Paul Simon – Late In The Evening (Guitar Acoustic)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paul Simon From: “One-Trick Pony” (1980) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo: 3rd fret Play: D Key: F For chords in original key, transpose + 3 (and "use flats"). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lick for basic chords (no capo)
 [F                 [Bb                [C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
B|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
G|--------5--3----| |----3---5--3----| |----5---7--5----|
D|----3-----------| |-3--------------| |-5--------------|
A|-3------------(3) |1---------------| |3---------------|
E|1---------------| |----------------| |----------------|
If you want to include the feel of the lick into your accompaniment, I’d suggest using a capo 3rd fret and play something like this:
 [D                 [G                 [A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
B|----3-----------| |----------------| |----------------|
G|----2---2--2----| |----0---2--0----| |----2---4--2----|
D|-0--0---2--0----| |-0--0---0--0----| |-2--2---2--2----|
A|0---------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|

Working with sus4 chords sounds fine too (I hear an acoustic
playing at least the D part later in the song):
 [D                 [G                 [A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---2---3--2----| |3---3---3--3----| |0---0---0--0----|
B|3---3---3--3----| |0---0---1--0----| |2---2---3--2----|
G|2---2---2--2----| |0---0---0--0----| |2---2---2--2----|
D|0---0---0--0----| |0---0---0--0----| |2---2---2--2----|
A|----------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|

In the instrumental parts a little more fleshed out:
 [D                 [G                 [A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----2---3--2----| |----3---3--3----| |----------------|
B|----3---0--3----| |----0---1--0----| |----2---3--2----|
G|----2---0--2----| |----0---2--0----| |----2---4--2----|
D|-0--0---0--0----| |-0--0---0--0----| |-2--2---4--2----|
A|0---------------| |----------------| |0---------------|
E|----------------| |3---------------| |----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D | % | % | % | | G | % | D | % | | A | % | D | % | [Verse 1]
    G
The first thing I remember

      G
I was lying in my bed

  G                                   | D | % |
I couldn't've been no more than one or two

      G
And I remember there's a radio

G
 Comin' from the room next door

       G                                 | D | % |
And my mother laughed the way some ladies do

          A
When it's late in the evening

A                        | D | % |
 And the music's seeping through
[Verse 2]
    G
The next thing I remember

     G
I am walking down the street

            G                                         | D | % |
I'm feeling all right, I'm with my boys, I'm with my troops, yeah

    G
And down along the avenue

     G
Some guys were shooting pool

      G                                    | D | % |
And I heard the sound of a cappella groups, yeah

        A
Singing late in the evening

A                             | D | % |
 And all the girls out on the stoops, yeah
[Verse 3]
       G
Then I learned to play some lead guitar

      G
I was underage in this funky bar

      G                                | D | % |
And I stepped outside to smoke myself a "J"

    G
And when I came back to the room

G
 Everybody just seemed to move

      G                                   | D | % |
And I turned my amp up loud and I began to play

           A
And it was late in the evening

A                     | D | % |
 And I blew that room away
[Horn Instrumental] | G | % | D | % | | G | % | D | % | | A | % | D | % | [Verse 4]
    G
The first thing I remember

         G
When you came into my life

                 G                              | D | % |
I said I'm gonna get that girl, no matter what I do

        G
Well, I guess I'd been in love before

    G
And once or twice I been on the floor

      G                             | D | % |
But I never loved no one the way that I loved you

           A
And it was late in the evening

A                         | D | % |
 And all the music seeping through
[Break] | N.C. | % | % | % | (drums)
| D | % | % | % |
(drums, guitar lick and horns)
[Horn Instrumental] | G | % | D | % | | G | % | D | % | | A | % | D | % | [Outro]
| D | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade out)