American Tune
Paul Simon

Simon & Garfunkel
The Concert in Central Park
1982

Paul Simon originally did this on one of his solo albums,
but S&G did a great version on their concert album, so I'm
going to figure that one out here.  It is my favorite song
from the album and I hope you love it too.

Lyrics
Chords

Capo 2nd

Every time you see something like this first chord in the tab,
it means slowly strum it once.  Then continue picking.

	    C
	    +   +   +   +
	e:-^0---0---0---0---|
	B:-^1---1---1---1---|
	G:-^0---0---0---0---|
	D:-^2---------------|
	A:-^3-3---3---3-----|
	E:------------------|

This part is the verse.  He does different things
the second and third times, but the chords stay the same.

                             Many's the time I've been mistaken         And
    C                                   F   C   G7  C/E   G       E7
    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-^0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---0---1---0---|-------------0---|
B:-^1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---0---1---|-----0---0---0---|
G:-^0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-2-----0---0-0---|---0-----1---1---|
D:-^2---------------|-----------------|-3-------0---2---|-0-------0---0---|
A:-^3-3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|-----3-----------|-----------------|
E:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   many    times  confused            ...often   felt   forsaken       and
   Am      E7        Am           C7     F   C   G7  C/E   G       E7  E7/D
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +    +      +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----0-----------|-------------^0---|-^1---0---1---0---|-------3-0---0---|
B:-------------3---|-----1---1---^1---|-^1---1---0---1---|-0-1-3---0---0---|
G:---2---2---1---1-|---2-----2---^3---|-^2---0---0---0---|-0-0-4---1---1---|
D:-----------------|------------------|----------0---2---|-0-2-5---2---0---|
A:-0---------------|-0-----0---0------|------3-----------|-----------------|
E:---------0-------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|


   certainly      misused      But I'm alright       I'm alright
   Am      E7        Am      C9        F       G         F       C
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----0-----------|-----------------|-------1---------|-------1-------0-|
B:---------0---3---|-----1---3---3---|-----1---------0-|-----1-------1---|
G:---2---2-1---1---|---2---2-3---3---|---2---------0---|---2-------0-----|
D:---------2---2---|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|
A:-0-------2---2---|-0-------3---3---|-----------------|---------3-------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-1-------3-------|-1---------------|


 ...weary    to my    bones                  Still I... be bright and bon
    F   C   G   G#º   Am       A7        D7      G         C   G    D
    +   +   +   +     +   +    +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +    +   +
e:-^1-----0---------|------------------|-----2-----------|---------^2-------|
B:-^2---1---0---0---|-1-----1-^2---2---|-1---1---0-----0-|---1---0-^3---3---|
G:-^2---0-----0-----|-2---2---^0---0---|-2---2---0-----0-|---0---0-^2---2---|
D:----3-----0---0---|---2-----^2-------|-0-0---0---------|---------^0-0---0-|
A:------3-----------|-0-------^0-0---0-|-----------0-2---|-3----------------|
E:----------3---4---|------------------|---------3-------|-----3------------|


 vivant so   far away     from home           so    far    away from   home
   G    C    F   C     G       E7  E7/G#  Am  Dm7   C       G          C
   +    +    +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
e:-----^0---^1-------|------------------|-----1---|---3---0---------|-^0---0---0---0---|
B:-0---^1---^1---1---|-------0-0---0----|-1---1---|-1---1---0---0---|-^1---1---1---1---|
G:-0---^0---^2---0---|-----0---4---4----|-2---2---|-0-------0-----0-|-^0---0---0---0---|
D:---0-^2---^3-----2-|---0-----0---0----|---------|-----------0-----|-^2---------------|
A:---------------3---|------------------|-0-------|-3---------------|-^3-3---3---3---3-|
E:-3-----------------|-3-------0---4----|---------|---------3-------|------------------|

This is the chorus.  He plays this twice, for the two
different lyrics.  Notice that one measure is in 5/4 time.
There are two guitars here, one doing this tab and another
doing some other picking.

                   and I dreamed I was dyin'                       I dreamed
   C                                                                       G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +         +   +   +   +
e:-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0-----0-------------|-----0-----------|
B:-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|-1-----1-------------|-1---------------|
G:-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0-----0---------0---|-----------------|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-------2-----0h2-----|-----------------|
A:---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3-------------|---------3-2-0---|
E:-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------3-|


 that my soul rose unexpectedly     ...down on me smiled reassuringly   and I dreamed I was
       G7            Am      D7        G       F       C     G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----1-----------|---------2-------|---------------------|-----------------|
B:-0---0-----0-----|-1-1-----1---1---|-0---0---1-------1---|-------0-------0-|
G:-0---0-------0---|-2-----2-2-----2-|-0---0---2-------0---|---0-------0-----|
D:---0-0---0-----0-|-----2---0-------|-----0---3---2-0-----|---------0---0---|
A:-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------3---|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-3-------1-----------|-3---------------|


   flyin'...
   C
   +   +   +   +    
e:-0---0---0---0---|
B:-1---1---1---1---|
G:-0---0---0---0---|
D:-2---------------|
A:-3-3---3---3---3-|
E:-----------------|

Here is the end.

   C                                   F       C         G7                 C
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +      +   +   +   +
e:-0---0-----0-1-0-|---------0-------|-1---------------|-----1-----------|-^0--------------|
B:-1---1---3-------|---3-1-----3-----|-1-------1-------|-----0-----------|-^1--------------|
G:-0---0-----------|-----------------|-2-------0-------|-----0-----------|-^0--------------|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-3---2-0---------|-----------------|-^2--------------|
A:---3---3---------|-----------------|---------3---2-0-|-----------------|-^3--------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|

LYRICS:

Many's the time I've been mistaken, and many times confused
Yes and I've often felt forsaken, and certainly misused
Ah but I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm just weary to my bones
Still you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul whose not been battered; I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to it's knees
But it's alright, it's alright
For we live so well so long
Still when I think of the road we're travelling on
I wonder what's gone wrong, I can't help it I wonder what's gone wrong


CHORUS
And I dreamed I was dyin'
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly and looking down at me smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flyin'
High up above my eyes could clearly see the Statue of Liberty sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flyin'


Well they come on the ship they call the Mayflower, they come on the ship that sailed the Moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour and sing an American tune
Oooh and it's alright, it's alright it's alright
You can be forever blessed
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day
I'm tryin' to get some rest, that's all I'm trying: to get some rest

Chords:

C/E	xx2010
C9	x32333
E7/D	xx0100
G#º	4x0x04  (definitely a picking chord)
E7/G#	4x0400
Dm7	xx0211

For other chords, check out my Key to Chords.