Cloudy


by Paul Simon
from "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme."
Tabbed and transcribed by Rich Kent rkent@mistral.co.uk

This piece has two guitars. The first has a capo at the 2nd fret 
the 2nd has a capo at the 3rd fret. 
The first is in the LH speaker on the CD.... I've only bothered to do the 
first guitar the second is probably a third higher in the intro.

 CapoII
 ------

  C                                                 
Free time
|-0h1p0-----------|-0h1p0-----------|-0h1p0-------------------|
|-------3---------|-------3h5p3-1---|-------3h5p3-1h3p1-0h1p0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|


  ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .
|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3-----|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3-----|
|-----3---------3-|-------3-------3-|-----3---------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

   Verse1
   ------
  ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .
|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3-----|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3-----|
|-----3---------3-|-------3-------3-|-----3---------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
  Cloudy                                   the sky is grey and white and

  F
  ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .
|-----1-----1-----|---1-------1-----|-----1-----1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-----1---------1-|-------1-------1-|-----1---------1-|-------1-------1-|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|
  Cloudy                                   Sometime I think its hanging
  
  C       G/B                         A                 G
  ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2---------|-2-2-------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1---------|-1-1-------------|-0---------------|
|-------0-------0-|-2-2-2-2--(strum)|-2-2--(strum)----|-0----(strum)----|
|-----2-------0---|-1-1-1-1---------|-1-1-------------|-0---------------|
|-3-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
  down   on         me                        and its a hitchhike a hundred

  Em                                  G                 Am
  ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .    
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-0---0-----------|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-1---1-----------|
|-0---(strum)-----|-0-----(strum)---|-0---------------|-2---0h2---------|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-2---2-----------|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
  miles                         I'm a ragamuffin        child
  

  Am                D7                lots of hammering on
  ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .
|-0---------------|-2---2-----------|-2---2-----------|-2---------------|
|-1---------------|-1---1-----------|-1---1-----------|-1---------------|
|-2---(strum)-----|-2---0h2(-strum)-|-2---0h2---------|-2---------------|
|-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---0-----------|-0---------------|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
            pointed finger painted smile           
  
  D7                G                
  ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .
|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---------------|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-2---(strum)-----|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-0---------------|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
                  I left my shadow    waiting down the  road for me awhile     
  
  G                
  ,   .   ,   .
|-----------------|
|---0-------0-----|
|-------0-------0-|
|-----3-------3---|
|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|
                     
Then back to verse 2 but this time play the C chord with a C bass note
instead of a G. The End just alternates with the C's and F's

Lyrics
------
Cloudy
The sky is gray and white and cloudy,
Sometimes I think it's hanging down on me.
And it's a hitchhike a hundred miles.
I'm a rag-a-muffin child.
Pointed finger-painted smile.
I left my shadow waiting down the road for me a while.

Cloudy
My thoughts are scattered and they're cloudy,
They have no borders, no boundaries.
They echo and they swell
From Tolstoy to Tinker Bell.
Down from Berkeley to Carmel.
Got some pictures in my pocket and a lot of time to kill.

Hey sunshine
I haven't seen you in a long time.
Why don't you show your face and bend my mind?
These clouds stick to the sky
Like floating questions, why?
And they linger there to die.
They don't know where they are going, and, my friend, neither do I.

Cloudy,
Cloudy.


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