Simon & Garfunkel – Punkys Dilemma (Guitar)

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Song: Punky's dilemma Artist: Simon & Garfunkel Composer: Paul Simon Album: Bookends Tabbed by DJ 19th Mar 2014 Link to a rare 38 second video clip of the duo playing this live: My own cover version of the song, duetting with a friend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbwCLTQvr2Y (Will then sound in the recorded key of E) I would recommend using the voicings in the text column numbers below. Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the information at the bottom of the tab. Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo Cmaj7 = x32000 G = 320003 Am7 = x02010 Cmaj7 * = x32003 C = x32010 Fmaj7 = xx3210 Dm7 = xx0211 F = 133211 G6 = xx5430 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]
     Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /   :|| [x2]
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7              Dm7
      Wish I was a Kellogg's cornflake,

G                 Cmaj7              Cmaj7 *
   Floating in my bowl, taking mov - ies,

   Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Cmaj7               Dm7    C            Cmaj7
       Relaxed in a while, ...living in style,

F                                             Cmaj7
Talking to a raisin who occasionally plays L. A.

   Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Cmaj7    Am7             Fmaj7  G6
Casually glancing at his toup - ée

   Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7                Dm7
       Wish I was an English muffin,

G                    Cmaj7                 Cmaj7 *
   About to make the most out of a toast - er,

   Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

Cmaj7                 Dm7    C            Cmaj7
      I'd ease myself down,  ...coming up brown,

F                                               Cmaj7
I prefer the Boysenberry more than any ordinary jam,

   Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

       Cmaj7        Am7         Fmaj7   G6
I'm a 'Citizens for Boysenberry Jam' ...fan!
[Bridge]
Fmaj7            Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
Oo, South Cali - fornia------------!
| / / / / | / / / / | [Verse 3]
Cmaj7               Dm7
      If I become a First Lieutenant,

G                   Cmaj7               Cmaj7 *
   Would you put my photo on your pia - no?

Cmaj7                                Cmaj7 *
(Du - du - du - du - du!  Du'n, du - du!)

Cmaj7                Dm7    C               Cmaj7
(Du - du!)  'To Mary Jane,  ...best wishes, Martin',

F                                              Cmaj7
Old Roger draft dodger leaving by the basement door,

   Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *  Cmaj7     Am7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |    Everybody knows...

             Fmaj7   G6     Fmaj7      Cmaj7
...What he's tippy - toeing down there for

   Cmaj7                  Cmaj7 *
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
[Verse 4 - with improvised whistling]
   Cmaj7          Dm7            G
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
(Oh, really?)
   Cmaj7   Cmaj7 *  Cmaj7   Cmaj7 *
|  /  /  /  /   |   /  /  /  /   |

  Cmaj7        Dm7          C            Cmaj7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Coda - Repeat, end on Cmaj7]
    Cmaj7          Dm7
||: /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / :||
===================================================== For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my suggested choices you need to manually select the following choice of options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below one of the diagrams. The remaining chord boxes can be the default first option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you are logged into your account, these choices will be saved automatically for every time you view this tab. G6 <9 of 42> There are two inversions of Cmaj7 in my tab (differentiated by an asterisk in my chord legend). Currently there is no facility to save both variations as chord boxes, so you will have to choose which one of them to display. Cmaj7 or Cmaj7 * <1 of 26> <2 of 26>