From: [email protected]
FOR EMILY, WHEREVER I MAY FIND HER
PAUL SIMON
Transcribed by: [email protected]
Here’s the way I’ve been playing it — not an exact lift, but gets the feel
of the song, sounds amazing, and is surprisingly simple to play. It is
fingerpicked (somewhat hard to play with a flatpick, but possible if your
country claw has an even bass-treble volume ratio, and uses both the middle
and index to work the top strings. I personally think it sounds better
with fingerpicks or even bare fingers).
I play it on Capo III
THE CHORDS:
D5: xx0235
G5: xx0033
D: 200232
G: xx0033
Cmaj7: x32000
A: x02220
THE PICKING PATTERN:
B-2-(3+1)-2-B-2-(3+1)-2
Where B is the lowest bass note, as indicated in the above chord charts.
(3+1) indicates that the 3 and the 1 are plucked simultaneously. As you
may have guessed, all of the above strings get 1/8 note.
This pattern is consistent throughout the song
Intro: /D5/G5/D5/G5
THE SONG:
Intro: /D5…/G5…/D5…/G5…/
(D5) What a dream I had,(G) pressed in (Fig 1) organdy
(D) Clothed in crinoline (Cmaj7) of smokey burgandy
(G) Softer than the (A) rain
I wanderd empty streets, down past the shop display
I heard cathedral bells, tripping down the alley-way
As I walked on
And when you ran to me, your checks flushed with the night
We walked on frosted fields of juniper and lamplight
I held your hand
(instrumental)
And when I awoke and felt your warm and near
I kissed your honey hair, with my grateful tears
Oh I love you girl
(Cmaj7) Oh (G) how I love you (A) girl
THE FIGURES:
Each dash represents 1/16th note. I have tried to be exact in this to make
it easier.
s — strum
r — strum, with a slight ritard (normally notated by a wavy down arrow next
to the chord)
p — pluck
Fig 1:
p—> s
E|————0—|
B|—3—3——0—|
G|————0—|
D|—————-|
A|—————-|
E|3—2—0——-|
Instrumental:
p s —>
p s—>
E|—-5——5-5-5-|—3—2—3-3-3-|—-3——3-3-3-|
B|—-3——3-3-3-|—3—3—3-3-3-|—-3——3-3-3-|
G|—-2——2-2-2-|—2—2—2-2-2-|—-0——0-0-0-|
D|0—0——0-0-0-|—0—0—0-0-0-|—-0——0-0-0-|
A|—————-|—————-|—————-|
E|—————-|—————-|3—————|
p—> s p s—>
p p
E|————0—|—-2——2-2-3-|2-p-0————|
B|—3—3——0—|—-3——3-3-3-|3——-3——-|
G|————0—|—-2——2-2-2-|2————2—|
D|—————-|0—0——0-0-0-|—————-|
A|—————-|—————-|—————-|
E|3—2—0——-|—————-|—————-|
r p—>
E|—————-|—————-|
B|0—2—0——-|0—————| picking pattern resumes
G|0————4—|—-4—2—0—| for last two measures of
instr:
D|2—————|—————-| /G…/A…/ —> last verse
A|3—————|—————-|
E|—————-|—————-|
There it is. Enjoy.
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