Homeward Bound
Paul Simon

Simon & Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
1966

This is the easiest picking song by S&G I've found.  It is a lot
of fun, so enjoy it!  Just imagine being a 22-year-old kid sitting
in a railroad station wishing he was home with his girlfriend,
and you've got it.

Capo 3rd

INTRO:

   G           F     C                 G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-0---0h1p0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:-0---0h2p0---2---|-0-----------0---|-0---------------|-----------------|
D:-------------3---|-2---2-------0h2-|-0---------------|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-----3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|

This is the part behind the verse:

I'm sitting in...railway...    ticket for... destination..
   +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +
e:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D:----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
A:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E:-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|


                              ooooh____
   +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +   +   +   +
e:-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
B:-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
G:-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
D:----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----2-----2--|-----2---2p0-----|
A:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------3\2-|
E:-1-----1-----|-1-----1-----|-0-----0-----|-0---------------|


   On a tour of      one night stands..suitcase and   guitar in hand
   Am                                  F
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-1---------1-----|-1---------1-----|-1---------1-----|-1---------1-----|
G:-------2-----0---|-------2-----0---|-------2-----2---|-------2-----2---|
D:-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----3-----------|-----3-----------|
A:-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|
                                      (Thumb)


   Every stop is     neatly planned... poet and a        one man band
   G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|
G:-------0-----0---|-------0-----0---|-------0-----0---|-------0-----0---|-------0-----0---|
D:-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

Here, strum the chords.

CHORUS
G        C
Homeward bound
         G
I wish I was
         C
Homeward bound

G
Home, where my thought's escapin
Home, where my music's playin'
Home, where my love lies waiting
D7
Silently for me

On "for me", begin playing the second verse tab.

This is the ending:

   for me                                    Silently
   +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +
e:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D:----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
A:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E:-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|


   for me                     (same as intro)                                   (strum)
   +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +
e:-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----3-------|
B:-------------|-------------|-0---0h1p0-------|-----------------|-------------|----0--------|
G:-------------|-------------|-0---0h2p0---2---|-0-----------0---|-0-----------|---0---------|
D:----0-----0--|----0-----0--|-------------3---|-2---2-------0h2-|-0-----------|--0----------|
A:-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----3-----------|-------------|-------------|
E:-1-----1-----|-1-----1-----|-3---------------|-----------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|

LYRICS:

I'm sitting in a railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
Ooooh

On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band

CHORUS
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escapin
Home, where my music's playin'
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Every day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
Ooooh

But each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be

CHORUS

Tonight I'll sing my songs again
I'll play the game and pretend
Ooooh

But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me

CHORUS

Silently for me