E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||| Kathy’s Song – Paul Simon E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||| Written by: Paul Simon From the solo album "The Paul Simon Songbook" (1965) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: one step down This is not the Simon and Garfunkel version of this beautiful song, but the solo version that Simon recorded in London in 1965. E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||| tuning: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb play: G key: Gb/F# E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||| CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e D * 5-x-4-0-3-5 - technically speaking: D(add11)/A C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3 Asus2/G 3-x-2-2-0-0 Bm/F# 2-x-4-4-3-2 Gadd9 3-x-0-2-x-3 E|E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||||| [Intro] | D * | % | % | % | | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | [Verse] G C/G G I hear the drizzle of the rain Am Asus4/G C /B /A Bm/F# Like a memo- ry it falls G Bm/F# G C Soft and warm continuing Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | Tapping on my roof and walls [Verse] G C/G | G C/G | G | And from the shelter of my mind Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# Through the window of my eyes G Bm/F# G C I gaze beyond the rain drenched streets Am D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | To England where my heart lies [Interlude] | D * | % | % | D * C/G | | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | [Verse] G C/G G My mind's distracted and diffused Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# My thoughts are many miles a- way G Bm/F# G C They lie with you when you're asleep Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | And kiss you when you-ou-ou start your day [Verse] G C/G G And a song I was writing is left undone Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# I don't know why I spent my time G Bm/F# G C Writing songs I can't believe Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | With words that tear a-a-nd strain to rhyme [Interlude] | D * | % | % | D * C/G | | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | [Verse] G C/G G And so you see I have come to doubt Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# All that I once held as true G Bm/F# G C I stand alone without beliefs Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | The only truth I know is you [Verse] G C/G G And as I watch the drops of rain Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# Weave their weary paths and die G Bm/F# G C I know that I am like the rain Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | There but for the grace of you go I [Instrumental verse] (+ coda) | G | Gadd9 | G | % | % | | Am | Asus2/G | C /B /A | Bm/F# | % | | G | Bm/F# | G | C | % | | Am | Asus2/G | D/A | G