Scarborough Fair/Canticle
music and words - p.d.
canticle by Paul Simon
arranged and performed by Simon & Garfunkel
from "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme."
Tablature by Phil Saunders.
Chords by Erik Strom.
TABLATURE
(capo 7)
Chords (all are finger-picked)
Am - 0 4 0 3 0
D - 5 4 0 3 0
Cmaj7 - 3 2 0 0 0
Aadd9 - 0 2 2 0 0
G 3 - 0 0 0 -
C 3 - 2 0 1 -
G/B - 2 - 0 3 -
Am7 - 0 - 0 1 0
(Intro)
Am D Cmaj7 Am
-|----0--------------|----0-------------|-------------|----0-------------|
-|-------------3-----|-------------3----|----0--------|-------------3----|
-|-------0--------0--|-------0--------0-|-------0-----|-------0--------0-|
-|----------4--------|----------4-------|-------------|----------4-------|
-|-0-----------------|-5----------------|-3--------2--|-0----------------|
-|-------------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
(Verses)
Aadd9 Am Aadd9 Am
-|----0-------------|----0-------------|----0-------------|----0-------------|
-|-------------0----|-------------3----|-------------0----|-------------3----|
-|-------2--------2-|-------0--------0-|-------2--------2-|-------0--------0-|
-|----------2-------|----------4-------|----------2-------|----------4-------|
-|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Aadd9 G C/GG Am Aadd9
-|----0-------------|------------------|----0-------------|----0-------------|
-|-------------0----|-0--------1--0----|-------------3----|-------------0----|
-|-------2--------2-|----0-----------0-|-------0--------0-|-------2--------2-|
-|----------2-------|-------0--2-------|----------4-------|----------2-------|
-|-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
-|------------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|
C Am C D Am
-|----0-------------|----0-------------|-0-----2----------|----0-------------|
-|-------------1----|-------------3----|-------------3----|-------------3----|
-|-------0--------0-|-------0--------0-|----0-----2-----2-|-------0--------0-|
-|----------2-------|----------4-------|-------0-----0----|----------4-------|
-|-3----------------|-0----------------|-3----------------|-0----------------|
-|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Aadd9 Am Aadd9
-|----0-------------|------------------|----0-------------|----0-------------|
-|-------------0----|-0--------1--0----|-------------3----|------------------|
-|-------2--------2-|----0-----------0-|-------0--------0-|-------2----------|
-|----------2-------|-------0--2-------|----------4-------|----------2-------|
-|-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0-----------0--2-|
-|------------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|
C C G/B Am7 G C G C/G G
-|----0-------------|-0----------------|------------------|----------------|
-|-------------1----|-------3-----1----|-0-----------1--0-|-1----0---------|
-|-------0--------0-|----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-------|----------------|
-|----------2-------|------------------|-------0-----2--0-|-2----0---------|
-|-3----------------|-3-----2-----0----|------------------|----------------|
-|------------------|------------------|-3----------------|---------3------|
Aadd9 G C G Am (End of Verse)
-|----0--------0----|---------------|---------------|----0-----------------|
-|------------------|-0-----------1-|-0--0-h1-p0----|-------------3--------|
-|-------2--------0-|----0-----0----|-------------0-|-------0--------0-----|
-|----------2-------|-------0-----2-|-0--0-h2-p0----|----------4-----------|
-|-0----------------|---------------|---------------|-0--------------------|
-|------------------|-3-------------|---------------|----------------------|
(Coda)
Am D Cmaj7
-|----0-------------|----0-------------|------------|-----12---------------|
-|-------------3----|-------------3----|----0-------|----------------------|
-|-------0--------0-|-------0--------0-|-------0----|----------------------|
-|----------4-------|----------4-------|------------|----------------------|
-|-0----------------|-5----------------|-3--------2-|-0--------------------|
-|------------------|------------------|------------|----------------------|
CHORDS
Em D Em
Are you going to Scarborough Fair:
G Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
G F#m Em D
Remember me to one who lives there.
Em D Em D Em D Em
She once was a true love of mine.
D Em D Em
Tell her to make me a cam - bric shirt:
- - - - - - - - -On the side of a hill
G
in the deep forest green.
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tracing
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
of sparrow on snow-crested brown.
G F#m Em D
Without no seams nor ne-edle work,
- - - - - - - - - - -Blankets and bedclothes
- - - - - - - -
the child of the
Em D Em D Em D
Then she'll be a true love of
mountain - - - - - - - - - - -
Em
mine.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.
D Em D Em
Tell her to find me an ac - re of land:
- - - - - - - - -On the side of a hill
G
- - - - - - - - - - -
a sprinkling of leaves.
Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Washes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
the grave with silvery tears.
G F#m Em D
Between the salt water and the sea strand,
- - - - - - - - - - - -A sol-dier cleans
Em D Em D Em D
and polishes a gun. - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -Then she'll be a true love of
Em
mine. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.
D Em D Em
Tell her to reap it with a sic-kle of leather:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -War bellows blazing
G
- - - - - - - - - - -
in scarlet battalions.
Em G A Em
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Generals
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
order their soldiers to kill.
G F#m Em D
And gather it all in a bunch of heather,
- - - - - - - - And to fight for a cause
Em
- - - - - - - - - - Then
they've long ago forgotten.
D Em D Em D Em
she'll be a true love of mine.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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