Carly Simon – Mockingbird (Guitar Live)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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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#