Simon & Garfunkel – A Poem On The Underground Wall (Guitar)

Capo 7
Key
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Chords

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: ClassicManiac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO 6 (to be in key with e.g. the live version on "The Essential S&G") Chord diagrams:
C:   X-3-2-0-1-0
C/B: X-2-0-0-1-0
G:   3-2-0-0-0-3
G/B: 2-x-0-0-0-3
Em:  0-2-2-0-0-0
D:   X-X-0-2-3-2
Am:  X-0-2-2-1-0
[Intro] C C/B G G G/F# Em [Verse 1]
    C    C/B      G               G    G/F#      Em
The last train is nearly due, the underground is closing soon,

    C      C/B    G               G       G/F#   Em
And in the dark deserted station, restless in anticipation,

  C         C/B    G         G  G/F#  Em
A man waits in the shadows.
[Verse 2]
    C        C/B  G                    G        G/F#     Em
His restless eyes leap and scratch, at all that they can touch or catch,

    C      C/B      G              G      G/F#     Em
And hidden deep within his pocket, safe within his silent socket,

   C       C/B      G        G  G/F#  Em
He holds a coloured crayon.
[Verse 3]
    C        C/B      G               G        G/F#     Em
Now from the tunnel's stony womb, the carriage rides to meet the groom,

    C     C/B      G                     G   G/F#   Em
And opens wide and welcome doors, but he hesitates, then withdraws

 C     C/B    G         Em
Deeper in the shadows.
[Bridge]
        Em                         D
And the train is gone suddenly, on wheels clicking silently

       C              C/B  Am        Em               Am
Like a gently tapping litany, and he holds his crayon rosary

 C             G       Em
Tighter in his hand.
[Verse 4]
    C        C/B    G                     G     G/F#    Em
Now from his pocket quick he flashes, the crayon on the wall he slashes,

 C    C/B     G              G      G/F#   Em
Deep upon the advertising, a single-worded poem comprised of

 C  C/B  G      G  G/F#  Em
Four letters.
[Verse 5]
        C         C/B      G       
And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding, 

    G    G/F#       Em
The poem across the tracks rebounding,

 C       C/B    G               G         G/F#    Em
Shadowed by the exit light, his legs take their ascending flight

   C        C/B       G        G/F#   C              G      Em
To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night, oooh...