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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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From: Spencer Christensen
The Only Living Boy In New York
by: Paul Simon
C F
Tom-, get your plane right on time.
C F
I know your part'll go fine.
C F Am7 Dm7 F
Fly- down to Mexico---
G F
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am-
C F C F C Dm7
The only living boy in New York.
C F
I get the news I need from the weather report-
C F
I can gather all the news I need from the weather report-
C F C Dm Dm7
Hey- I've got nothing to do to-day but smile
G F
Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am-
C F Am
The only living boy in New York.
Dm G7 C
Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know where
F
And we don't know where-
C F
Tom- , get your plane right on time.
C F
I know that you've been eager to fly now-
C F C Dm F
Hey- , let your honesty shine, shine, shine now,
G Fmaj7 Dm7 F
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do- like it shines on me.
C F
The only living boy in New York.
C F C
The 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 |C/A C/G |
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 |
|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 |
|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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< ) (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz)
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the secopnd one, with the G capo 4 is the correct one. its got the right voicings and everything
yeah, the second one is best but both are playable. thanks for posting!
hey just noticed that there should be "[G]only living boy in[C]new york" not C-G. othervise good.