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From: KeanJ@agresearch.cri.nz
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 09:20 +1200 (NZST)


Song For The Asking  - Simon And Garfunkel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
=46rom "Bridge Over Troubled Water".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

Capo 2nd fret.
3/4 time (mostly)

  A                                             (no chord)
 3/4 . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    4/4 . , . , . , .
||-----0---0----|-----0---0----|-----0---0----||-------------------|
||-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----||-------------------|
||-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----||*-----6-------4----|
||-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----||*-----------0------|
||-0------------|-0------------|-0------------||--4s7---7s5--------|
||--------------|--------------|--------------||-------------------|


                                    E              D
  , . , . , . , .  3/4 . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .
|------------------|--------------|-----0---0----|-----2---2----|
|------------------|--------------|-----0---0----|-----3---3----|
|------------b5----|--------------|-----1---1----|-----2---2----|
|------------------|--------------|-----2---2----|-0------------|
|-7-------0--------|-0------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----7------------|-----4---2----|-0------------|--------------|
                     Here is my     song ...

  F#m                           Bm                            C#
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , .=
 , .
|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|--------------|--------------|--------=
------|
|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-0---2---3----|-3---3---3----|-6---6--=
-6----|
|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|--------------|-----4---4----|-----6--=
-6----|
|-----4---4----|-----4---4----|-0---2---4----|-----4---4----|-----6--=
-6----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-2------------|-4------=
------|
|-2------------|-2------------|--------------|--------------|--------=
------|
 asking                         Ask me  and    I   ...

  C#7            D                             A
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , .=
 , .
|--------------|-----2---2----|-2---0--------|--------------|--------=
------|
|-----6---6----|-----3---3----|---------3----|-2---0--------|-----2--=
-2----|
|-----4---4----|-----2---2----|--------------|---------2----|-----2--=
-2----|
|-----6---6----|-0------------|-0------------|-----0--------|-----2--=
-2----|
|-4------------|--------------|-----4---2----|-0-------4----|-0------=
------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------=
------|
  so             sweetly I'll              ...

                 (no chord)          A                       F#m
  , . , . , .   4/4 . , . , . , .  5/4 . , . , . , . , .   3/4 . , . =
, .
|--------------||------------------|-----------------------|-----2---=
2----|
|--------------||------------------|-------------2---------|-----2---=
2----|
|-----2-------*||-----6-------4----|-------------2---------|-----2---=
2----|
|-0h2---------*||-----------0------|-------------2---------|-----4---=
4----|
|---------4----||-4s7---7s5--------|-7-------0-------------|---------=
-----|
|--------------||------------------|-----7-----------5p4p2-|-2-------=
-----|
                                                               Thinki=
n' it

                 C#m            C#             Bbdim
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , .=
 , .
|-2---2---2----|-----4---4----|-----4---4----|-0---0---0----|-----0--=
-0----|
|-2---2---2----|-----5---5----|-----6---6----|-2---2---2----|-----2--=
-2----|
|-2---2---2----|-----6---6----|-----6---6----|-3---3---3----|-----3--=
-3----|
|-4---4---4----|-----6---6----|-----6---6----|-2---2---2----|-----2--=
-2----|
|-4------------|-4------------|-4------------|-1------------|-1------=
------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------=
------|
  over I've been sad                             Thinkin' ...
d be

  Bm             E7             A              A7sus4         A
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , .=
 , .
|-----0---2----|-0---0---0----|-0------------|--------------|--------=
------|
|-3------------|-----3---3----|-2-------2----|-3-------0----|-2---2--=
-2----|
|-4------------|-----1---1----|-2---2---2----|-0---0---0----|-2---2--=
-2----|
|-4-------0----|-2------------|-2---2---2----|-2---2---2----|-2---2--=
-2----|
|-2---4--------|--------------|-0------------|-0------------|-0------=
------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------=
------|
  more    than   ...

  D              F#m                           Bm
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , .=
 , .
|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|--------------|--------=
------|
|-----3---3----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-0---2---3----|-3---3--=
-3----|
|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|--------------|-----4--=
-4----|
|-0------------|-----4---4----|-----4---4----|-0---2---4----|-----4--=
-4----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-2------=
------|
|--------------|-2------------|-2------------|--------------|--------=
------|
  for     the    ...                       Ask me  ...
 will

  C#             C#7            D                             A
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , .=
 , .
|--------------|--------------|-----2---2----|-2---0--------|--------=
------|
|-----6---6----|-6---6---6----|-----3---3----|---------3----|-2---0--=
------|
|-----6---6----|-4---4---4----|-----2---2----|--------------|--------=
-2----|
|-----6---6----|-6---6---6----|-0------------|-0------------|-----0--=
------|
|-4------------|-4------------|--------------|-----4---2----|-0------=
-4----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------=
------|
  play           all     the    ...
side

                               (no chord)          A
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .  4/4 . , . , . , .    , . , . , . , .
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-------------0----|
|-----2---2----|--------------|------------------|-------------2----|
|-----2---2----|-----2--------|-----6-------4----|-------------2----|
|-----2---2----|-0h2----------|-----------0------|-------------2----|
|-0------------|---------4----|-4s7---7s5--------|-7-------0--------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----7------------|


                 E              D              F#m
3/4 . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , .=
 , .
|--------------|-----0---0----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2--=
-2----|
|--------------|-----0---0----|-----3---3----|-----2---2----|-----2--=
-2----|
|--------------|-----1---1----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|-----2--=
-2----|
|--------------|-----2---2----|-0------------|-----4---4----|-----4--=
-4----|
|-0------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------=
------|
|-----4---2----|-0------------|--------------|-2------------|-2------=
------|
  Hmmm....

  Bm                            C#             C#7
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----3---3----|-----3---3----|-----6---6----|-----6---6----|
|-----4---4----|-----4---4----|-----6---6----|-----4---4----|
|-----4---4----|-----4---4----|-----6---6----|-----6---6----|
|-2------------|-2------------|-4------------|-4------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

  D                             A
  , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .    , . , . , .
|-2------------|-2---0--------|--------------|--------------|
|-3---3---3----|---------3----|-2---0--------|-----2---2----|
|-2---2---2----|--------------|---------2----|-----2---2----|
|-0------------|-0------------|-----0--------|-----2---2----|
|--------------|-----4---2----|-0-------4----|-0------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

                (no chord)
  , . , . , .  4/4 . , . , . , .    , . , . , . , .
|--------------|------------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------------|------------------||
|-----2--------|-----6-------4----|------------b5----|| Fine.
|-0h2----------|-----------0------|------------------||
|---------4----|-4s7---7s5--------|-7-------0--------||
|--------------|------------------|-----7------------||





         

                        Song for the Asking ( Paul Simon )

              ( from the Bridge over Troubled Water Album 1970 )




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....
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 ...


    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...

                                                                   
    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  ...



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 ...


    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 ...


     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  ...


     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    ...


     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        ...
    


     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-|--------------------|-----------------------------|



.

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

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