Homeward Bound Chords

by Simon & Garfunkel
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Bb
Capo: 1st fret
Author lakesound [a] 634.
7 contributors total, last edit on Sep 14, 2022
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Chords

A
C#m/G#
C#dim/G
F#
Bm
G
E
D
D/A

Strumming

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Capo 1st fret
 
Voicings for descending verse part:
A*       542xxx
C#m/G#   442xxx
C#dim/G  342xxx
 
This is what the bass plays in the chorus. Feel free to play the chords
and this at the same time.
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------------1-|-2---2---2-------|---------------1-|
D|-----------------|-0---0---0-2-4---|-------------2---|-0---0---0-2-4---|
A|-0---0---0---2-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
    A*
I'm sitting in the railway station
      C#m/G#                C#dim/G  F#
Got a ticket for my destination,  mm-mmm
Bm                                G
On a tour of one-night stands, my suitcase and guitar in hand
    A                                  E                  A
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and one-man band
 
 
[Chorus]
(A)      D              A
Homeward bound, I wish I was
         D
Homeward bound
A              Bm       A G D/A
Home where my thought's escaping
A             Bm A    G  D/A
Home where my music's playing
A             Bm   A    G  D/A
Home where my love lies waiting
E           A
Silently for me
 
 
[Verse 2]
A*
Every day's an endless stream
   C#m/G#               C#dim/G  F#
Of cigarettes and magazines,  mm-mmm
    Bm                                  G
And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories
    A                             E                        A
And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be
 
 
[Chorus]
(A)      D              A
Homeward bound, I wish I was
         D
Homeward bound
A              Bm       A G D/A
Home where my thought's escaping
A             Bm A    G  D/A
Home where my music's playing
A             Bm   A    G  D/A
Home where my love lies waiting
E           A
Silently for me
 
 
[Verse 3]
  A*
Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
     C#m/G#                C#dim/G  F#
I'll play the game and pretend,  mm-mmm
    Bm                              G
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
     A                      E                        A
Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me
 
 
[Chorus]
(A)      D               A
Homeward bound, I wish I was
         D
Homeward bound
A              Bm       A G D/A
Home where my thought's escaping
A             Bm A    G  D/A
Home where my music's playing
A             Bm   A    G  D/A
Home where my love lies waiting
E           A
Silently for me
 
 
[Outro]
C#m/G#          C#dim/G     A
      Silently for me
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29 comments
jaylime
Great tab mate,not sure about the E7 though.
+20
Gwnoah
I came here cause of The Leftovers
+4
rhawkins52
Nope. It's an E7. It functions as a dominant seventh which pushes back up a fourth to the tonic A
+3