Youre So Vain - Carly Simon
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Song: You're so vain (Single version)
Artist: Carly Simon
Composer: Carly Simon
Album: No secrets
Tabbed by DJ 2nd June 2013
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I've based this tab on the hit single version.
I've included a few extended chords which are suggested by the full
arrangement just to add more interest on a single guitar,
rather than the much simpler guitar chords that Carly uses to play live.
Copy and paste this link to hear the original album track in C:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cleCtBP0o5Y
In this video live version she has her guitar tuned down a semi-tone,
and which will then make the song sound as if in the key of B.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8uU_4XBugA
= x02210 = xx3213 = x32010 = x35555
= x02010 = x02200 = x33011 = xx0211
= 302210 = 133210 = 320030 = x2x010
= 002210 = 320033 = xx3231 = xx3553
= xx3211 = 022030 * = x35553 = 323200
h = hammer-on note ^ = Emphasise the beat
Please take a second to just scroll down to the bottom of the page
and select a star rating for my tab, it would be much appreciated.
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[Intro]
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on of a gun!)
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[Verse 1]
You walked in
- to the party
...like you w
ere walking on
- to a ya
cht,
Your ha
t, stra - tegi
cally dipped b
e - low one ey
e,
Your scarf it
was a - pri
- cot,
You had one ey
e in the mirro
r as you watch
ed yourself ga
- votte,
And all the gi
rls dreamed th
at they'd be y
our part - ner
,
They'd be your
part - ner, a
nd...
[Chorus]
You're so
vain, you
probably think
this song is
a - bout you,
You're so vai
n,
I'll bet you
think this son
g is a - bout
you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
Don't you, don
't you?
^ ^
[Verse 2]
Oh, you had me
...several ye
ars a - go, wh
en I was still
quite nai - v
e,
Well, y
ou said that w
e make such a
pretty pair,
And that you w
ould nev - er
leave,
But you gave a
- way the thi
ngs you loved,
and one of th
em was me,
I had some dr
eams, they wer
e clouds in my
cof - fee,
Clouds in my c
of - fee, and.
..
[Chorus]
You're so
vain, y
ou probably th
ink this song
is a - bout yo
u,
You're so vai
n,
I'll bet you t
hink this song
is a - bout y
ou,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
Don't you, don
't you, don't
you?
^ ^ ^
[Verse 3 -instrumnental]
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/ | / / I
had some dream
s,
They were clou
ds in my cof -
fee, clouds i
n my cof - fee
, and...
[Chorus]
You're so
vain, y
ou probably th
ink this song
is a - bout yo
u,
You're so vai
n,
I'll bet you t
hink this song
is a - bout y
ou,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
Don't you, don
't you, don't
you?
^ ^ ^
[Verse 4]
Well, I hear y
ou went up to
Sarato - ga,
And your horse
natural - ly
won,
Then ...you...
flew your Lear
jet up to Nov
a Sco - tia,
To see the tot
al e - clipse
of the sun,
Well, you're w
here you shoul
d be all the t
ime,
And when you'r
e not, you're
with some un -
der world spy
,
Or the wife of
a close frien
d, wife of a c
lose friend, a
nd...
[Chorus]
You're so
vain, you
probably think
this song is
a - bout you,
You're so vai
n,
I'll bet you
think this son
g is a - bout
you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
Don't you, don
't you, don't
you now?
^ ^ ^
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[Coda - repeat]
||: You're s
o vain, yo
u probably thi
nk this song i
s a - bout you
!:||
[Ending from live performances]
You're so vai
n,
I'll bet you t
hink this song
is a - bout y
ou,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
Don't you, don
't you, don't
you?
^ ^ ^
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Below are a couple of additional verses that Carly never used on a
record, but revealed them in interviews:
[Original 1st Verse ]
Bless you, Ben
, you came in
when nobody e
lse left off,
There I was, a
ll by my - sel
f, hiding up i
n my loft,
Talking troubl
e, took my tim
e, and singing
some sad song
s,
I had some d
reams, they we
re clouds in m
y cof - fee,
Clouds in my c
of - fee, and.
..
[Final Verse] Hear it at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAru_YT1L54
A friend of yo
urs re - veale
d to me...
...That you lo
ved me all t
he time,
Kept it secret
from your wiv
es, you be - l
ieved it was
no crime,
You called me
once to ask me
things I coul
dn't quite de
- fine,
May - be that
's why I have
tried to dismi
ss you,
Tried to dismi
ss you, and...