Carly Simon – Mockingbird (Guitar Live)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) Video Lesson
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Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird Live at the No Nukes Concert at Madison Square Garden, Sept 20 1979: https://youtu.be/4WM_R-6AKHE Tune 1/2 down. Define: F# 2443xx C# x4666x
B   x2444x
* = Palm Mute
[Intro] B* B* B* B*
B*
Mock (yea-ya) ing (yea-ya) bird (yea-ya) yeah (yea-ya)

B*
Mockingbird, now...
[Verse 1]
 E
 Everybody have you heard?
(Everybody... have you heard?)
           B
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
(he's gonna buy... a mockingbird)
            B
And if that mockingbird don't sing
(if that mocking... bird don't sing)
           E
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring
(I'm gonna buy her... a diamond ring)
            A
And if that diamond ring won't shine
(if that diamond... ring won't shine)
           E
He's gonna surely break this heart of mine
(sure gonna break this... heart of mine)
            B                        A                     B                N.C.
 And that's why...         I keep on tellin' everybody say...
(and that's why, yes indeed... oh, yes indeed... yeaha, yeah, yeah,) N.C. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... [Verse 2]
 E
 Hear me now and understand
(Hear me now and... understand)
           B
He's gonna find me some piece of mind
(He's gonna find me... some peace of mind)
            B
And if that piece of mind won't stay
(and if that peace of mind don't stay)
          E
I'm gonna find myself a better way
(I'm gonna find myself a better way)
            A
And if that better way ain't so
(if that better way ain't so)
           E
I, I, I'll ride with the tide and go with the flow
(I'll ride with the tide and go with the flow)
            B                        A                     B                N.C.
 And that's why...         I keep on tellin' everybody say...
(and that's why, yes indeed... oh, yes indeed... yeaha, yeah, yeah,) N.C. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa (ma mama) [Instrumental] E B B E A E B A B [Verse 3]
 F#
 Everybody have you heard
(Everybody... have you heard?)
            C#
She's gonna buy me a mockingbird
(he's gonna buy... me a mockingbird)
            C#
And if that mockingbird don't sing
(if that mocking... bird don't sing)
            F#
She's gonna buy me a diamond ring
(he's gonna buy me... a diamond ring)
            B
And if that diamond ring won't shine
(if that diamond... ring won't shine)
      F#
Gonna surely break this heart of mine
(he's gonna break... this heart of mine)
                 C#                   B
 And there's the reason why I keep on tellin' everybody say...
(and that's why... tellin' everybody say...)
C#          N.C.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...
[Verse 4]
 F#
 Listen now and understand
(Listen now and... understand)
            C#
She's gonna find me some piece of mind
(He's gonna find me... some peace of mind)
      C#
Yeah, if that piece of mind won't stay
(if that piece of mind won't stay)
          F#
I'm gonna get myself a better way
(get myself... a better way)
         B
 I might rise above, I might go below
(I might rise above, I might go below)
 F#
 Ride with the tide and go with the flow
(Ride with the tide and go with the flow)
                C#                   B
 And that's the reason why I keep on shoutin' in your ears, yo
(and that's a-why)
C#          N.C.
No, no, no, no, no, no, ha, ah, ha, ah, no, no, no, mockingbird!
(ahhhhhhhhhhhh.......) [Outro] F# C# C# F# B F# C# B C# F#