Simon And Garfunkel › Old Friends Live Guitar Tab

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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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Date: Monday, 29.11.2004
Tabbed by Peter Tuyp(peter.tuyp@wxs.nl)
Subject:
Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends - Bookends (live Central Park)
Capo on fourth fret
Intro:
Fmaj7             Cmaj7
|--1-----------------0-|
|--2-----------------0-|
|--3-----------------2-|     4 X
|--------------------3-|
|----------------------|
Fmaj7       Cmaj7
|--0-------------------|
|--1-----------------0-|
|--2-----------------0-|     2 X
|--3-----------------2-|
|--------------------3-|
|----------------------|
Old               friends
Verse:
Dm7               G7    C     C/B                     Am
|--------0-----1-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----------------0-----1-----3-----------------3-----1-----------1-|
|--------0-----2-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----------------------------------------2-----------------2-------|
|--------------------------0-----2-----3-----------2-----0-------------|
|--------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
sat   on    their park  bench like  bookends
G     C     C/b   Am    Em7   C     G7
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----1-----3-----1-----0-----1-----0-----------------0-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|--------0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----------------------------------2-|
|--3-----------------------------------3-----------------------3-------|
A news- pa-   per   blown through the grass             falls    on the
Am                                  Em/g
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------1-----------------1-----------------0-----------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------0-----------------0-------|
|--------2-----------------2-------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------0-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------3-----------------3-------------|
round             toes     of the   high              shoes    of the
Fmaj7       Cmaj7
|--0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-----------------0-----------------3----------------3--------------|
|--2-----------------0-----------------0----------------0--------------|
|--3-----------------2-----------------2----------------2--------------|
|--------------------3-----------------3----------------3--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Old         friends
Fmaj7             Cmaj7            Dm7               G7
|--0----------------------------------------0-----1-----1-----3--------|
|--1-----------------0----------------3-----------------------------3--|
|--2-----------------0----------------------0-----2--------------------|
|--3-----------------2----------------3--------------------------------|
|--------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3--------------------|
Old               friends          win - ter   com - pa -  nions the
Fmaj7             Em7              Dm7               G7
|--0-----------------0----------------------0-----1--------------------|
|--1-----------------3----------------3-----------------0-----3-----1--|
|--2-----------------0----------------------0-----2--------------------|
|--3-----------------2----------------3--------------------------------|
|--------------------2----------------------------------------2-----0--|
|--------------------0----------------------------------3--------------|
Old               men              Lost  in    their o -   ver - coats
C           C/b   Am
|--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3-----1-----------1-----------------1-----------------1-----------------1-|
|--------------------------------------------2-----------------2-----------------2-------|
|--------2-----------------2-----------2-----------------------------------2-------------|
|--3-----------2-----0-----------------------------------0-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
wai-  ting  for   the   sun                                                          The
G     C     C/b   C     G7                            Am
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----1-----3-----1-----0-----------------------------------------1-----------------1-|
|--------------------------------------------0-----------------2-----------------2-------|
|--------------------------------------0-----------------------------------2-------------|
|--------0-----2-----0-----------0-----------------------0-------------------------------|
|--3-----------------------3-----------------------3-------------------------------------|
sounds     of the city              sifting through trees               settles like
G                                    F
|--------------------3------------------0----------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------0------------1-----------------1----------------------|
|--------------0-----------------0------2-----------2-----------------2----------|
|--------0------------------------------3-----3-----------------3----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
dust                          on the shoulders                       of the
Fmaj7             Cmaj7
|--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-----------------0------------------0-----------------0--------------|
|--2-----------2-----0------------------0-----------------0--------------|
|--3-----3-----------2------------------2-----------------2--------------|
|--------------------3------------------3-----------------3--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Old               friends
Dm7               G7    C     C/b   C
|--------0-----1-----------------------0----------------------------------|
|--3-----------------0-----1-----3-----1-----------------------------1----|
|--------0-----2-----------------------------------------------2----------|
|--3-----------------------------------------2----------------------------|
|--------------------------0-----2-----3-----------2-----0----------------|
|--------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
Can   you   i -   ma  - gine  us    years from  to  - day
Em7                                       Cmaj7
|--------------------------------------------------0-----------------0--------|
|--------------0-----------------0-----------------------------0--------------|
|--------0-----------------0-----------------------------0-----------------0--|
|--0-----------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------3--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
sharing     a     park  bench       quietly                              how
Dm7               G7    C     C/b    Asus4
|---------------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0--------------|
|--3-----------3-----0-----1-----3------3-----3-----3-----3--------------|
|--2-----2------------------------------2-----2-----2-----2--------------|
|--3------------------------------------2-----2-----2-----2--------------|
|--------------------------0-----2------0-----0-----0-----0--------------|
|--------------------3---------------------------------------------------|
ter - ri  -  bly  strange to  be     seventy
Fmaj7             Cmaj7              Dm7               G7    C     C/b
|--0------------------------------------------0-----1-----1-----3--------|
|--1-----------------0------------------3-----------------------------3--|
|--2-----------------0------------------------0-----2--------------------|
|--3-----------------2------------------3--------------------------------|
|--------------------3------------------------------------------------2--|
|---------------------------------------------------------3--------------|
Old               friends            mem - o  -  ry    bru - shes  the
Am                Em7                Dm7               G7    C     C/b
|--0-----------------0------------------------0-----1---------------------|
|--1-----------------3------------------3-----------------0-----1-----3---|
|--2-----------------0------------------------0-----2---------------------|
|--2-----------------2------------------3---------------------------------|
|--0-----------------2------------------------------------------0-----2---|
|--------------------0------------------------------------3---------------|
same              years              si  - lent- ly    sha - ring  the
C          C/b   Am
|--0---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------3-----1----------1--------------------------------1-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2-----------------2----------------2-----------2----------------------|
|--3-----------2-----0----------------0-----------2-----------2----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
same              fears
Bookends:
Dm7                                                                     C
|--------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----0-------------|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------1-------|
|--------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----0-----------0-|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------2-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C                 Dm7   F                                         C
|--------0-----------------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
|--1-----------1-----3-----1-----------------1-----------1h3---1-----------1-----------1-|
|--------0-----------------------2-----------------------------------0-----------0-------|
|--2-----------2-----3-----3-----------3-----------3-----------------------2-----------2-|
|--------------------------------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C
|--------------0-|
|--------1-------|
|--0-----------0-|
|--------2-------|
|--3-------------|
|----------------|
Dm7                                                                     C
|--------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----0-------------|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------1-------|
|--------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----0-----------0-|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------2-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Time  it    was   and   what  a     time  it    was   it    was
C                 Dm7   F                                         C
|--------0-----------------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
|--1-----------1-----3-----1-----------------1-----------3-----1-----------1-----------1-|
|--------0-----------------------2-----------------------------------0-----------0-------|
|--2-----------2-----3-----3-----------3-----------3-----------------------2-----------2-|
|--------------------------------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a     time  of    in -  no -  cence             a     time  of    con - fi -  den - ces
C
|--------------0-|
|--------1-------|
|--0-----------0-|
|--------2-------|
|--3-------------|
|----------------|
Dm7                                                                     C
|--------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----0-------------|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------1-------|
|--------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----0-----------0-|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------2-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lon   a  -  go    it    must  be                      I     have  a     Phot- to  - graph
C                 Dm7   F                                         C
|--------0-----------------------------------------------------------0-------------------|
|--1-----------1-----3-----1-----------------1-----------3-----1-----------1-------------|
|--------0-----------------------2-----------------------------------0-------------------|
|--2-----------2-----3-----3-----------3-----------3-----------------------2-------------|
|--------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre - serve your  me -  mo -  ries              they're all that's left you
C
|--------------0-|
|--------1-------|
|--0-----------0-|
|--------2-------|
|--3-------------|
|----------------|
Dm7                                                                     C
|--------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----------0-----1-----0-------------|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------1-------|
|--------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----------0-----2-----0-----------0-|
|--3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------------2-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture adg Average	#1 by adg ??? at Oct 9, 2007 at 7:25 AM EST
	Hmm, so I read somewhere comments about Simon and Garfunkel's relationship and I like how they analize it: they are like the "old friends" of the song, but at the same time, they have to give each other space and distance. However, no matter what happens, whenever one of them wants to see the other, they ll always have each other.

No Picture jacob Average	#2 by jacob ap at Oct 15, 2007 at 6:09 PM EST
	The line 'How terribly strange to be 70' is even sadder now that the person who wrote it almost is - he's 63, I think. I was shocked to hear that Paul didn't look happy at the Old Friends Concert in Chicago, I thought for once that they'd resolved their arguments. Obviously not. Anyhoo, divine song, love the soaring music and glowing lyrics. rsterp, you're right, the lyric is sunset, and your interpretation of that is bang on. I never thought of it that way: it's so sad.