El Condor Pasa If I Could

Written by: Daniel Alomía Robles (Music), Paul Simon (English lyrics),
            Jorge Milchberg (Arrangement)
From: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
VERB ON 1: no capo
VERB ON 2 capo 7th fret (for a second guitar to get that ukulele sound)
I made a quick recording of the tab. Listen to it here:

VERB ON 1
capo: -
play: Em
key: Em

[Intro] (tempo rubato)
  Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

                   Am               Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

[Intro](tempo rubato)
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em | Am | Em | % |

Verse

                               G
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
D     G      D    G        B7     Em      B7  Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm
    Em                        G
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
D     G           D7   G        B7     Em      B7  Em
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm

Chorus

 C                     C
Away, I'd rather sail away
       G           D        G
Like a swan that's here and gone
  C                       C
A man gets tied up to the ground
             G         D       G
He gives the world its saddest sound
    B7      Em      B7 | Em   B7 | Em |
Its saddest sound - Hm, hm

Verse

    Em                        G
I'd rather be a forest than a street
D     G      D    G        B7     Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
    Em                               G
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
D     G           D7   G        B7     Em
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Solo

| C | % | G   D | G |
| C | % | G   D | G   B7 |

Coda

                      1 + 2 + 3
| Em   B7 | Em   B7 | Em      Em

Coda

VERB ON 2
capo: 7th fret
play: Am
key: Em

Chorus

    F6  F6  F6  F6   F6  F6  F6  F6
  F   F   F   F    F   F   F   F    C           G/B  C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chorus

    F6  F6  F6  F6   F6  F6  F6  F6
  F   F   F   F    F   F   F   F    C           G/B  C           E7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chorus

B|1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|

Chorus

  Am          E7   Am
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Chorus

[Intro] (tempo rubato)
| Am | % | % | % |
| Am | % | % | % |
| Am | Dm | Am | % |

Verse

                               C
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
G     C      G    C        E7     Am      E7  Am
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm
    Am                        C
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
G     C           G    C        E7     Am      E7  Am
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would - Hm, hm, hm, hm
[Chorus] (see tab above)
 F                     F
Away, I'd rather sail away
       C           G        C
Like a swan that's here and gone
  F                       F
A man gets tied up to the ground
             C         G       C
He gives the world its saddest sound
    E7      Am      E7 | Am   E7 | Am |
Its saddest sound - Hm, hm

Verse

    Am                        C
I'd rather be a forest than a street
G     C      G    C        E7     Am
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
    Am                               C
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
G     C           G    C        E7     Am
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
[Solo] (see tab above)
| F | % | C   G | C |
| F | % | C   G | C   E7 |