one of them was me,
  (C4) (C)    G                F               (F6)
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
  F               (F6)   F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...


C                        Dm7                            C
   You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
      C/B  Am                 Fmaj9         (Fmaj9)  (Fmaj9)  G13
You're so vain,           I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
         (You're so vain!)      ^              ^        ^      ^

(G13)      (G13)      (G13)
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
  ^          ^          ^


  Am    Asus2 Am   Am    Asus2 Am     F    Fadd9 F    Am   Asus2 Am
|  /  /  /___/  / | /  /   /___/  / | /  /   /   /  | /  /   /___/  / |

  Am    Asus2 Am   Am    Asus2 Am     F    Fadd9 F    Am   Asus2 Am
|  /  /  /___/  / | /  /   /___/  / | /  /   /   /  | /  /   /___/  / |

  Fmaj7  G       Em7    Am7      F
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |


C               G                 F               (F6)
   I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
  F               (F6)   F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...


C                        Dm7                            C
   You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
      C/B  Am                 Fmaj9         (Fmaj9)  (Fmaj9)  G13
You're so vain,           I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
         (You're so vain!)      ^              ^        ^      ^

(G13)      (G13)
Don't you, don't you?
  ^          ^


         Am7          Am     Am7     Am       F         Fadd9     F  Am
Well, I hear you went up to Sarato - ga, and your horse natural - ly won,
Asus2   Am   Am7        Am            Am7        Am
Then...you...flew your Lear jet up to Nova Sco - tia,
             F       Fadd9   F      Am   Asus2
To see the total e - clipse  of the sun,
             Fmaj7        G      Em7     Am7        F
Well, you're where you should be all the time, and when you're not,
        C              (C4) (C)    G           F               (F6)
You're with...some un - der world spy, or the wife of a close friend,
 F              (F6)     F
Wife of a close friend, and...


C                        Dm7                            C
   You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
      C/B  Am                 Fmaj9         (Fmaj9)  (Fmaj9)  G13
You're so vain,           I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
         (You're so vain!)      ^              ^        ^      ^

(G13)      (G13)      (G13)
Don't you, don't you, don't you now?
  ^          ^          ^

  C                            Dm7             C
| /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

     C                        Dm7                            C
||:     You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you! :||(Repeat)


(Live coda)
      C/B  Am                 Fmaj9         (Fmaj9)  (Fmaj9)  G13
You're so vain,           I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
         (You're so vain!)      ^              ^        ^      ^

(G13)      (G13)      (G13)         Am
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
  ^          ^          ^

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Am   =  x02210    Asus2 =  x02200   Fmaj9 =  xx3553
Am7  =  x02010    G     =  355433   C4    =  x33010
Am/G =  302210    Em7   =  022030   Dm7   =  xx0211
Am/E =  002210    Fmaj7 =  133210   C/B   =  x2x010
F    =  xx3211    F6    =  xx3231   G13   =  323000
Fadd9=  xx3213    C     =  x32010

^ = emphasise the beat