Old Friends Simon & Garfunkel

Old Friends ( Paul Simon )

from the Bookends album 1968

Capo 4th fret

9/8 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

 
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Old friends Old friends

6/8 Dm7 G7 C C/B Am

 
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sat on their park bench like bookends A

[G]

 
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news - pa - per blown through the grass falls on the

[Am] [Em/G]

 
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round toes of the high shoes of the

[Fmaj7] [Cmaj7] [Cadd9]

 
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Old friends

[Fmaj7] [Cmaj7] [Dm7] [G7]

 
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Old friends win - ter com - pa - nions the

9/8 Fmaj7 Em7 6/8 Dm7 G7

 
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old men Lost in their o - ver - coats

C C/B Am 9/8 Am

 
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wait - ing for the sun - set the

G 6/8 Am

 
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sounds of the city sifting through trees settle like

[G] [F]

 
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dust on the shoulders of the

[Fmaj7] [Cmaj7]

 
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Old friends

[Dm7] [G7] [C]

 
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Can you i - ma - gine us years from to - day

[F] [Fm] [Cmaj7]

 
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sharing a park bench quietly how

[Dm7] [G7] [Am]

 
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ter - ri - bly strange to be seventy

9/8 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 6/8 Dm7 G7

 
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Old friends mem - o - ry bru - shes the

9/8 Am Em7 6/8 Dm7 G7

 
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same years si - lent - ly sha - ring the

[C] [C/B] [Am] [Am]

 
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same fears

9/8 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

 
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to Bookends Theme ...

Lyrics :

Old friends, old friends,

Sat on their parkbench like bookends

A newspaper blown through the grass

Falls on the round toes

of the high shoes of the old friends

Old friends, winter companions, the old men

Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun

The sounds of the city sifting through trees

Settles like dust on the shoulders of the old friends

Can you imagine us years from today,

Sharing a parkbench quietly

How terribly strange to be seventy

Old friends, memory brushes the same years,

Silently sharing the same fears

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{t:Old Friends}
 {st:Simon &#38; Garfunkel}
 
 Old Friends ( Paul Simon )
 
 from the Bookends album 1968
 
 
 
 Capo 4th fret
 
 9/8 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
 
 {sot}
 e-|--0--------------------------|--0--------------------------|
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 D-|--3--------2-----------------|--3--------2-----------------|
 A-|-----------3-----------------|-----------3-----------------|
 E-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 {eot}
 Old friends Old friends
 
 6/8 Dm7 G7 C C/B Am
 
 {sot}
 e-|--------0-----1-----1--------------|--0--------------------------------|
 B-|--3--------------------------------|--------------3-----1--------------|
 G-|--------0-----2--------------------|--------0--------------------------|
 D-|--3-----------------------------0--|--------------------------------2--|
 A-|-----------------------------------|--3-----------2-----0--------------|
 E-|--------------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 sat on their park bench like bookends A
 
 [G] 
 {sot}
 e-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B-|--0-----1-----3-----1-----0-----1--|--0--------------------------------|
 G-|-----------------------------------|--------0--------------------------|
 D-|-----------------------------------|--------------0--------------------|
 A-|--------0-----2-----0-----2-----0--|-----------------------------------|
 E-|--3--------------------------------|--3-----------------3-----1-----0--|
 {eot}
 
 news - pa - per blown through the grass falls on the
 
 [Am] [Em/G] 
 {sot}
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 B-|--------------------1--------------|--------------------0--------------|
 G-|--------------2--------------------|--------------0--------------------|
 D-|--------2--------------------------|--------2--------------------------|
 A-|--0--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 E-|-----------------------------------|--3--------------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 round toes of the high shoes of the
 
 [Fmaj7] [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] 
 {sot}
 e-|--0--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
 B-|--1-----------------0--------------|--0-----------------3--------------|
 G-|--2--strum----------0--strum-------|--0--strum----------0--strum-------|
 D-|--3-----------------2--------------|--2-----------------2--------------|
 A-|--------------------3--------------|--3-----------------3--------------|
 E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 Old friends
 
 [Fmaj7] [Cmaj7] [Dm7] [G7] 
 {sot}
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 B-|--1-----------------0--------------|--3-----------------------0--------|
 G-|--2-----------------0--------------|--------0-----2--------------------|
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 A-|--------------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
 E-|-----------------------------------|--------------------3-----------3--|
 {eot}
 
 Old friends win - ter com - pa - nions the
 
 9/8 Fmaj7 Em7 6/8 Dm7 G7
 
 {sot}
 e-|--0--------0--------0--------|--------0-----1-----1--------------|
 B-|--1--------3--------3--------|--3-----------------------3--------|
 G-|--2--------0-strum--0-strum--|--------0-----2-----------------0--|
 D-|--3--------2--------2--------|--3--------------------------------|
 A-|-----------2--------2--------|-----------------------------------|
 E-|-----------0--------0--------|--------------------3--------------|
 {eot}
 
 old men Lost in their o - ver - coats
 
 C C/B Am 9/8 Am
 
 {sot}
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 B-|--------------3-----1--------------|--------------1-----------------|
 G-|--------------------------2--------|----------2---------------------|
 D-|--------2-----------------------2--|------2-------------------------|
 A-|--3-----------2-----0--------------|--0-----------------------------|
 E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------0--------|
 {eot}
 
 wait - ing for the sun - set the
 
 G 6/8 Am
 
 {sot}
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 G-|-----------------------0-----------|--------2----------------------2---|
 D-|-----------------------------0-----|-----------------------------------|
 A-|------0---2---0--------------------|--0-----------------0--------------|
 E-|--3---------------3-------3-----3--|-----------------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 sounds of the city sifting through trees settle like
 
 [G] [F] 
 {sot}
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 G-|--------------------0--------------|--------------------2-------------|
 D-|--------------0--------------------|--------------3-------------------|
 A-|--------2--------------------------|--------3-------------------------|
 E-|--3--------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 dust on the shoulders of the
 
 [Fmaj7] [Cmaj7] 
 {sot}
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 {eot}
 
 Old friends
 
 [Dm7] [G7] [C] 
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 {eot}
 
 Can you i - ma - gine us years from to - day
 
 [F] [Fm] [Cmaj7] 
 {sot}
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 A-|-------------------------------------|--3--------------------------------|
 E-|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 sharing a park bench quietly how
 
 [Dm7] [G7] [Am] 
 {sot}
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 G-|--2-----0-----2-----0--------------|--------------2--------------------|
 D-|--3--------------------------------|--------2--------------------------|
 A-|-----------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
 E-|--------------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
 {eot}
 
 ter - ri - bly strange to be seventy
 
 9/8 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 6/8 Dm7 G7
 
 {sot}
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 A-|--------------3-----------------|-----------------------------------|
 E-|--------------------------------|--------------------3--------------|
 {eot}
 
 Old friends mem - o - ry bru - shes the
 
 9/8 Am Em7 6/8 Dm7 G7
 
 {sot}
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 A-|--0-----------2-----------------|-----------------------------------|
 E-|--------------0-----------------|--------------------3--------------|
 {eot}
 
 same years si - lent - ly sha - ring the
 
 [C] [C/B] [Am] [Am] 
 {sot}
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 E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 {eot}
 same fears
 
 9/8 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
 
 {sot}
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 G-|--2--strum----0--strum----------|
 D-|--3-----------2-----------------|
 A-|--------------3-----------------|
 E-|--------------------------------| 
 {eot}
 to Bookends Theme ...
 
 
 Lyrics :
 
 Old friends, old friends,
 Sat on their parkbench like bookends
 A newspaper blown through the grass
 Falls on the round toes
 of the high shoes of the old friends
 
 Old friends, winter companions, the old men
 Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun
 The sounds of the city sifting through trees
 Settles like dust on the shoulders of the old friends
 
 Can you imagine us years from today,
 Sharing a parkbench quietly
 How terribly strange to be seventy
 
 Old friends, memory brushes the same years,
 Silently sharing the same fears

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