Song For The Asking (key of C)

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by Paul Simon
from "Bridge over Troubled Water"
Transcribed by : Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se, http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )

Note : Tune the guitar half a tone down.

Intro :

3/4 C ( repeat twice )
e-|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--||
B-|--------1-----1--|--------1-----1--|--------1-----1--|--------1-----1--||
G-|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--||
D-|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--||
A-|--3--------------|--3--------------|--3--------------|--3--------------||
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

Guitar riff :

3/4 5/4 p.o. bend 3/4
e-||--------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
B-||--------5-----------|--3--1--------------------5-----|-----------------|
G-||-----------------0--|--------0-----------------------|-----------------|
D-||--3==5-----5==3-----|--------------------------------|-----------------|
A-||--------------------|--------------5-----3-----------|--3-----2-----0--|
E-||--------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|

Here is my
This is my
Hmm mm mm
Section 1 :

G F Am
e-|--------3-----3--|--------1-----1--|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|
B-|--------0-----0--|--------1-----1--|--------1-----1--|--------1-----1--|
G-|--------0-----0--|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|
D-|--------0-----0--|--3--------------|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|
E-|--3--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

song for the ask - ing
tune for the ta - king

Dm7 G7 E E7
e-|--------0-----1--|--------1-----1--|--------0-----0--|--------4-----4--|
B-|--3--------------|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|--------3-----3--|
G-|--------0-----2--|--------0-----0--|--------1-----1--|--------4-----4--|
D-|--3--------------|--------0-----0--|--2-----2-----2--|--2--------------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|-----------------|

ask me and I will play so
take it don't turn a - way I've been


F/A C C/D C/E F
e-|--5--------------|--5--------------|-----------------|--1-----------------|
B-|--------6--------|--------6--------|-----------------|--1-----------1-----|
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--2--------------2--|
D-|--------------7--|-----------------|--------0-----2--|--3-----------------|
A-|-----------------|--------------0--|--3--------------|--------------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|

sweet-ly I'll make you smile
wai - ting all my life

e-|--------------------||
B-|--------1-----------||
G-|--0-h2--------------||
D-|--------------3-----||
A-|--------------------||
E-|--------------------||

3/4 6/4 p.o. bend
e-|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
B-|--------5-----------|--3--1--------------------5-----------|
G-|-----------------0--|--------0-----------------------------|
D-|--3==5-----5==3-----|--------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------5-----3-----------3--2--|
E-|--------------------|--------------------------------------|

Section 2:

Am Em E7
e-|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|--------3-----3--|--------4-----4--|
B-|--------1-----1--|--------1-----1--|--------5-----5--|--------3-----3--|
G-|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--------4-----4--|--------4-----4--|
D-|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--2--------------|--2--------------|
A-|--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Thinking it over I've been sad

Edim G G/A G/B Bdim
e-|--------3-----3--|--------3-----3--|-----------------|-----------------|
B-|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--0-----1-----3--|-----------------|
G-|--------3-----3--|--------3-----3--|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|--2--------------|--2--------------|-----------------|--3-----------0--|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|--------0-----2--|--------2--------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|-----------------|

thinking it over I'd been more than glad to

C Bb A7 F
e-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------1-----1--|
B-|--------------1--|--------------3--|--------------2--|--------1-----1--|
G-|--------------0--|--------------3--|--------------0--|--------2-----2--|
D-|--------2--------|--------0--------|--------2--------|--3-----3-----3--|
A-|--3--------------|--1--------------|--0--------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

change my ways for the

Am Dm7 G7
e-|--------0-----0--|--------0-----0--|--------0-----1--|--------1-----1--|
B-|--------1-----1--|--------1-----1--|--3--------------|--------0-----0--|
G-|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--------0-----2--|--------0-----0--|
D-|--------2-----2--|--------2-----2--|--3--------------|--------0-----0--|
A-|--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3--------------|

ask - ing ask me and I will

E E7 F/A
e-|--------0-----0--|--------4-----4--|--5--------------|--5--------------|
B-|--------0-----0--|--------3-----3--|--------6--------|--------6--------|
G-|--------1-----1--|--------4-----4--|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|--2-----2-----2--|--2--------------|--------------7--|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0--|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

play all the love that I

C C/D C/E F
e-|-----------------|--1-----------------|-----------------------||
B-|-----------------|--1-----------1-----|--------1--------------||
G-|-----------------|--2--------------2--|--0-h2-----------------||
D-|--------0-----2--|--3-----------------|--------------3--------||
A-|--3--------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
E-|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------||

hold in - side

3/4 4/4 p.o. bend
e-|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B-|--------5-----------|--3--1--------------------5--|
G-|-----------------0--|--------0--------------------|
D-|--3==5-----5==3-----|-----------------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------5-----3--------|
E-|--------------------|-----------------------------|

Lyrics :

Here is my song for the asking
Ask me and I will play
So sweetly, I'll make you smile

This is my tune for the taking
Take it, don't turn away
I've been waiting all my life

Thinking it over, I've been sad
Thinking it over, I'd be more than glad
To change my ways for the asking

Ask me and I will play
All the love that I hold inside

jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo

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