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For Emily Whenever I May Find Her (chromatic)

by Paul Simon · posted by harmusman

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Tab

For Emily Whenever I May Find Her       .

Key D 4/4 chromatic tab over lyrics,

And for those who may like to strum guitar

I give you chords of A D G Em C

 

 -3 -3   -3~~~ 3 -2<~~     3    3  3~~

What a dream/- I had- / pressed in or/

 D-------------------- G -------------

-2< 2      -2<  3   -2< 2  -1~~~

Gan-dy/ clothed in/crin-o-line- /

-- Em  D -----------------------

 1  -4 -3  3  -2<  3~~   -1  3   3   -3

of smok-y bur-gun-/dy  /soft-er than the/

C --------------------- G --------------

  3~~~~~~~~~   -3 -3   -3

rain---/----// I wan-dered/

A ----------- D-----------

 -4 -3   3~~~   -2<    3    3    3~~

emp-ty streets- down/ past the shop-/

-------------------- G--------------

~ -2<   2    -2<  -2< 3   -2<  2    -1~~~

- dis-plays / I heard ca-/the-dral bells-/

------ Em    D --------------------------

  -4   -3   3   -2< 3  -2<  -1  -1~~ 3

 Trip-ping down the/al-ley-ways/as—  I /

C ----------------------------- G------

  -3   -3~~~~~~~~   -3  -3  -3

Walked on--/----// and when you/

A --------------- D ------------

 -4 -3 3   -2<   3       3     3   -2<   2

Ran to me your/cheeks flushed/with the night/

-------------- G ---------------------- Em

-2<   -2<  3   -2<  2    -1~~~

 We walked on/frost-ed fields-/

D ----------------------------

 1  -4 -3  3  -2<  3     2   -1~~ 3

 Of ju-ni-per and/lamp-light/ I— held/

C -------------------------- G ------

 -3   -3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   -3  -3 -3 -3 -4

Your hand---/----/----//and when/I a-woke /

A --------------------  D ----------------

 -1  3    3   3   -2<  2  -2<~~ -2<   3

And felt you/warm and near/I— kissed your/

G -------------------- Em  D ------------

-2< 2   -1~~~  -4  -3   3   -2<   3

Hon-ey hair-/ with my grate-ful/tears  /

------------ C ------------------------

 -1~~ 3  3    -3   -3~~~~~~~~~  4   -4~~~

 Oh-  I/love you /girl---/----/ oh /I---/

G------ A -------------------- C-– G ---

~~3  -3~~~~~~~  -3~~~~~~~~~~~~

--  love-/----/you---/----/--- /

-------------- D --------------

 

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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