Simon & Garfunkel – Fakin It (Guitar)
Capo 4
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Song: Fakin' it
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel
Composer: Paul Simon
Album: Bookends
Tabbed by: DJ 2nd April 2014
This is a link to a 1968 live (audio only) version:
For this live bridge they skip the whole of the
'Good mornin', Mr. Leitch..." section,
and for the Coda they finish with a bar of the
Intro riff, ending back on the C7
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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.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
CAPO: 4th fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
C7 = x32310 (E/G#) = 4xxxxx Dm = xx0231
F = 133211 A = x02220 C = x32010
Em = 022000 D = xx0232 D/A = x00232
E = 022100 D7 = xx0212 E7 = 022130
N.C. = No chords ^ = Emphasise the beats
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[Intro]
C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] F Em [Riff] When she goes she's gone---- ...if she stays, F E (E/G#) A She stays here, D A The girl does what she wants to do, D7 F She knows what she wants to do
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F And I know I'm fakin' it, | / /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] I'm not real - ly makin' it! (Ah-----ah!)
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
C7 [Riff] C7[Riff] Such a dubious soul, F Em [Riff] F E (E/G#) A And a walk in the gar - den ...wears me down, D A Tangled in the fallen vines, D7 F Picking up the punch - lines
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F I've just been fakin' it, | / /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C7 [Riff] Not real - ly makin' it,
^ ^ ^ ^
C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] No, no, no, no!
[Verse 3]
C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] F Em [Riff] F E Is there any danger? No, no, not real - ly, (E/G#) A D/A [Brass stabs] A Just lean on me, take the time... D7 F ...to treat your friendly neighbours honestly----!
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F I've just been fakin' it, | / /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F Not real - ly makin' it, | / /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F This feel - in' of fakin' it, | / /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] I still have - n't shakin' it
^ ^ ^ ^
[Bridge]
C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] Prior to this lifetime... F Em F E N.C. A ...I surely was a tail - or, ...look at me! E7 E A ("Good, mornin', Mr.Leitch, A 'ave you 'ad a busy day?") D/A D A I own the tailors face and hands, D7 F F Em Dm I am the tailors face and hands | / / / |
^ ^ ^
[Chorus]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F I know I'm fakin'it, fak - in' it,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F I'm not real - ly makin' it, | / /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F This feel - in' of fakin' it, | / /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F I still have - n't shaken it, shak - en it!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Coda]
F Em Dm C C Dm Em F I know I'm fakin' it, | / /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm I'm not real - ly...
^ ^ ^
C C Dm Em F F Em Dm C C Dm Em F Makin' it---------------------------------------!
| / /_/ / / | / /_/ / / | / /_/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
F Em Dm C | / /_/ / / || ^ ^ ^ ^ ===================================================== C7 [Riff] e|-----0-------------------| B|-----1-------------------| h = Hammer-on note G|-----3-------------------| p = Pull-off note D|-----2---------p1--0-----| A|--3--3------1---------1--| E|--------h3---------------| C7 [Riff] C7 [Riff] 1. When she goes, she's gone---------------, 2. Such a du - bi-ous--- soul---------------, 3. Is there an - y-------- dan- ger-----------? Bridge. Prior to this----- life-time----------, e|------0----------------------|-----0---------------| B|------1----------------------|-----1---------------| G|------3----------------------|-----3---------------| D|------2-------------p1--0----|-----2------p1--0----| A|---3--3-----------1-------1--|--3--3----1-------1--| E|---------------h3------------|-------h3------------| Em [Riff] e|--0------------| B|--0--h1--0-----| [Hammer-on the flattened 6th] G|--0---------0--| D|--2------------| A|--2------------| E|--0------------|