Simon & Garfunkel – The Dangling Conversation (Guitar Tab)

Capo 3

Versions (3)

Auto-scroll

Chords

------------------------- by Simon and Garfunkel So here we are, a brilliant song by Paul Simon this one. It's not too hard to play either, just make sure it's played evenly, especially the faster bits. I've added the variations on the picking in the Em F E D section because it sounds better that way. Enjoy Rich [email protected] Capo Up Three Frets Introduction: D

T----|-----------------|---2-------2------|---2-------2-----|----------------|
-----|-----------------|-------3-------3--|-------2-------2-|----------------|
A----|-------0-------0-|-----2-------2----|-----3-------3---|-------0-------0|
-----|-----2-------0---|---0-----0--------|-0-------0-------|-----0-------0--|
B----|-3-------2-------|-0----------------|-----------------|-2-------0------|
-----|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|

        C/G                                                   G
T----|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
-----|---1---1---------|---1-------1------|----1------------|---0-------0----|
A----|-----------0-----|-------0-------0--|---0----0---0---0|-------0--------|
-----|---2-----2-------|-----2-------2----|------0---2---0--|-----0-------0h2|
B----|-----------------|------------------|-3---------------|----------------|
-----|-3---3-----------|-3-------3--------|-----------------|-3-------3------|

T----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|-----------------|
A----|-------0---------|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
-----|-----2-------2h4-|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---|
B----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------|
-----|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|

                                                   It's a    still life water
       D
T----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|-----------------|---2-------2-----|
-----|-------3-------3-|-------2-------2-|-----------------|-------3-------3-|
A----|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-------0-------0-|-----2-------2---|
-----|---------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----2-------0---|---------0-------|
B----|-0---------------|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
       colour                       of a   now later  after- noon

       D                                   Am
T----|---2-------2-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|-------3-------3-|-----------------|---1-------1-----|-3p1-------1-----|
A----|-----2-------2---|-------0-------0-|-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|
-----|-0-------0-------|-----2-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
B----|-----------------|-3-------2-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                 and the sun shines through the curtain lace             and

       G
T----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
A----|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
-----|-----0-------0h2-|-----2-------2h4-|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|
B----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
       shadows wash the room                                       and we

       Em
T----|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
A----|-------0-------0-|---------------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
-----|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
B----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
       sit and drink our coffee

       F                                   E
T----|---------------1-|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|
-----|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
A----|-------2---------|-------2-------2-|-------1---------|-------1-------1-|
-----|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
B----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
       cast in our indifference      like  shells upon the shore. You can hear

       D
T----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-----------------|-----------------|
A----|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
       the ocean roar               in the dangling

Then it goes to the intro again for the rest of the chorus. Verse 2 And you read your Emily Dickinson and I my Robert Frost And we note our place with bookmarkers that measure what we've lost. Like a poem poorly written We are verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme in synchopated time Chorus And the dangling conversation and the superficial sighs Are the borders of our lives Verse 3 Yes, we speak of things that matter with words that must be said Can analysis be worthwhile? Is the theatre really dead? And how the room is softly faded And I only kiss your shadow I cannot feel your hand, you're a stranger Now unto me