For Emily — Simon & Garfunkel

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FOR EMILY, WHEREVER I MAY FIND HER PAUL SIMON

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: x G5: x G: x Cmaj7: A:

THE PICKING PATTERN:

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

THE SONG:

(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

p s --> p s-->

p--> s p s--> p p

r p--> B|0---2---0-------|0---------------| picking pattern resumes G|0-----------4---|----4---2---0---| for last two measures of instr:

There it is. Enjoy.

-- e