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