El Cóndor Pasa If I Could - Simon & Garfunkel
Capo: Fret 7
Tuning: Em, E A D G B E
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) – Simon and Garfunkel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Daniel Alomía Robles (Music), Paul Simon (English lyrics),
Jorge Milchberg (Arrangement)
From: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
VERSION 1: no capo
VERSION 2 capo 7th fret (for a second guitar to get that ukulele sound)
I made a quick recording of the tab. Listen to it here:
https://on.soundcloud.com/aCWCK
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSION 1
capo: -
play: Em
key: Em
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro] (tempo rubato)
[Em
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
----|12-------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
+ 4 + 1 + 2
---10--|------
-------|12----
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
----------|---
-10----10-|12-
----12----|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
[Em
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|12------10--
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
1210|---------
--p-|12-----10
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-------|------
----10-|12----
-12----|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
----------|12-
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
2 + 3 + 4 +
-----15------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|12----------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
[Am
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
----|0--------
----|1--------
----|2--------
----|2--------
----|---------
----|---------
[Em
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-------|0-----
-------|0-----
-------|0-----
-------|2-----
-------|------
-------|------
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro](tempo rubato)
| | % | % | % |
| | % | % | % |
| | | | % |
[Verse 1]
I'd rather be
a sparrow than
a snail
Yes I would, i
f I could, I s
urely would -
Hm, hm, hm, hm
I'd rather be
a hammer than
a nail
Yes I would, i
f I only could
, I surely wou
ld - Hm, hm, h
m, hm
[Chorus]
Away, I'd rath
er sail away
Like a swan th
at's here and
gone
A man gets tie
d up to the gr
ound
He gives the w
orld its sadde
st sound
Its saddest so
| | |
und - Hm, hm
[Verse 2]
I'd rather be
a forest than
a street
Yes I would, i
f I could, I s
urely would
I'd rather fee
l the earth be
neath my feet
Yes I would, i
f I only could
, I surely wou
ld
[Solo]
| | % | | |
| | % | | |
[Coda]
1 + 2 + 3
| | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSION 2
capo: 7th fret
play: Am
key: Em
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Chorus]
[F6 [F6 [F6
[F [F [F [
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|1-1-1-1-1-1-
B|1-3-1-3-1-3-
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-
A|------------
E|------------
[F6 [F6 [F6
F [F [F [F
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
1-1-|1-1-1-1-1
1-3-|1-3-1-3-1
2-2-|2-2-2-2-2
3-3-|3-3-3-3-3
----|---------
----|---------
[F6 [F6
[F [C
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-1-1-1-|0-0-0-
-3-1-3-|1-1-1-
-2-2-2-|0-0-0-
-3-3-3-|2-2-2-
-------|3-3-3-
-------|------
[G/B [C
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
0-0-0-0-0-|0-0
1-1-1-0-0-|1-1
0-0-0-0-0-|0-0
2-2-2-0-0-|2-2
3-3-3-2---|3-3
----------|---
2 + 3 + 4 +
-0-0-0-------|
-1-1-1-------|
-0-0-0-------|
-2-2-2---0-2-|
-3-3-3-3-----|
-------------|
[F6 [F6 [F6
[F [F [F [
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|1-1-1-1-1-1-
B|1-3-1-3-1-3-
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-
A|------------
E|------------
[F6 [F6 [F6
F [F [F [F
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
1-1-|1-1-1-1-1
1-3-|1-3-1-3-1
2-2-|2-2-2-2-2
3-3-|3-3-3-3-3
----|---------
----|---------
[F6 [F6
[F [C
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-1-1-1-|0-0-0-
-3-1-3-|1-1-1-
-2-2-2-|0-0-0-
-3-3-3-|2-2-2-
-------|3-3-3-
-------|------
[G/B [C
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
0-0-0-----|0-0
1-1-1-0-0-|1-1
0-0-0-0-0-|0-0
2-2-2-0-0-|2-2
3-3-3-2---|3-3
----------|---
[E7
2 + 3 + 4 +
-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-1-1-1-1-0-0-|
-0-0-0-0-1-1-|
-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
-3-3-3-3-2-2-|
---------0-0-|
[Am [
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|0-0-0-0-0-0-
B|1-1-1-1-1-1-
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-
E|------------
E7 [Am
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
0-0-|0-0-0-0-0
0-0-|1-1-1-1-1
1-1-|2-2-2-2-2
0-0-|2-2-2-2-2
2-2-|0-0-0-0-0
----|---------
+ 4 +
-0-0-0-|
-1-1-1-|
-2-2-2-|
-2-2-2-|
-0-0-0-|
-------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro] (tempo rubato)
| | % | % | % |
| | % | % | % |
| | | | % |
[Verse 1]
I'd rather be
a sparrow than
a snail
Yes I would, i
f I could, I s
urely would -
Hm, hm, hm, hm
I'd rather be
a hammer than
a nail
Yes I would, i
f I only could
, I surely wou
ld - Hm, hm, h
m, hm
[Chorus] (see tab above)
Away, I'd rath
er sail away
Like a swan th
at's here and
gone
A man gets tie
d up to the gr
ound
He gives the w
orld its sadde
st sound
Its saddest so
| | |
und - Hm, hm
[Verse 2]
I'd rather be
a forest than
a street
Yes I would, i
f I could, I s
urely would
I'd rather fee
l the earth be
neath my feet
Yes I would, i
f I only could
, I surely wou
ld
[Solo] (see tab above)
| | % | | |
| | % | | |
[Outro]
1 + 2 + 3
| | |