Kathys Song

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.

tuning: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb
play: G
key: Gb/F#

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

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