Simon & Garfunkel – Leaves That Are Green (Guitar Intro)

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Song: Leaves that are green Artist: Simon & Garfunkel Composer: Paul Simon Album: Sounds of silence Tabbed by DJ 26th Oct 2016 To hear the song, copy and paste this link: Video of live version played in F (Capo at 3rd): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FuZ0YvXEvU The intro and ending in this live version are simpler than the album, Paul just plays a D and Dsus2 for the intro, and doesn't play the coda but just ends on D on '...brown'. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS the website automatically imposes,they are often not the best option. Just follow the numbered voicings listed below: Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: D = xx0232 Bsus2 = x24422 C/G = 332010 D4 = xx0233 A = x02220 C = x32010 Dsus2 = xx0230 A4 = x02230 G = 320003 D/C# = x40232 A7 = x02020 C/B = x2x010 Bm = x24432 Em = 022000 C/A = x0x010 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, it would be appreciated ============================================================ [Intro]
   D   D4  D  Dsus2 D/C#   Bm    Bsus2 Bm
|  /   /   /     /__/   |  /   /   /   /  |

   A              A7 A A7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
[Verse 1]
D                   Em            A             D  Dsus2 D
   I was twenty-one years when I  ...wrote this song,

    D                     C/G   C      D   Dsus2 D
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long,

G                A     A4 A
    Time hurries on--------,

         D     C    C/B C/A  G     A            D   Dsus2 D
And the leaves that are----  green----  turn to brown,

D Dsus2 D     D/C# Bm          Bsus2 Bm   Bsus2 Bm  Bsus2 Bm
          And they wither with the   wind,

         A                      A7
And they crumble in your hand
[Verse 2]
        D         Em              A         D  Dsus2 D
Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl,

  D                       C/G   C      D      Dsus2 D
I held her close, but she faded in the night,

       G               A      A4  A
Like a poem I meant to write---------,

         D     C    C/B C/A  G     A            D   Dsus2 D
And the leaves that are----  green----  turn to brown,

D Dsus2 D     D/C# Bm          Bsus2 Bm   Bsus2 Bm  Bsus2 Bm
          And they wither with the   wind,

         A                       A7
And they crumble in your hand
[Verse 3]
D             Em     A    D    Dsus2
    I threw a pebble in a brook,

    D                   C/G C   D   Dsus2 D
And watched the ripples run a - way,

         G            A     A4  A
And they never made a sound--------,

         D     C    C/B C/A  G     A            D   Dsus2 D
And the leaves that are----  green----  turn to brown,

D Dsus2 D     D/C# Bm          Bsus2 Bm   Bsus2 Bm  Bsus2 Bm
          And they wither with the   wind,

         A                        A7
And they crumble in your hand
[Verse 4]
D                Em        A         D
    Hello, hel - lo, hel - lo, hel - lo,

       D                       C/G  C      D   Dsus2 D
Good - bye, good - bye, good - bye, good - bye,

G                   A     A4 A
   That's all there is--------,

         D     C    C/B C/A  G     A
And the leaves that are----  green----...

           D  D4 D  Dsus2 D/C#
...Turn to brown

   Bm    Bsus2 Bm    A              A7
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