Kathys Song Guitar Tab

Sounds Of Silence Tabs:

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This is my version of this wonderfully gorgeous song since I don?t like the version in 
the guitar book.  I 
it?s more accurate to what the artist is really playing, so tell me what YOU think.


Kathy?s Song (as heard on ?Greatest Hits?)

Words/Music by Paul Simon
Tablature by John Nimis


Intro: (and filler between verses)

  G	 C/G		G
E -----H-------P--|----------------|
B ----0-1---1---0-|--0-------0-----|
G ----------------|------0-------0-|  Repeat several times...
D ----0-2-----2-0-|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|

Verses:

	G		C/G		C/G		G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|----0-----0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-|
D ----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|

			Am		   Gsus		C/F#
E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|--0-------0-----|
B --0-------0-----|--1-----------1-|--1-------1-----|------1-------1-|
G ------0-------0-|------2-----2---|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|
D ----0-------0---|----2-----------|----0-------0---|----------------|
A ----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|

	D7/F#				G		D/F#
E --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|----------------|----------------|
B ------1-------1-|------1-------1-|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
G ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 2---+---2---+---|2---+---2---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|

	G		C		Am		Gsus
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --3-------------|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ------0---------|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|------0-------0-|
D ----0-----------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A --------0---2---|3---------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
E 3---+---+---+---|+---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|

	D		G
E --2-------2-----|-----H-------P--|
B ------3-------3-|----0-1---1---0-|
G ----2-------2---|----------------|
D 0-------0-------|----0-2-----2-0-|
A ----------------|----------------|
E +---+---+---+---|3---+---+---+---|


After the second and fourth verses he does this Dsus thing:

	G	C	Dsus				C
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------1-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|----1-----1-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-|
D ----0-------2---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----2-------2---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|3---+---3---+---|

And then right back to the filler/intro lick.

Words: (the chords are the same as the first verse for all verses except the end of the 
second - D/C/G 
of Gsus/D/G)

G		C		G	     Am    Gsus   C/F#   D7/F#
I hear the drizzle of the rain,       like a memory it falls
G	  D/F#     G     C		  Am      Gsus   D	    G
Soft and warm, continuing		 tapping on my roof and walls

G		C		G	    Am	Gsus	  C/F#    D7/F#
And from the shelter of my mind,     Through the window of my eyes
G	D/F#		G		C	   Am	  D		    C      G
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets,    To England where my heart lies

(Here?s where it goes to Dsus)

My mind?s distracted and diffused,     my thoughts are many miles away

They lie with you when you?re asleep,	 and kiss you when you start your day


And a song I was writing is left undone	    I don?t know why I spend my time

Writing songs I can?t believe     With words that tear and strain to rhyme

(Back to Dsus)

And so you see I have come to doubt	  All that I once held as true

I stand alone without beliefs		The only truth I know is you


And as I watch the drops of rain		Weave their weary paths and die

I know that I am like the rain		There but for the grace of you go I

(Really cool guitar solo verse, which I may tab later...)

Note:  At the end of the third line of each verse, there is a walkup from G to C that Paul Simon 
loves to 
(Homeward Bound, Boxer, etc...) and he alternates from the single note walk I put in 
the tab at that spot 
a more common (and cooler) walkup:

E ----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----0---1---3---|----------1-----|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|------0-------0-|---etc...-------|----------------|
D ----------------|----2-------2---|----------------|----------------|
A --------0---2---|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---3---+---+---|+---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|

Ah, sweet poetry... Love and beauty to all,

	John H. Nimis
	jnimis@macalstr.edu
	Macalester College
	St. Paul, MN

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 01:29:48 +0100 (MET)
From: Frederik Esser 


Kathy's Song

Words/Music by Paul Simon
Tablature by Frederik Esser

This tab is developed from the one by John Nimis. I don't claim it to be
better, but it's certainly a lot closer to the recorded version (on sound of
silence).

Intro:

E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
D 4-------4-------|4-------4-------|4-------4-------|4-------4--2---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E +---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|

  G	 C/G		G           G     C/G		G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----0h1---1--p0-|----0-----0-----|--0--h1---1--p0-|----0-----0-----|
G ----------------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
D ----0h2-----2p0-|----0-------0---|----0h2-----2p0-|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|

Verses:

  G	           C/G              C/G              G
E -(3)-----(3)----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0---------|
D ----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|
      I hear the   drizzle          of          the rain,

                   Am               Am/G    G        C       /B  /C
E 3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------0-----|1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------------|
G ------0---------|------2-----2---|------2---------|------0---------|
D ----0-------0---|----2-----------|----2-------0---|----2----(0)----|
A ----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|3-------2---3---|
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|----+-------+---|
                           like a   me-     mo-      ry      it  falls,

  D/F#                              G                Bm/F#
E ----------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
B 3---------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|3---------3-----|
G ------2---------|------2---------|------4---------|------4---------|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----5-------5---|----4-------4---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 2---+---2---+---|2---+---2---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|
                                            soft and warm,       con-

  G                C                                 Am
E ----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
B ---(0)----------|1---------1-----|----------1-----|1---------1-----|
G ----0-----------|------0---------|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----0-----------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A --------0---2---|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|
E 3---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|
  ti-     nu- ing,                                           tapping

  Am/G             D                G       C/G       G       C/G   ad lib
E ----------------|------2---------|----------------||----------------||
B 0---------0-----|----------3-----|----------1-----||0---------1-----||
G ------2---------|----2-------2---|------0---------||.-----0--------.||
D ----2-------2---|0---------------|----0h2-----2---||.---0h2-----2--.||
A ----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------||
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---||3---+---3---+---||
  on      my       roof  and        walls.
(omit this bar in
 the 2nd verse    )


Bridge:

  G       C/G      Dsus
E ----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
B 0---------1-----|3---------3-----|----------3-----|3---------3-----|
G ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
D ----0h2-----2---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|

                   G       C/G       G       C/G   ad lib
E ----------------|----------------||----------------||
B 3---------3-----|----------1-----||0---------1-----||
G ------0---------|------0---------||.-----0--------.||
D ----4-------4---|----0h2-----2---||.---0h2-----2--.||
A ----------------|----------------||----------------||
E 5---+---5---+---|3---+---3---+---||3---+---3---+---||


Lyrics:

(intro)

I hear the drizzle of the rain,
like a memory it falls,
soft and warm, continuing,
tapping on my roof and walls.

And from the shelter of my mind,
through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets,
to England where my heart lies.

(bridge)

My mind's distracted and diffused,
my thoughts are many miles away.
They lie with you when you're asleep,
and kiss you when you start your day.

And a song I was writing is left undone.
I don't know why I spend my time
writing songs I can't believe
with words that tear and strain to rhyme.

(bridge)

And so you see I have come to doubt
all that I once held as true.
I stand alone without beliefs.
The only truth I know is you.

And as I watch the drops of rain
weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain.
There but for the grace of you go I.

(solo verse)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture niles Wanna Be	#1 by niles lewis at Jan 13, 1971 at 5:29 AM EST
	It's sung so sweetly and earneslty about distanced love, it makes you actually feel the pain.

No Picture Corey Average	#2 by Corey La Plante at Nov 9, 1973 at 1:44 PM EST
	Paul Simon apparently wrote this about a woman he met while touring England. As love songs go, it is one of the best. More specifically, it is written for someone, just like George Harrison's "Something" and John Denver's "Annie's Song." Whoever Kathy is, she can be proud that Simon regards her as the "only truth" he knows. It is possibly the most profoud lines ever sung, in my opinion.

No Picture David Average	#3 by David Tims at Nov 29, 1980 at 6:21 PM EST
	Kathy also appears in the song "America," riding the bus and hitchiking around the country with Simon.

No Picture Renee Wanna Be	#4 by Renee Saenz at Feb 20, 1981 at 3:49 PM EST
	I d like to tell an anecdote about this song. I had a girlfriend I met in Canada who was a foreign student. When she went back to Germany, I would think of her after I left work (say, around 1am for me, it was like 7am for her). So I would imagine saying good-morning to her and making breakfast. Anyway, time went by and one day, a friend of mine shows me this song and I connected to it immediately. I felt Simon wrote this song for all those people that have a love in the distance and I learned to play it on the guitar. Unfortunately, that "girlfriend" became ex.....bitch!

No Picture That One Guy Musical Genius	#5 by That One Guy at Feb 28, 1983 at 2:42 PM EST
	my favorite song. for all time.

No Picture Renee Wanna Be	#6 by Renee Saenz at Oct 8, 1988 at 2:26 AM EST
	It conjures up images simply and lastingly. For some reason, I love every single line in this not-particularly-famous S&G song. Kathy was a fairly long-term girlfriend of Paul's, who lived in England, and she does also appear in the song 'America'. They're spilt up now, obviously, for years, but I bet it feels lovely to have two of what I think are some of the greatest songs ever written for you. The emotions in this are raw and powerful and quite glorious, and this is definitely an achievement for S&G (more obviously Simon, who wrote and performed this alone.)

No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#7 by More Cowbell at Oct 10, 1992 at 4:08 AM EST
	most beautiful paul simon song i have ever heard.

No Picture can Wanna Be	#8 by can sahin at Nov 5, 1993 at 4:28 PM EST
	He wrote this while in England actually he said that himself, and he just wrote in the perspective of a lost love but was actually dating Kathy at the time.

No Picture brandon Rhythm Player	#9 by brandon q at Feb 25, 1996 at 6:33 AM EST
	before paul & art really gained any recgnition in the US, they had been touring in europe for a while. while in london, they were both playing outside for kicks on the street during some evenings. a girl they were friendly with, named kathy would stand with them, and would frequently hold out a hat collecting money from passerbys.

No Picture brent Rhythm Player	#10 by brent west at Apr 14, 1997 at 11:46 PM EST
	This is one of the first S&G songs I really loved, after "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Compared to that song, "Kathy's Song" is simple, straightforward and expresses love in a subtle and wonderful way. As you listen to it, sometimes it seems more as if it's spoken, rather than sung. You can almost picture Paul speaking these lyrics to Kathy over the phone, across the sea.

No Picture connor Average	#11 by connor gooley at Apr 9, 2000 at 7:56 AM EST
	"with words that tear and strain to rhyme" This is a line that actually does what it says. How does anyone, even a giant among songwriters like Simon, write a line like that? Think about it...

No Picture Jeremy Rhythm Player	#12 by Jeremy Dosser at Jan 1, 2002 at 9:55 PM EST
	favorite line.. "there but for the grace of you go I" we're all like drops of rain, can you imagine findinig someone who makes your life more than just a weary path to death?

No Picture Manu Professional Badass	#13 by Manu at Jan 17, 2006 at 10:27 PM EST
	"I stand alone without beliefs The only truth I know is you." One of the best lines in a song, ever. Finding such a deep love but having to part -- an age-old occurrence made anything but trite.