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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 13:46:36 +0200
From: anssi.neuvonen@vtt.fi
To: guitar@olga.net
Cc: acoustic@olga.net
Subject: TAB: The Coast by Paul Simon
THE COAST
(Words by Paul Simon; Music by Paul Simon & Vincent Nguini)
>From the album "THE RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS"
By: Anssi Neuvonen (anssi.neuvonen@vtt.fi)
This tab is from memory, so you are welcome to improve it. Song is in
Bb, but unfortunately I didn't have time to figure out the actual chord
progression. Nothing very complicated there, though.
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TAB III
1 2
E:-1^0------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-----3-1--0-------0----1-1--|-1^0-------------0---0--1-3-|
G:---------------2-------0-0--|-----2-0--0----2------------|
D:-----------------------2-2--|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
3 4
E:-1^0------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-----3-1--0-------0----1-1--|-1^0-------------0----------|
G:---------------2-------0-0--|-----2-0--0----2-----0------|
D:-----------------------2-2--|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
5 6
E:-1^0------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-----3-1--0-------0----1-1--|-1^0-------------0---0--1-3-|
G:---------------2-------0-0--|-----2-0--0----2------------|
D:-----------------------2-2--|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
A family of musicians took shelter for the night
7 8
E:-1^0------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-----3-1--0-------0----1-1--|-1^0-------------0----------|
G:---------------2-------0-0--|-----2-0--0----2-----0------|
D:-----------------------2-2--|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
in a little harbor church of St Cecilia
9 10
E:-1^0------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-----3-1--0-------0----1-1--|-1^0-------------0---0--1-3-|
G:---------------2-------0-0--|-----2-0--0----2------------|
D:-----------------------2-2--|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
Two gui- tars, bata bass drum and tambourine
11 12
E:-1^0------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-----3-1--0-------0----1-1--|-1^0-------------0----------|
G:---------------2-------0-0--|-----2-0--0----2-----0------|
D:-----------------------2-2--|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea
13 14
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
B:---3--3--3---3---1---0------|---3--3--3---3---1---0------|
G:-2/4--4--4---4---2---0------|-2/4--4--4---4---2---0------|
D:----------------------------|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
This is a lonely life
15 16
E:----------------------------|--1------0------------------|
B:---3--3--3---3---1---0-1-3--|----------------3-----1---0-|
G:-2/4--4--4---4---2---0-2-4--|----------------------------|
D:----------------------------|----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
sor- rows every-where
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/paul_simon/the_coast_tab.html ]
17 18
E:----------------------------|-------------------------0--|
B:------0------1--------------|--------------------1-------|
G:--2---------0---------------|---------------0------------|
D:-----------2----------------|----------2-----------------|
A:----------3-----------------|-----3----------------------|
E:---------3------------------|----------------------------|
you turn....
19 20
E:-----------------1-0---0----|-----------------1-0--------|
B:-----------------3-1-----1--|-----------------3-1--------|
G:--4-----3---0---------------|--4-----3---0---------------|
D:--4-----3---0---------------|--4-----3---0---------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
and that's worth something that's worth some money
(When you think about it)
21 22
E:-----------------1-0---0----|----------------------------|
B:-----------------3-1-----1--|----------------------------|
G:--4-----3---0---------------|--4----3-0----0-------------|
D:--4-----3---0---------------|--4----3-0----0-------------|
A:----------------------------|----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
and that's worth something that's worth some money
(When you think about it)
Repeat measures 5 to 22, then:
23 24
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-------0-0------------3-----|-------0-0------------------|
G:-------0-0-------0----2-----|-------0-0-------0----------|
D:-------0-0-------2----0-----|-------0-0-------2----0-----|
A:-----------------3----------|-----------------3----0-----|
E:--3---------3---------------|--3---------3---------------|
25 26
E:----------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-------0-0------------3-----|---3----1----0--------------|
G:-------0-0-------0----2-----|---2----0----0--------------|
D:-------0-0-------2----0-----|---0----2----0--------------|
A:-----------------3----------|----------------------------|
E:--3---------3-------------3-|---------------------(3)----|
Repeat four times measures 23 to 26
After the percussive interlude, repeat from the beginning etc.
The Coast
(lyrics copied here from
http://www.best.com:80/~rlai/Paul-Simon/Songs/The-Coast.html)
with thanks to Roger Lai
A family of musicians took shelter for the night
In the little harbor church of St. Cecilia
Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine
Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea
This is a lonely life
Sorrows everywhere you turn
And that's worth something
When you think about it
That's worth some money
That's worth something
When you think about it
That is worth some money
A trip to the market
A trip into the pearl gray morning sunlight
That settles over Washington
A trip to the market
A trip around the world
Where the evening meal
Is negotiable, if there is one.
This is a lonely-lone, lonely life
Sorrows everywhere you turn
And that's worth something
When you think about it
That's worth some money
That's worth something
When you think about it
That is worth some money
To prove that I love you
Because I believe in you
Summer skies, stars are falling
All along the injured coast
If I have money
If I have children
Summer skies, stars are falling
All along the injured coast
Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah
Summer skies and stars are falling
All along the injured coast
Oo-wah Oo-wah Doo-wop a Doo-wah
Summer skies and the stars are falling
All along the injured coast
We are standing in the sunlight
The early morning sunlight
In the harbor church of St. Cecilia
To praise a soul's returning to the earth
To the Rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea
To prove that I love you
Because I believe in you
Summer skies, stars are falling
All along the injured coast
If I have money
If I have children
Summer skies, stars are falling
All along the injured coast
If I have weaknesses
Don't let them blind me now
Summer skies, stars are falling
All along the injured coast
Oo-wah Oo-wah
Doo Wop a Doo Wah
Summer skies, stars are falling
Leaving the shadow of the valley behind me now
All along the injured coast
Ooh-wah Ooh-wah
Doo Wop a Doo Wah
Summer skies and stars are falling
All along the injured coast
Ooh-wah Ooh-wah
Doo Wop a Doo Wah
