Paul Simon - The late great johnny ace
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The Late Great Johnny Ace â Paul Simon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: standard
Paul Simon
The Late Great Johnny Ace (1983)
(Paul Simon)
From: "Hearts and Bones"
This is a chords version of the song for strumming along. It looks much
more complicated than it actually is ...
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Abmaj7 4-x-5-5-4-x
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
A7sus2 x-0-2-0-0-0
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-x
G* 3-x-0-0-0-x
Gadd9 3-x-0-2-x-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-x
G7* 3-x-3-0-3-x
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-x
Bb/G 3-x-0-3-3-1
Cm/G 3-x-5-5-4-x
C*/G 3-x-5-5-5-x
Cb/G 3-x-4-4-4-x
Bb/G 3-x-3-3-3-x
Gbdim7 2-x-1-2-1-x
Bb9 x-1-0-1-1-1
Ebmaj7 x-x-1-3-3-3
Bb7-9 x-1-0-1-0-x
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INTRO
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
VERSE
Abmaj7 I was reading a Dmagazine
Abmaj7Thinking of a rock and roll Dsong
The Abmaj7year was nineteen Dfifty-six
And I Ghadn't been playing that G7long
When a Cman came F/Con the CradiC7o
And Fthis is what he Bb7said Am7
He said I Dmhate to break it Eto his fans
But A7sus2Johnny Ace is Fmaj7dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
VERSE
Well, I Abmaj7really wasn't such a DJohnny Ace fan
But I Abmaj7felt bad alI the Dsame
So I Abmaj7sent away for his Dphotograph
And I Gwaited till it G7came
It came Call the F/Cway from CTexasC7
With a Fsad and simple Bb7face Am7
And they Dmsigned it on the Ebottom
From the A7sus2Late Great Johnny Fmaj7Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
MIDDLE 8
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
It was the C/Gyear G7*of The C/GBeatles
F/GIt was the C/Gyear of The G7*Stones C/G F/G
C/G G7* C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
It was nineteen sixty - four
I was C/Gli - G7*ving in Bb/GLondon
Cm/G C*/G Cb/G Bb/G | Gbdim7 |2/4 F7 |4/4 G7 |
With the girl from the summer before
It was the C/Gyear G7*of The C/GBeatles
F/GIt was the C/Gyear of The G7*Stones C/G F/G
C/G G7* C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
A year after J. F. K.
We were C/Gstaying G7*up Bb/Gall Cm/Gnight
C*/G Cb/G Bb/G G | F | Bb9 [And giving the days a-way
Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bb7-9 [Abmaj7]
And the music was flowing amazingly blowing my way
INTERLUDE
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
VERSE
On a Abmaj7cold December Devening
I was Abmaj7walking through the Christmas Dtide
When a Abmaj7stranger came up and Dasked me
If I'd Gheard John Lennon had G7died
And the Ctwo of F/Cus went Cto this C7bar
And we Fstayed to close the Bb7placeAm7
And Dmevery song we Eplayed
Was for The A7sus2Late Great Johnny Fmaj7Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
CODA composed by by Philip Glass (strings)