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The Late Great Johnny Ace  Paul Simon

 
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The Late Great Johnny Ace ââ?¬â?? Paul Simon
 
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Tuning: 2 steps down
Paul Simon
The Late Great Johnny Ace (1983)
(Paul Simon)
This is a transcription of the ââ?¬Å?Original Acoustic Demoââ?¬Â? of the song
(a bonus track on the 2011 remaster of the album) ââ?¬â?? which still works well
with the finished studio version.
 
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INTRO
[Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|
 A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|
 F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|
 C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
 G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
 D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
VERSE 1 and 2 (= 2 times)
[Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [A] [A7] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-------------|----------------|
 A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|2-3-5-3-2---2---|
 F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-------0-------|
 C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
 G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|0-------0-------|
 D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|
[D] [G/D] [D/A] [D7] [G] [C7] [Bm7] [Em] [F#] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|2---3---2-------|--------|0---0-----------|--0---0---------|
 A|3---0---3---3---|0---0---|1---1---3---3---|----4-----3-2-3-|
 F|2---0-0-2-2-5---|0---0---|3---3---2---2---|0------(3)------|
 C|0---0-------0---|--0---0-|2-------4-------|2------(4)------|
 G|--------0-------|--------|3-------2-------|----------------|
 D|----------------|3-------|----------------|0-------2-------|
[B7sus2] [Gmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7] [A] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|----2-----------|------------|
 A|2-3-2-3-------3-|--3---3---3---3-|3-2---2-----|
 F|2-----------4---|--2---------0---|2---4-------|
 C|4---------4-----|--4-------2-----|2-----------|
 G|2---------------|2---------------|0--------(0)|
 D|--------3-------|--------0-------|------------|
(to MIDDLE PART only)
MIDDLE PART
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
[D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|------------0---|----------------|----------------|
 A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3----3--|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|
 F|----------------|--------------X-|----------------|----------------|
 C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4-------|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|
 G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
[D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|
 F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|
 G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) Db/A
[D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [C/A] [Dm/A] [D/A] [C/A] [G/A] [G#dim] [G7] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [5] [+] [6] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
 A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---8---6---|3---2---1---0---|------3-------3---------|
 F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----4-------4-4-----4---|
 C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---10--7---|4---3---2---0---|--3-------3---3---3-----|
 G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|------------------------|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|4-------4-----3---------|
[A7-9]  
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|----------3-----|
 A|------2---------|
 F|----3-----------|
 C|--2-------------|
 G|0-------0-----0-|
 D|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
[D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|
 F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|
 G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) Db/A
[D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [C/A] [Dm/A] [D/A] [C/A] [G/A] [G] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---8---6---|3---2---1---0---|----0-----------|
 F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|
 C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---10--7---|4---3---2---0---|--0---0---0---0-|
 G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|
 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
[C7/9] [Fmaj7] [Bbmaj7] [Fmaj7] [C7-9] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|0-----------|------------|0-----------|------------|
 A|----3-------3---|1-----------|3-----------|1-----------|----2-------|
 F|----3-------3---|2-----------|2-----------|2-----------|----3-------|
 C|--2---2---2-----|------------|------------|------------|------------|
 G|3-------3-------|------------|1-----------|------------|3-----------|
 D|----------------|1-----------|------------|0-----------|------------|
INTRO
[Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|--0-----------0-|--0---------0---|--0-----------0-|--0---------0---|
 A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|
 F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|
 C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
 G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
 D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
VERSE 3 (2 times)
[Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [Bbmaj7] [E] [A] [A7] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|--0-----------0-|--0---------0---|--0-----------0-|----------------|
 A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----0---0-|3---3-------0---|2-3-5-3-2---2---|
 F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-------0-0---0-|
 C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
 G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|0-------0-------|
 D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|
[D] [G/D] [D/A] [D7] [G] [C7] [Bm7] [Em] [F#] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|2---3---2-------|--------|0---0-----------|--0---0---------|
 A|3---0---3---3---|0---1-3-|3---3---3---3---|----4-----2-3---|
 F|2-2-0-0-2-2-5---|0---0-0-|3-----3-2---2---|0---------3-----|
 C|0---0-------0---|--------|--------4-----4-|2---------------|
 G|--------0-------|----0-2-|3-------2-------|----------------|
 D|----------------|3-------|----------------|0-------2-------|
[B7sus2] [Gmaj7] [Bm7] [Em7] [A] 
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|----2-----------|------------|
 A|2-3-2-3-------3-|--3---3---3---3-|3-2---2-----|
 F|2-----------4---|--2---------0---|2---4-------|
 C|4---------4-----|--4-------2-----|2-----------|
 G|2---------------|2---------------|0---------0-|
 D|--------3-------|--------0-------|------------|
ENDING (freely)
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|------------3---|--0---1---0-----|----------------|----------------|
 A|3---5---3\--0---|--1---1---1---3-|--0---1---0---2-|--3---5---3-----|
 F|------------0---|--0---2---0---3-|--0---0---0---2-|----------------|
 C|4---5-----------|--2---3---2---3-|--0---2---0---2-|--4---5---4-----|
 G|--0---0-5\------|3-------3---1---|------------0---|0---0---0-------|
 D|---------/3-----|----1-----------|3---3---3-------|----------------|
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On the finished recording there is a change in the picking pattern of the MIDDLE PART.
It is a mix of the original tabbed above and this one here:
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
[D/A] [D/A] [G/A] [D/A] [D/A] [G/A]  
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]  
 
 d|----------------|----------------|
 A|-3---5---3---0--|-3---5---3---0--|
 F|----------------|----------------|
 C|--4---5---4---0-|--4---5---4---0-|
 G|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
 D|----------------|----------------|

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A A7 A7-9 B7sus2 Bbmaj7 Bm7 C7 C7-9 C7/9 D D7 Dm/A E Em Em7 F# Fmaj7 G G#dim G/D G7 Gmaj7
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