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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 23:44:14 +0100 (BST)
From: R P Kent
Subject: TAB: I do it for your Love by Paul Simon
I Do It For Your Love
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Words and Music by Paul Simon
As performed by Paul Simon on his TV Special (1977)
Original recording from 'Still Crazy After All These Years'
Tabbed and transcribed by Rich Kent r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk
He plays this song fingerpicked on an electric... Watch out for those
wierd barre chords!
Intro
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3-------|-----2---2---2-1-|-----0---0-------|
|---4-------4-----|---2-------2---2-|---0-------0-0---|---2-------2---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-----------2---|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
CV
Ebdim7 Gbdim7 Em Bbdim7 Am D9
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|-----1-------4---|-----12--12--12--|-----5-------5---|-----5-----5-----|
|---2-------5-----|---12------12----|---6-------5-----|---5-----5-----5-|
|-1-------4-------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------5---|
|-----------------|-12------------0-|-6-----6-5-----5-|-----------------|
h h h h h h h
Verse 1
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-------2-----2-|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|
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We were married on a rainy day The sky was yellow and the
grass was grey
CV
Ebdim7 Gbdim7 Em Bbdim7 Am D9
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|-----1-------4---|-------0---0-----|-----5-------5---|-----5-----5-----|
|---2-------5-----|-----0-------0---|---6-------5-----|---5-----5-----5-|
|-1-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|-------4---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------5---|
|-----------------|-0-------------0-|-6-----6-5-----5-|-----------------|
We signed the papers and we.. I do it for your love
drove away
Verse 2
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-------2-----2-|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|
|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
The rooms were musty and all that winter we shared a cold
the pipes were old
CV CVI CIV
Ebdim7 Gbdim7 Em Bbdim7 Eb7 Ab Ab+
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|-------2-------5-|---------3-------|-----------------|-------4-------4-|
|-----1-------4---|-------0---0-----|-----5-------8---|-----4---5---5---|
|---2-------5-----|-----0-------0---|---6-------6-----|---5-------5-----|
|-1-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------6-----6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-------------0-|-6-----6---------|-4---------------|
Drank all the orange juice.. I do it for your love
that we could hold
Chorus
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CIV CIV CIV CII
Dbm Adim7 Db Dbmaj7 Gb
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|-------5-------5-|-------4---4-----|-----6-------6---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----6-------6---|-----5---5-----5-|---6-------5---5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---6-------6-----|---4-------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4---------------|-----------------|-4-------4-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-----------5---|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Found a rug in an old junk shop, brought it home to you
CI CI CII CI
Bbm Adim7 Cm7-5 B7 Bb7
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|-2-----2-------2-|-------1---1-----|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---3---3-3-|
|-3---3-------3---|-----2---2-----2-|-3---3---2---2---|-1---1---1---1-1-|
|-3-3-------3-----|---1-------------|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---3---3-3-|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-3-3-----2-2-----|-1-1---1---1-----|
|-----------------|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
Along the way the colours ran the orange bled the blue
Harmonica Solo (play verse chords up to Em
for twice their original duration),
the pattern is more of a strummed feel, then fingerpick the Bbdim7 and
carry on from there into the chorus again
Verse 3
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E(no 3rd)(add D) Bm11 A7 D6
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----------0---|
|-----------------|-2-------2-----2-|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|
|-0-------0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
The sting of reason the splash of tears. The northern and the
southern hemispheres.
CV
Ebdim7 Gbdim7 Em Bbdim7 Am7
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|-------2-------5-|---------3-------|-----------------|-------5---------|
|-----1-------4---|-------0---0-----|-----5-------5---|-----5-----5-----|
|---2-------5-----|-----0-------0---|---6-------5-----|---5-----5-----5-|
|-1-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----------5---|
|-----------------|-0-------------0-|-6-----6-5-----5-|-----------------|
Love emerges and it disappears.. I do it for your love
CIII
Am7 G Gmaj7
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|-----5---------5-|-------3---------|---3-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-----||
|---5---------5---|-----4-----------|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-----||
|-----------4-----|---5-------------|---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-----||
|---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-------------3---||
I do it for your love
Tha Gmaj7 is Paul just mucking about after he finishes on the G
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* Rich Kent; email r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk ; http://www.dur.ac.uk/~d213ga *
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Artist: Paul Simon
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