Carly Simon – Youre So Vain (Guitar Intro)
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Song: You're so vain (Single version)
Artist: Carly Simon
Composer: Carly Simon
Album: No secrets
Tabbed by DJ 2nd June 2013
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I've based this tab on the hit single version.
I've included a few extended chords which are
suggested by the full arrangement just to add more
interest on a single guitar, rather than the much
simpler guitar chords that Carly uses to play live.
Original album track in C:
In this video live version she has her guitar tuned
down a semi-tone, and which will then make the song
sound as if in the key of B.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8uU_4XBugA
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
Am = x02210 Fmaj7 = 133210 C * = x35553
Am7 = x02010 G = 320033 C6 = x35555
Am/G = 302210 Em7 = 022030 Dm7 = xx0211
Am/E = 002210 C = x32010 C/B = x2x010
F = xx3211 C4 = x33011 Fmaj9 = xx3553
Fadd9 = xx3213 G6 = 320030 G13 = 323200
Asus2 = x02200 F6 = xx3231
h = hammer-on note ^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro]
(Son of a gun!)
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A|----0-h3----0-h3---------|----0-h3----0-h3-----|
E|--5-------5-------5------|--5-------5-------5--|
Am Am7 Am Am/G
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Am Am7 Am Am/E Am/G | / / /__/ /__/ | / / /__/ /__/ |
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[Verse 1]
Am7 Am Am7 You walked in - to the party... Am F Fadd9 F Am ...Like you were walking on - to a yacht, Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am Your hat stra- tegically dipped be- low one eye, F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Your scarf it was a - pri - cot, Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 You had one eye in the mirror as... F C C C4 C G You watched yourself ga- votte and all the girls... G6 F F6 ...Dreamed that they'd be your part - ner, F F6 F They'd be your part - ner, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * You're so vain, Dm7 C You probably think this song is a - bout you, C/B Am You're so vain, (You're so vain!) Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13 I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
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G13 G13 Don't you, don't you?
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[Verse 2]
Am7 Am Am7 Am Oh, you had me ...several years a - go, F Fadd9 F Am When I was still quite nai - ve, Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am Well, you said that we make such a pretty pair, F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 And that you would nev - er leave, Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 But you gave a - way the things you loved, F C C C4 C G And one of them was me, I had some dreams, G6 F F6 They were clouds in my cof - fee, F F6 F Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * You're so vain, Dm7 C You probably think this song is a - bout you, C/B Am You're so vain, (You're so vain!) Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13 I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
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G13 G13 G13 Don't you, don't you, don't you?
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[Verse 3 - Instrumnental]
Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am | / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am | / / / / | / / /___/ / | Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am | / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am | / / / / | / / /___/ / | Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C C4 C G G6 F F6 I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof- fee, F F6 F Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * You're so vain, Dm7 C You probably think this song is a - bout you, C/B Am You're so vain, (You're so vain!) Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13 I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
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G13 G13 G13 Don't you, don't you, don't you?
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[Verse 4]
Am7 Am Am7 Am Well, I hear you went up to Sarato - ga, F Fadd9 F Am And your horse natural - ly won, Asus2 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Sco - tia, F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 To see the total e - clipse of the sun, Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 Well, you're where you should be all the time, F And when you're not, C C4 C G G6 You're with some un - der world spy, F F6 Or the wife of a close friend, F F6 Wife of a close friend, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * You're so vain, Dm7 C You probably think this song is a - bout you, C/B Am You're so vain, (You're so vain!) Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13 I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13 G13 Don't you, don't you, don't you?
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[Link]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C | / / /_/ /_/ | / /_/ / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda - Repeats]
C * C6 C * C6 C * ||: You're so vain, Dm7 C You probably think this song is a - bout you!:||
[Ending from live performances]
C/B Am You're so vain, (You're so vain!) Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13 I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
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G13 G13 G13 Am Don't you, don't you, don't you?
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Below are a couple of additional verses that Carly
never used on a record, but she did reveal them in
TV documentaries:
[Original 1st Verse ]
Am7 Am Am7 Am Bless you, Ben, you came in when... F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 ...Nobody else left off, Am7 Am Am7 Am There I was, all by my - self, F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Fmaj7 G Hiding up in my loft, ...talking trouble, Em7 Am7 F C Took my time, and singing some sad songs, C C4 C G G6 F F6 I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof- fee, F F6 F (To Chorus) Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Final Verse]
Am7 Am Am7 Am A friend of yours re - vealed to me... F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 That you loved me all the time, Am7 Am Am7 Am Kept it secret from your wives, F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 You be - lieved it was no crime, Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 You called me once to ask me things... F C I couldn't quite de - fine, C C4 C G G6 F F6 May - be that's why I have tried to dismiss you, F F6 F (To Chorus) Tried to dismiss you, and...