Chords for How To Play the Introduction to Simon & Garfunkel April Come She Will
Tempo:
87.4 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Cm
B
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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April Come She Will is capoed at fret 1, the Simon and Garfunkel version on Sound of Silence.
A bit high for me because it's Art Garfunkel's voice, but we can [B] certainly get into the guitar part which is really beautiful in itself.
Let's start with the introduction.
[Eb] I'll play through the whole thing, [Cm] so it's bars 1 to 6 of your tab.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[B] We're starting with a different voicing of a G chord.
If you bring your D chord shape up the neck until the two fingers are at fret 7 from the capo, actual [F] fret 8 of your guitar.
Ring finger should be on [B] 9, or 8 from the capo.
And we're going to play at bar 1.
4 and 1 [Cm] pinched, 4 and 2 [Eb] pinched, 3, 4.
Then lift the 1st string finger off to open the 1st string finger up, 4 and 1 both open, 3, 4 and 2, 3.
[B] Now the rhythm is quite complex here.
[Cm] 1 e [Eb] and a, 2 e and, 3 and 4 and.
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
For [B] bar 2 put the middle finger back down on the 1st string, pinch [Cm] 4 and 1, 3, [Abm] 2.
I use index and middle fingers for 3 and 2 there.
[Eb] 3, 4, again open up [Bb] that 1st string, 4 and 1, [Eb] 3, 4, 3.
[Cm] [Ab] 1 and a, 2 [Eb] e and, 3 and 4 and.
[Cm] Nothing on the 2 beat.
[Ab] [Eb]
Bar 3 is a combination of the two bars we've just played.
It starts off the same as bar 2 started.
And then it [B] continues the same way that bar 1 finished.
Pinching 4 and 1 [Eb] open, 3, 4 and 2.
And 3 now will be open because we're [Ab] changing chord shape.
[Cm] So 1 [Ab] and a, 2 e [Eb] and, 3 and 4 [Ab] and.
And we're moving.
We're moving to this shape.
The D chord at bar 4 is [Eb] 1st string 5th fret, 2nd and 3rd string 7th fret.
Pinch 4 and 1, 3, 2.
And then fingers will be coming [B] away.
You're going to play 3 [Ab] and 4 both open as you're moving into a G chord shape [Abm] in the 1st position.
[Eb]
1 and a, [Ab] 2 e and, and [Abm] into G.
Notice that that was a 2 beat bar, a [Eb] D there.
And at G bar 5 we're going to hold down a normal G chord.
But make sure it's a backwards G.
You can't play G this way on this song.
Because of what Paul Simon likes to do around this [Ebm] position.
[Ab]
6, 4, [Eb] 3, 3, 4.
[B] Then this C over E chord is the 4th string 2nd fret, [Db] 2nd string 3rd fret.
But don't move the other two fingers away.
2nd string 3rd fret I should say.
[D] 4th string 2nd fret, 2nd string [Eb] 3rd fret.
Keep the other two fingers in position.
Play [Db] 4 and 2, 3 open.
[Ab] And then the fingers away back to a G chord.
4 and 2 open, 3.
1 and a, 2 e [Db] and, 3 and, [Ab] 4 and.
And the final bar of the intro, bar 6.
Keeping the G chord.
6, 1, 3, 4, 2, 3.
And then [Ebm] a repeat of what we just played.
C over G chord, [Db] 4 and 2, 3.
[Ab] 4 and 2 open, 3.
1 and a, 2 e and, 3 and, 4 and.
[Db]
[Ab] Here's the whole [B] of that intro now played slowly.
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
A bit high for me because it's Art Garfunkel's voice, but we can [B] certainly get into the guitar part which is really beautiful in itself.
Let's start with the introduction.
[Eb] I'll play through the whole thing, [Cm] so it's bars 1 to 6 of your tab.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[B] We're starting with a different voicing of a G chord.
If you bring your D chord shape up the neck until the two fingers are at fret 7 from the capo, actual [F] fret 8 of your guitar.
Ring finger should be on [B] 9, or 8 from the capo.
And we're going to play at bar 1.
4 and 1 [Cm] pinched, 4 and 2 [Eb] pinched, 3, 4.
Then lift the 1st string finger off to open the 1st string finger up, 4 and 1 both open, 3, 4 and 2, 3.
[B] Now the rhythm is quite complex here.
[Cm] 1 e [Eb] and a, 2 e and, 3 and 4 and.
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
For [B] bar 2 put the middle finger back down on the 1st string, pinch [Cm] 4 and 1, 3, [Abm] 2.
I use index and middle fingers for 3 and 2 there.
[Eb] 3, 4, again open up [Bb] that 1st string, 4 and 1, [Eb] 3, 4, 3.
[Cm] [Ab] 1 and a, 2 [Eb] e and, 3 and 4 and.
[Cm] Nothing on the 2 beat.
[Ab] [Eb]
Bar 3 is a combination of the two bars we've just played.
It starts off the same as bar 2 started.
And then it [B] continues the same way that bar 1 finished.
Pinching 4 and 1 [Eb] open, 3, 4 and 2.
And 3 now will be open because we're [Ab] changing chord shape.
[Cm] So 1 [Ab] and a, 2 e [Eb] and, 3 and 4 [Ab] and.
And we're moving.
We're moving to this shape.
The D chord at bar 4 is [Eb] 1st string 5th fret, 2nd and 3rd string 7th fret.
Pinch 4 and 1, 3, 2.
And then fingers will be coming [B] away.
You're going to play 3 [Ab] and 4 both open as you're moving into a G chord shape [Abm] in the 1st position.
[Eb]
1 and a, [Ab] 2 e and, and [Abm] into G.
Notice that that was a 2 beat bar, a [Eb] D there.
And at G bar 5 we're going to hold down a normal G chord.
But make sure it's a backwards G.
You can't play G this way on this song.
Because of what Paul Simon likes to do around this [Ebm] position.
[Ab]
6, 4, [Eb] 3, 3, 4.
[B] Then this C over E chord is the 4th string 2nd fret, [Db] 2nd string 3rd fret.
But don't move the other two fingers away.
2nd string 3rd fret I should say.
[D] 4th string 2nd fret, 2nd string [Eb] 3rd fret.
Keep the other two fingers in position.
Play [Db] 4 and 2, 3 open.
[Ab] And then the fingers away back to a G chord.
4 and 2 open, 3.
1 and a, 2 e [Db] and, 3 and, [Ab] 4 and.
And the final bar of the intro, bar 6.
Keeping the G chord.
6, 1, 3, 4, 2, 3.
And then [Ebm] a repeat of what we just played.
C over G chord, [Db] 4 and 2, 3.
[Ab] 4 and 2 open, 3.
1 and a, 2 e and, 3 and, 4 and.
[Db]
[Ab] Here's the whole [B] of that intro now played slowly.
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
Key:Ā Ā
Ab
Eb
Cm
B
Db
Ab
Eb
Cm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
April Come She Will is capoed at fret 1, the Simon and Garfunkel version on Sound of Silence.
A bit high for me because it's Art Garfunkel's voice, but we can [B] certainly get into the guitar part which is really beautiful in itself.
Let's start with the introduction.
[Eb] I'll play through the whole thing, [Cm] so it's bars 1 to 6 of your tab.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [B] We're starting with a different voicing of a G chord.
If you bring your D chord shape up the neck until the two fingers are at fret 7 from the capo, actual [F] fret 8 of your guitar.
Ring finger should be on [B] 9, or 8 from the capo.
And we're going to play at bar 1.
4 and 1 [Cm] pinched, _ 4 and 2 [Eb] pinched, 3, 4.
_ Then lift the 1st string finger off to open the 1st string finger up, 4 and 1 both open, 3, 4 and 2, 3. _ _ _
[B] Now the rhythm is quite complex here.
[Cm] 1 e [Eb] and a, 2 e and, 3 and 4 and.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ For [B] bar 2 put the middle finger back down on the 1st string, pinch [Cm] 4 and 1, 3, [Abm] 2.
I use index and middle fingers for 3 and 2 there.
[Eb] 3, 4, _ again open up [Bb] that 1st string, 4 and 1, [Eb] 3, 4, 3. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] 1 and a, 2 [Eb] e and, 3 and 4 and.
[Cm] Nothing on the 2 beat.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bar 3 is a combination of the two bars we've just played.
It starts off the same as bar 2 started.
_ _ _ _ And then it [B] continues the same way that bar 1 finished.
Pinching 4 and 1 [Eb] open, 3, 4 and 2.
And 3 now will be open because we're [Ab] changing chord shape.
_ _ _ [Cm] So 1 [Ab] and a, 2 e [Eb] and, 3 and 4 [Ab] and.
And we're moving.
We're moving to this shape.
The D chord at bar 4 is [Eb] 1st string 5th fret, 2nd and 3rd string 7th fret.
Pinch 4 and 1, _ 3, 2.
And then fingers will be coming [B] away.
You're going to play 3 [Ab] and 4 both open as you're moving into a G chord shape [Abm] in the 1st position.
_ [Eb] _ _
1 and a, [Ab] 2 e and, _ _ and [Abm] into G.
Notice that that was a 2 beat bar, a [Eb] D there. _
_ _ _ _ And at G bar 5 we're going to hold down a normal G chord.
But make sure it's a backwards G.
You can't play G this way on this song.
Because of what Paul Simon likes to do around this [Ebm] position.
_ [Ab] _
6, 4, [Eb] 3, 3, 4. _ _
[B] Then this C over E chord is the 4th string 2nd fret, [Db] 2nd string 3rd fret.
But don't move the other two fingers away.
2nd string 3rd fret I should say.
[D] 4th string 2nd fret, 2nd string [Eb] 3rd fret.
Keep the other two fingers in position.
Play [Db] 4 and 2, 3 open.
[Ab] And then the fingers away back to a G chord.
4 and 2 open, 3.
_ _ 1 and a, 2 e [Db] and, 3 and, [Ab] 4 and.
_ And the final bar of the intro, bar 6.
Keeping the G chord.
6, 1, 3, 4, 2, 3.
And then [Ebm] a repeat of what we just played.
C over G chord, [Db] 4 and 2, 3.
[Ab] 4 and 2 open, 3.
_ _ 1 and a, 2 e and, 3 and, 4 and.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ Here's the whole [B] of that intro now played slowly.
[Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
April Come She Will is capoed at fret 1, the Simon and Garfunkel version on Sound of Silence.
A bit high for me because it's Art Garfunkel's voice, but we can [B] certainly get into the guitar part which is really beautiful in itself.
Let's start with the introduction.
[Eb] I'll play through the whole thing, [Cm] so it's bars 1 to 6 of your tab.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [B] We're starting with a different voicing of a G chord.
If you bring your D chord shape up the neck until the two fingers are at fret 7 from the capo, actual [F] fret 8 of your guitar.
Ring finger should be on [B] 9, or 8 from the capo.
And we're going to play at bar 1.
4 and 1 [Cm] pinched, _ 4 and 2 [Eb] pinched, 3, 4.
_ Then lift the 1st string finger off to open the 1st string finger up, 4 and 1 both open, 3, 4 and 2, 3. _ _ _
[B] Now the rhythm is quite complex here.
[Cm] 1 e [Eb] and a, 2 e and, 3 and 4 and.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ For [B] bar 2 put the middle finger back down on the 1st string, pinch [Cm] 4 and 1, 3, [Abm] 2.
I use index and middle fingers for 3 and 2 there.
[Eb] 3, 4, _ again open up [Bb] that 1st string, 4 and 1, [Eb] 3, 4, 3. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] 1 and a, 2 [Eb] e and, 3 and 4 and.
[Cm] Nothing on the 2 beat.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bar 3 is a combination of the two bars we've just played.
It starts off the same as bar 2 started.
_ _ _ _ And then it [B] continues the same way that bar 1 finished.
Pinching 4 and 1 [Eb] open, 3, 4 and 2.
And 3 now will be open because we're [Ab] changing chord shape.
_ _ _ [Cm] So 1 [Ab] and a, 2 e [Eb] and, 3 and 4 [Ab] and.
And we're moving.
We're moving to this shape.
The D chord at bar 4 is [Eb] 1st string 5th fret, 2nd and 3rd string 7th fret.
Pinch 4 and 1, _ 3, 2.
And then fingers will be coming [B] away.
You're going to play 3 [Ab] and 4 both open as you're moving into a G chord shape [Abm] in the 1st position.
_ [Eb] _ _
1 and a, [Ab] 2 e and, _ _ and [Abm] into G.
Notice that that was a 2 beat bar, a [Eb] D there. _
_ _ _ _ And at G bar 5 we're going to hold down a normal G chord.
But make sure it's a backwards G.
You can't play G this way on this song.
Because of what Paul Simon likes to do around this [Ebm] position.
_ [Ab] _
6, 4, [Eb] 3, 3, 4. _ _
[B] Then this C over E chord is the 4th string 2nd fret, [Db] 2nd string 3rd fret.
But don't move the other two fingers away.
2nd string 3rd fret I should say.
[D] 4th string 2nd fret, 2nd string [Eb] 3rd fret.
Keep the other two fingers in position.
Play [Db] 4 and 2, 3 open.
[Ab] And then the fingers away back to a G chord.
4 and 2 open, 3.
_ _ 1 and a, 2 e [Db] and, 3 and, [Ab] 4 and.
_ And the final bar of the intro, bar 6.
Keeping the G chord.
6, 1, 3, 4, 2, 3.
And then [Ebm] a repeat of what we just played.
C over G chord, [Db] 4 and 2, 3.
[Ab] 4 and 2 open, 3.
_ _ 1 and a, 2 e and, 3 and, 4 and.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ Here's the whole [B] of that intro now played slowly.
[Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _