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Overs

Simon And Garfunkel

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From: KeanJ@agresearch.cri.nz
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 17:16 +1200 (NZST)

Overs  - Simon & Garfunkel
~~~~~
>From "Bookends".
Transcribed an tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

Capo 2nd fret.


4/4,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
||-----3--------------------------|-1-----------0h1p0--------------|
||----5------------5--------------|-3----------3--------3----------|
||---4-------------3--------------|-2---------2-------------2------|
||--5--------------5--------------|-3---------------------------3--|
||-3---------------4--------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
       Why don't we stop fooling ourselves?


6/4,   .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  . 4/4,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|------0--------------------------------|---------------------0----------|
|-----0---------------------------------|-----------------3--------------|
|----0----------2--0--------------------|-------------1------------------|
|---2-----------3--2--------3--2--------|---------0----------------------|
|--3------------------------3-----------|-----2--------------------------|
|------------------------------3-----1--|-0---------------------------0--|
    The game is over,       over,    over                             No


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|--------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
|-1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
|--------------------------------|-3-------2-------0--------------|
|-1-------1----1--1-------1----1-|-------------------------3---0--|
  good    times,          no       bad         times,      There's


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|------1-------------------------|----------------------2----------|
|------1--0-------3-------1------|-(1---0h1p0-------1--------------|
|-2----2--0-------0-------0------|-)2-----------2------------------|
|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-(0---------------------------0--|
|-3---------------2-------0------|-)0------------------------------|
|-1-------0----------------------|-(2-----------------------2------|
  no times at all,         Just the New York Times,


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|------0-------0-------0---------|--------------------------------|
|-1-h3----3-------3--------------|---------1b------1--------------|
|--------------------------------|-------2-------------2----------|
|--------------------------------|-----0-------------------3------|
|-3-------2-------1-------0------|-----------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------|-1------------------------------|
                    Sittin' on the windowsill             Near the


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|------0--0------------0---------|------3-------------------------||
|------1--1-------3-------3------|-5----5----------3----2-\1------||
|---------0-------2------------2-|-4---------------2----0---------||
|---------2----0--3-------3------|-5---------------3--------------||
|--------------------------------|---------0----0-------0---------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------------0-||
  flowers.


    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
||----------0------(3-------3------|-(1-------1---0h1p0--------------|
||-(0-------0------)2-------2------|-)3-------3---3-------3----------|
||-)0-------0------(3-------3------|-(2-------2---2-----------2------|
||-(2-------2----2----------2------|-)3-------3-------------------3--|
||-)3-------3----------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
         We might as well       be   apart


6/4,   .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|-(0------------------------------------|------------------0--------------|
|-)0------------------------------------|--------------3-------3----------|
|-(0------------------------------------|----------1---------------1------|
|-)2------------3--2--------------------|------0--------------------------|
|-(3------------------3-----3--------3--|-p2------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----3--0-----|------------------------------0--|
      It hardly matters: we sleep separately


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|---------1---------------1------|-0------------------------------|
|-1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
|------------------------------3-|---------2-------0--------------|
|-1-------1----1----------1------|-------------------------3------|
      And drop a smile             passing in the hall  But there's


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|------1-------------------------|----------------------2----------|
|------1--0-------3-------1------|-(1---0h1p0-------1--------------|
|-2----2--0-------0-------0------|-)2-----------2------------------|
|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-(0---------------------------0--|
|-3---------------2-------0------|-)0------------------------------|
|-1-------0----------------------|-(2-----------------------2------|
  no laughs left,         'Cause we laughed them all


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------------------------------||
|-1-h3----3-------3-------3------|---------1b------1--------------||
|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-------2-------------2----------||
|--------------------------------|-----0-------------------3------||
|-3-------2-------1-------0------|-----------------------------3--||
|--------------------------------|-1------------------------------||
                          And we laughed them all  In a very short


    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-(0------(0------(0------(0------|-(0------(0------(0------(0------|
||-)0------)2------)4------)2------|-)0------)2------)4------)2------|
||-(2------(2------(2------(2------|-(2------(2------(2------(2------|
||-------3-------3-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-------3---------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Time                                           is tapping on my


3/4,   .   ,   .   ,   . 4/4,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(1----------------------|---------1---------------1------|
|-)0---------------2------|------2---------------2---------|
|-(2-----------2----------|----0---------------0-----------|
|-)3---2---0-----------3--|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-2---------------1--------------|
   forehead                                 Hanging from my


3/4,   .   ,   .   ,   . 4/4,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(1----------------------|---------1---------------1------|
|-)0---------------2------|------2---------------2---------|
|-(2-----------2----------|----0---------------0-----------|
|-)3---2---0-----------3--|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-2---------------1--------------|
   mirror                                   Rattling the


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|--------------------------------|---------1------(1--------------||
|-----------------0-----------0--|-----3----------)1-------1------||
|-------------0-----------0------|-2--------------(1---1-------1--||
|---------2-----------2----------|-3--------------)3--------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------||
  teacups,                And I    wonder


    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
||-(0-------0------(3-------3------|-(1-------1---------------1------|
||-)0-------0------)2-------2------|-)3-------3-----------1----------|
||-(0-------0------(3-------3------|-(2-------2-------1-----------1--|
||-)2-------2----2----------2----3-|----------3----------------------|
||-(3-------3----------------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    How long                              can  I  delay?


6/4,   .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|-(0------0---0-------------------------|------------------0--------------|
|-)0------0---0-------------------------|--------------3-------3----------|
|-(0------0-----------------------------|----------1---------------1------|
|-)2------------3--2--------------------|------0--------------------------|
|-(3------------------3-----3--------3--|-p2------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----3--0-----|------------------------------0--|
     We're just a habit, like saccharin


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-0------------------------------|
|-1-------1-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
|------------------------------3-|---------2-------0--------------|
|-1-------1----1----------1------|-------------------------3------|
      And  I'm  habitually         feelin' kinda   blue        But


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|------1--0---------------0------|-(2-------------------2----------|
|------1--0-------3-------1------|-)1---0h1p0-------1--------------|
|-2----2--0-------0-------0------|-(2-----------2------------------|
|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-)0---------------------------0--|
|-3---------------2-------0------|-(0------------------------------|
|-1-------0----------------------|-)2-----------------------2------|
  each    time  I try  on    the    thought of leaving you      I


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|-8--\7--\6--\5--\1--------------||
  stop.                          I stop and think it over...