Simon & Garfunkel – El Cóndor Pasa If I Could (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: El Condor Pasa Artist: Simon And Garfunkel Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Capo: 2, optionally Tempo: Q=100 Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Eighths are marked '+'. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Intro]   (2x)
  Am   +       +       +       +
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0-------------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------|

[Verse] (2x)
   Am       +                   +       +       +       +     C   +       +       +   G   +
E|------------------------|---------------------------------|-0-----------------------3---3---|
B|------------------------|-------------0---1--p0---1--h3---|---------------------------------|
G|-2--------2-------------|-2--\1---2-----------------------|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
D|------2------------2----|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------0-------|
A|-0------------0---------|-0-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|-------------------0----|-----------------0---------------|-----------------3---------------|
                     I'd    rather  be  a   sparrow than a    snail,                  Yes, I
                     I'd    rather  be  a   hammer  than a    nail,                  
                     I'd    rather  be  a   forest  than a    street,                
                     I'd    rather  feel the earth beneath my feet,                 

   C   +       +       +   G   +     C   +       +       +       +     Am       +
E|-0-----------------------5--\3---|-0-------------------0-----------|------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------3--p1---|-------------------1----|
G|-----0-------0-------0-----------|-----0-------0-------------------|-2--------2-------------|
D|---------2---------------0-------|---------2---------------0-------|------2------------2----|
A|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-0----------------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|--------------0---------|
   would,                  if  I     could,              I   surely    would.

[Chorus]
   Am       +               F   +       +       +       +        +        +       +       +
E|-------------------0----|-5-----------4--/5---4--/5---4---|/5-----------------------8--\5---|
B|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2--------2-------------|-----5---------------------------|-----5-------5-------5-----------|
D|------2------------2----|---------3---------------3-------|---------3-----------------------|
A|-0------------0---------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0-------0-------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                     A-     way,        I'd rather sail a-    way,                    like a 

   C   +       +       +   G   +     C   +       +       +       +     F   +       +       +       +
E|-3-------------------3--/5--\3---|-0-------------------------------|-5-----------4--/5---4--/5---4---|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------1-------|---------------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----5---------------------------|
D|---------2---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------3---------------3-------|
A|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
  swan               that's here and gone.                   A         man         gets tied up to the 

       +       +       +       +     C   +       +       +   G   +     C   +       +       +       +
E|/5-----------------------8--\5---|-3-------------------3--/5--\3---|-0-------------------0-----------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------3--p1---|
G|-----5-------5-------5-----------|-----0-------0-------------------|-----0-------0-------------------|
D|---------3-----------------------|---------2---------------0-------|---------2---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0-------0-------|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
   ground,             he gives the  world               its saddest   sound,              It's saddest 

   Am       +                        +
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|-------------------1----|------------------------|
G|-2--------2-------------|-2--------2-------------|
D|------2------------2----|------2------------2----|
A|-0----------------------|-0------------0---------|
E|--------------0---------|------------------------|
   sound.
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