Paul Simon – Adios Hermanos (Guitar Tab)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: CherryKim, August 19, 2011 This great song is off the Paul Simon album "Songs From The Capeman" and is mostly sung a capella, but I transcribed the background singers' music and the organ for guitar. Listen to the record for timing. Tuning: Standard Capo: 1st fret

Intro (pluck):
    C                 G     Am                G     F           G
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1-1---1-1---1-1---3-3---1-1---1-1---1-1---0-0---1-1---1-1---0-0--0-0---|
G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---0-0--0-0---|
D|---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---3-3---3-3---0-0--0-0---|
A|-3-----3-----3-----2-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------3-----1-----1-----3-----3------|

    F     C
e|-------------------------|
B|----1-1---1-1------------|
G|----2-2---0-0------------|  Play intro twice
D|----3-3---2-2------------|
A|--3-----3----------------|
E|--------------1-----3----|

SAL (pluck):
    C                 G     Am                G     F           G
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1-1---1-1---1-1---3-3---1-1---1-1---1-1---0-0---1-1---1-1---0-0--0-0---|
G|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---0-0--0-0---|
D|---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-2---0-0---3-3---3-3---0-0--0-0---|
A|-3-----3-----3-----2-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------3-----1-----1-----3-----3------|

    F     C
e|-------------------------|               |                |---------|
B|----1-1---1-1------------|   Repeat over |   Last time    |---------|
G|----2-2---0-0------------|   verse       |   play this    |------2--|
D|----3-3---2-2------------|               |   after the    |----0----|
A|--3-----3----------------|               |   last C:      |--3------|
E|---------------1-----3---|               |                |---------|

C G It was the morning of October 6th, 1960 Am I was wearing my brown suit G Preparing to leave the house of D. F G F C Shook some hands then adios Brooklyn amigos C Maybe some of them had hopes of seeing me again G Am G Some even said that my judge-Judge Gerald Culkin- F Wouldn't play it by the book G Maybe let us off the hook F C But, WOH-OO-WOH, I knew better C G Afraid to leave the projects Am G To cross into another neighborhood F G The blancos and the nigger gangs F C Well, they'd kill you if they could AUREA (Strum): F Bb Angel of Mercy, people are suffering C All over the world F G C F Spanish children are taught on their knees to believe F Bb Angel of Mercy, people are suffering C All over the island tonight, F G C G Mothers weep Sisters grieve SAL (pluck): C Well, I entered the courtroom, state of New York G County of New York, Am G Just some spic they scrubbed off the sidewalk F Guilty by my dress G Guilty in the press F C Let The Capeman burn for the murders C Well the Spanish boys had their day in court G Am G And now it was time for some fuckin' law and order F The electric chair G For the greasy pair F C Said the judge to the court reporter C G Afraid to leave the projects Am G To cross into another neighborhood F G The newspapers and the TV crews F C Well, they'd kill you if they could AUREA (strum): F Bb Angel of Mercy, people are suffering C All over the world F G C F A Spanish boy could be killed every night of the week F But just let some white boy die Bb C And the world goes crazy for blood-Latin blood F G C G I don't lie when I speak SAL (pluck): C G Am G Well they shackled my hands F G F C A heavy belt around my waist to restrain me C G Am G And they shackled my legs F G F C Hernandez, the Umbrella Man, chained beside me C G Then we rode that Black Maria Am G Through the streets of Spanish Harlem F G Calling old friends on the corners F C Just to lay our prayers upon them Crying C G Am G Adios Hermanos, A-----dios F G F C Adios Hermanos, A-a-dios Chords used: C: x3201x G: x2003x (or 320003) Am: x0221x F: 1x321x (or xx3211) Bb: 113331