Kathys Song Chords & Tabs
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This is my version of this wonderfully gorgeous song since I donÕt like the version in the guitar book. I think itÕs more accurate to what the artist is really playing, so tell me what YOU think.
KathyÕs Song (as heard on ÒGreatest HitsÓ)
Words/Music by Paul Simon
Tablature by John Nimis
Intro: (and filler between verses)
G C/GG
E -----H-------P--|----------------|
B ----0-1---1---0-|--0-------0-----|
G ----------------|------0-------0-| Repeat several times...
D ----0-2-----2-0-|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|
Verses:
GC/GC/GG
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|----0-----0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-|
D ----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|
Am GsusC/F#
E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|--0-------0-----|
B --0-------0-----|--1-----------1-|--1-------1-----|------1-------1-|
G ------0-------0-|------2-----2---|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|
D ----0-------0---|----2-----------|----0-------0---|----------------|
A ----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|
D7/F#GD/F#
E --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|----------------|----------------|
B ------1-------1-|------1-------1-|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|
G ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 2---+---2---+---|2---+---2---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|
GCAmGsus
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --3-------------|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ------0---------|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|------0-------0-|
D ----0-----------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A --------0---2---|3---------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
E 3---+---+---+---|+---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|
DG
E --2-------2-----|-----H-------P--|
B ------3-------3-|----0-1---1---0-|
G ----2-------2---|----------------|
D 0-------0-------|----0-2-----2-0-|
A ----------------|----------------|
E +---+---+---+---|3---+---+---+---|
After the second and fourth verses he does this Dsus thing:
GCDsusC
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------1-----|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|----1-----1-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-|
D ----0-------2---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----2-------2---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|3---+---3---+---|
And then right back to the filler/intro lick.
(Back to Dsus)
(Really cool guitar solo verse, which I may tab later...)
Note: At the end of the third line of each verse, there is a walkup from G to C that Paul Simon loves to do (Homeward Bound, Boxer, etc...) and he alternates from the single note walk I put in the tab at that spot and a more common (and cooler) walkup:
E ----------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----0---1---3---|----------1-----|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|------0-------0-|---etc...-------|----------------|
D ----------------|----2-------2---|----------------|----------------|
A --------0---2---|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---3---+---+---|+---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|
Ah, sweet poetry... Love and beauty to all,
John H. Nimis
jnimis@macalstr.edu
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 01:29:48 +0100 (MET)
From: Frederik Esser
Kathy's Song
Words/Music by Paul Simon
Tablature by Frederik Esser
This tab is developed from the one by John Nimis. I don't claim it to be
better, but it's certainly a lot closer to the recorded version (on sound of
silence).
Intro:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/simon_and_garfunkel/kathys_song_tab.html ]
E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
D 4-------4-------|4-------4-------|4-------4-------|4-------4-\-2---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E +---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|
G C/GG G C/GG
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----0h1---1--p0-|----0-----0-----|--0--h1---1--p0-|----0-----0-----|
G ----------------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
D ----0h2-----2p0-|----0-------0---|----0h2-----2p0-|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|
Verses:
G C/G C/G G
E -(3)-----(3)----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|0---------0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0---------|
D ----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|3---+---3---+---|
Am Am/G G C /B /C
E 3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------0-----|1---------1-----|0---------0-----|1---------------|
G ------0---------|------2-----2---|------2---------|------0---------|
D ----0-------0---|----2-----------|----2-------0---|----2----(0)----|
A ----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|3-------2---3---|
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---|----+-------+---|
D/F# G Bm/F#
E ----------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
B 3---------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----|3---------3-----|
G ------2---------|------2---------|------4---------|------4---------|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----5-------5---|----4-------4---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 2---+---2---+---|2---+---2---+---|3---+---3---+---|2---+---2---+---|
G C Am
E ----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
B ---(0)----------|1---------1-----|----------1-----|1---------1-----|
G ----0-----------|------0---------|------0-------0-|------2-------2-|
D ----0-----------|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A --------0---2---|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------|
E 3---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|+---+---+---+---|
Am/G D G C/G G C/G ad lib
E ----------------|------2---------|----------------||----------------||
B 0---------0-----|----------3-----|----------1-----||0---------1-----||
G ------2---------|----2-------2---|------0---------||.-----0--------.||
D ----2-------2---|0---------------|----0h2-----2---||.---0h2-----2--.||
A ----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------||
E 3---+---3---+---|+---+---+---+---|3---+---3---+---||3---+---3---+---||
Bridge:
G C/G Dsus
E ----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
B 0---------1-----|3---------3-----|----------3-----|3---------3-----|
G ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|
D ----0h2-----2---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E 3---+---3---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|5---+---5---+---|
G C/G G C/G ad lib
E ----------------|----------------||----------------||
B 3---------3-----|----------1-----||0---------1-----||
G ------0---------|------0---------||.-----0--------.||
D ----4-------4---|----0h2-----2---||.---0h2-----2--.||
A ----------------|----------------||----------------||
E 5---+---5---+---|3---+---3---+---||3---+---3---+---||
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