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From: Jean Marc Orliaguet
Subject: TAB : Homeward Bound ( Paul Simon ) - from "Live Rhymin'"
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 10:56:59 +0200 (MET DST)
Homeward Bound ( Paul Simon )
( From The Sounds Of Silence, 1965 )
- Transcribed from "Live Rhymin'", 1973 -
Transcribed and tabbed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )
Notes : Capo 4
Intro :
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I'm
Verse 1 :
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sit - ting in the rail - way sta - tion got a
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ti - cket for my des - ti - na - tion
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mm, mm,
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mmm ...
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On a tour of one - night stands, my
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suit - case and gui - tar in hand, and
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eve - ry stop is neat - ly planned for a
Dsus4/A
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po - et and a one - man band
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Home - ward
Bridge :
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bound, I wish I
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was Home - ward
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bound
Chorus :
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Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's play - ing
Home, where my love lies waiting
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si - lently for me
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Verse 2 :
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eve - ry day 's end - less stream of
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ci - ga - rettes and ma - ga - zines
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mm, mm,
Em
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mmm ... and
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each town looks the same to me the
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mo - vies and the fac - to - ries, and
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eve - ry stran - gers face I see re -
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- minds me that I long to be home -
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ward bound
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mm, I wish I
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was Home - ward
C C/B
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bound
[ Chorus ]
Verse 3 :
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tonight I'll sing my songs a - gain I'll
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play the game, and pre - tend
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mm, mm,
Em
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mmm ...
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all my words come back to me in
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shades of me - di - o - cri - ty like
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emp - ti - ness in har - mo - ny I
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need someone to comfort me
[ Chorus ... ]
Outro :
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si - lently for me
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si - len - tly for me
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( jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )
Artist: Paul Simon
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