Old Friends Guitar Tab

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                        Old Friends
                    Simon And Garfunkel

Capo 4


Intro: Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    Famj7 Cmaj7    Dm7          G7              C       Am
 Old   Friends. Old   Friends. Sat on their park bench like bookends.
  Dm7                         G                  Am
A newspaper blown through the grass falls on the round toes of the
Cmaj              F   C6
high shoes of the Old Friends.

 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    Dm7        G7         Fmaj7 Em7  Dm7
 Old   Friends. Winter companions the old   men. Lost in their
G7        C               Am          Dm7           G7    Em7
overcoats waiting for the sunset. The sounds of the city, sifting
        Am                 G           F               C6
through trees, settle like dust on the shoulder of the Old Friends.

 Dm7       G7       Cmaj7             F         Fm         C
 Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly?
    Dm7                    Am
How terribly strange to be seventy.

 Fmaj7 Cmaj7    Dm7    G7          Fmaj7 Em7    Dm7      G7
 Old   Friends. Memory brushes the same  years. Silently sharing the
C6   Am
same fears.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#1 by Dan Hudspith at Apr 27, 1971 at 2:20 PM EST
	One correction to the posted lyrics: Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sunSET. This is much more significant...the sunset represents the end of their lives. "How terribly strange to be seventy" I love that line. Coming from young men, they see it as being strange in the future. I feel the same way.

No Picture sephiroth Average	#2 by sephiroth at Aug 15, 1983 at 4:07 AM EST
	Amazing song - truly spine-tingling. Like any of Paul Simon's songs it's observational - probably inspired by two old guys he saw sat on a park bench somewhere. However now that they (S&G) have grown older, it seems have more meaning for both them, and us as listeners. On the "Old Friends" tour I went to, they opened with this - I bet they never thought they could be singing a song that now pretty much explains their own relationship...

No Picture Mauricio Average	#3 by Mauricio Avendaño at Jan 11, 1992 at 2:42 PM EST
	CLEARLY, TO ME, AFTER PLAYING HIS SONG MANY TIMES ON LP, CD AND MY OWN GUITAR IT HAS COME TO ME IN MY MIDDLE-AGE AS BEING A SONG ABOUT DEATH AND LONELINESS. AS A YOUNG PERSON IT DIDN'T RELATE TO MY CIRCUMSTANCES AT ALL BUT NOW THAT I'M 56 AND ILL IT SURE RINGS TRUE

No Picture Mike Lead Player	#4 by Mike at Feb 22, 2005 at 12:48 PM EST
	I can't believe nobody's said anything about this song!! It is clearly a portrayal of the future for Paul and Art. It's sad; I went to the Old Friends concert in Chicago. Paul didn't seem to like being there. So much for "Old Friends."

No Picture tim Lead Player	#5 by tim sears at May 19, 2006 at 4:55 PM EST
	'How terribly strange to be 70' is probably one of the greatest lyrics of all time.