Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends/Bookends - Britannia Awards 1977
Tempo:
112.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C#m
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m]
[E]
[A]
[E] Old friends, old friends, [B]
sat on their [E] park bench like bookends.
[B] Newspaper blown through the grass, falls on [C#m] the round toes of [B] the high shoes of the old friends.
[E] Old friends, [F#m] winter [G#m] companions, [E] the old mill, [B]
lost in their [E] overcoats waiting for [C#m] the sun.
[B] The sound of the city sifting [C#m] through trees, settles like dust on [A] the shoulders of the [E] old friends.
[B] Can you imagine [E] us years from [C#m] today, [A] sharing a [B] park bench [E] quietly?
How [B] terribly strange to [C#] accept
[C#m] [E] old friends.
[B] Memory brushes [A] the [E] same years, [F#m] silently [E]
sharing the [C#m] same fears.
[F#m]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[F#m] Time it was and what a time it [A] was, it [E] was a [A] time of innocence, a time [E] of confidences.
[F#m] Long ago it must be, I [E] have a photograph.
Preserve your [A] memory, they're [E] all that's left here.
[F#m] [E]
[B]
[E]
[A]
[E] Old friends, old friends, [B]
sat on their [E] park bench like bookends.
[B] Newspaper blown through the grass, falls on [C#m] the round toes of [B] the high shoes of the old friends.
[E] Old friends, [F#m] winter [G#m] companions, [E] the old mill, [B]
lost in their [E] overcoats waiting for [C#m] the sun.
[B] The sound of the city sifting [C#m] through trees, settles like dust on [A] the shoulders of the [E] old friends.
[B] Can you imagine [E] us years from [C#m] today, [A] sharing a [B] park bench [E] quietly?
How [B] terribly strange to [C#] accept
[C#m] [E] old friends.
[B] Memory brushes [A] the [E] same years, [F#m] silently [E]
sharing the [C#m] same fears.
[F#m]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[F#m] Time it was and what a time it [A] was, it [E] was a [A] time of innocence, a time [E] of confidences.
[F#m] Long ago it must be, I [E] have a photograph.
Preserve your [A] memory, they're [E] all that's left here.
[F#m] [E]
[B]
Key:
E
B
A
C#m
F#m
E
B
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] Old _ friends, _ _ _ old _ friends, _ _ [B] _
sat on their [E] park bench like bookends. _ _
[B] _ Newspaper blown through the grass, falls on [C#m] the round _ toes of [B] the high shoes of the old friends.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Old _ friends, _ _ [F#m] winter [G#m] companions, [E] the old mill, _ _ _ [B]
lost in their [E] overcoats waiting for [C#m] the sun.
_ _ _ _ [B] The sound of the city _ sifting [C#m] through trees, settles like dust _ on [A] the shoulders _ of the [E] old friends. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Can you imagine [E] us years from [C#m] today, [A] sharing a [B] park bench [E] quietly?
_ How [B] terribly strange to [C#] accept _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ [E] old friends.
_ _ [B] Memory brushes [A] the [E] same years, _ _ [F#m] silently [E]
sharing the [C#m] same _ fears. _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] Time it was and what a time it [A] was, it [E] was _ _ a [A] time of innocence, a time [E] of _ confidences. _
_ _ [F#m] Long ago it must be, _ I [E] have a photograph. _ _
Preserve your [A] memory, _ they're [E] all that's left here.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] Old _ friends, _ _ _ old _ friends, _ _ [B] _
sat on their [E] park bench like bookends. _ _
[B] _ Newspaper blown through the grass, falls on [C#m] the round _ toes of [B] the high shoes of the old friends.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Old _ friends, _ _ [F#m] winter [G#m] companions, [E] the old mill, _ _ _ [B]
lost in their [E] overcoats waiting for [C#m] the sun.
_ _ _ _ [B] The sound of the city _ sifting [C#m] through trees, settles like dust _ on [A] the shoulders _ of the [E] old friends. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Can you imagine [E] us years from [C#m] today, [A] sharing a [B] park bench [E] quietly?
_ How [B] terribly strange to [C#] accept _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ [E] old friends.
_ _ [B] Memory brushes [A] the [E] same years, _ _ [F#m] silently [E]
sharing the [C#m] same _ fears. _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] Time it was and what a time it [A] was, it [E] was _ _ a [A] time of innocence, a time [E] of _ confidences. _
_ _ [F#m] Long ago it must be, _ I [E] have a photograph. _ _
Preserve your [A] memory, _ they're [E] all that's left here.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _