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The Late Great Johnny Ace by Paul Simon
The Late Great Johnny Ace
Abmaj7 |D7 |Abmaj7 |D7 |
Abmaj7 |D7
I was reading a magazine
Abmaj7 |D7
And thinking of a rock and roll song
Abmaj7 |D7
The year was nineteen fifty four
|G |G7
And I hadn't been playing that long
|C F/C |C C7
When a man came on the radio
|F Gm7 F/A|Bb9 |
And this is what he said
Am7 |Dm |E
He said I hate to break it to his fans
|Am7 |F |Am |Dm |
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
G |Abmaj7
Well, I really wasn't
|D7
Such a Johnny Ace fan
|Abmaj7 |D
But I felt bad alI the same
|Abmaj7 |D
So I sent away for his photograph
|G |G7
And I waited till it came
|C F/C |C C7
It came all the way from Texas
|F Gm7 F/A|Bb9 |
With a sad and sim-ple face
Am7 |Dm |E
And they signed it on the bottom
|Am7 |F |Am |Dm |G |C | | |
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
|
It was the year of The Beatles
|
It was the year of The Stones
| | |
It was nineteen sixtyfour
| Bb/D Fm
I was living in London
Eb |C B Bb Am|F#dim |Fm |
With the girl from the summer be-fore
|
It was the year of The Beatles
|
It was the year of The Stones
| | |
A year after J.F.K.
| Bb/D Fm Eb
We were staying up all night
|C B Bb G|F |
And giving the days a-way
Bb9 |Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 |Eb
And the music was flowing amazing
Bb7-9 |Abmaj7 |D7 |Abmaj |
And blowing my way
D7 |Abmaj7 |D7
On a cold December evening
|Abmaj7 |D7
I was walking through the Christmas tide
|Abmaj7 |D7
When a stranger came up and asked me
|G |G7
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
|C F/C |C C7
And the two of us went to this bar
|F Gm7 F/A|Bb9 |
And we stayed to close the place
Am7 |Dm |E
And every song we played
|Am7 |F |Am |Dm7 |G |
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
Am/E | |Bb/F | |
Am/E | |Bb/F | |
Am/E | |Bb | Bbm/Db|
Am/E | |Bb | Bbm/Db|
Am/E | |Bb/F |Bbm/Db |
Am/E | |Bb/F |Bbm/Db |
Am/E | | | |
Am/E | | | |
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version 2
Tuning: standard
Paul Simon
The Late Great Johnny Ace (1983)
(Paul Simon)
From: "Hearts and Bones"
This is a chords version of the song for strumming along. It looks much
more complicated than it actually is ...
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Abmaj7 4-x-5-5-4-x
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
A7sus2 x-0-2-0-0-0
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-x
G* 3-x-0-0-0-x
Gadd9 3-x-0-2-x-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-x
G7* 3-x-3-0-3-x
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-x
Bb/G 3-x-0-3-3-1
Cm/G 3-x-5-5-4-x
C*/G 3-x-5-5-5-x
Cb/G 3-x-4-4-4-x
Bb/G 3-x-3-3-3-x
Gbdim7 2-x-1-2-1-x
Bb9 x-1-0-1-1-1
Ebmaj7 x-x-1-3-3-3
Bb7-9 x-1-0-1-0-x
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INTRO
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
VERSE
Abmaj7 D
I was reading a magazine
Abmaj7 D
Thinking of a rock and roll song
Abmaj7 D
The year was nineteen fifty-six
G G7
And I hadn't been playing that long
C F/C C C7
When a man came on the radio
F Bb7 Am7
And this is what he said
Dm E
He said I hate to break it to his fans
A7sus2 Fmaj7 [Am7]
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
VERSE
Abmaj7 D
Well, I really wasn't such a Johnny Ace fan
Abmaj7 D
But I felt bad alI the same
Abmaj7 D
So I sent away for his photograph
G G7
And I waited till it came
C F/C C C7
It came all the way from Texas
F Bb7 Am7
With a sad and simple face
Dm E
And they signed it on the bottom
A7sus2 Fmaj7 [Am7]
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
MIDDLE 8
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
| C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
C/G G7* C/G
It was the year of The Beatles
F/G C/G G7* C/G F/G
It was the year of The Stones
C/G G7* C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
It was nineteen sixty - four
C/G G7* Bb/G
I was li - ving in London
Cm/G C*/G Cb/G Bb/G | Gbdim7 |2/4 F7 |4/4 G7 |
With the girl from the summer before
C/G G7* C/G
It was the year of The Beatles
F/G C/G G7* C/G F/G
It was the year of The Stones
C/G G7* C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G | C/G G7* | C/G F/G |
A year after J. F. K.
C/G G7* Bb/G Cm/G
We were staying up all night
C*/G Cb/G Bb/G G | F | Bb9 {
And giving the days a-way
Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bb7-9 [Abmaj7]
And the music was flowing amazingly blowing my way
INTERLUDE
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
| Abmaj | D | Abmaj | D |
VERSE
Abmaj7 D
On a cold December evening
Abmaj7 D
I was walking through the Christmas tide
Abmaj7 D
When a stranger came up and asked me
G G7
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
C F/C C C7
And the two of us went to this bar
F Bb7 Am7
And we stayed to close the place
Dm E
And every song we played
A7sus2 Fmaj7 [Am7]
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
INTERLUDE
| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G* Gadd9 G* |
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version 3
Tuning: 2 steps down
Paul Simon
The Late Great Johnny Ace (1983)
(Paul Simon)
From: "Hearts and Bones"
This is a transcription of the “Original Acoustic Demo” of the song
(a bonus track on the 2011 remaster of the album) – which still works well
with the finished studio version.
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INTRO
Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|
A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|
F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|
C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
VERSE 1 and 2 (= 2 times)
Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E A A7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-------------|----------------|
A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|2-3-5-3-2---2---|
F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-------0-------|
C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|0-------0-------|
D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|
D G/D D/A D7 G C7 Bm7 Em F#
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|2---3---2-------|--------|0---0-----------|--0---0---------|
A|3---0---3---3---|0---0---|1---1---3---3---|----4-----3-2-3-|
F|2---0-0-2-2-5---|0---0---|3---3---2---2---|0------(3)------|
C|0---0-------0---|--0---0-|2-------4-------|2------(4)------|
G|--------0-------|--------|3-------2-------|----------------|
D|----------------|3-------|----------------|0-------2-------|
B7sus2 Gmaj7 Bm7 Em7 A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
d|----------------|----2-----------|------------|
A|2-3-2-3-------3-|--3---3---3---3-|3-2---2-----|
F|2-----------4---|--2---------0---|2---4-------|
C|4---------4-----|--4-------2-----|2-----------|
G|2---------------|2---------------|0--------(0)|
D|--------3-------|--------0-------|------------|
(to MIDDLE PART only)
MIDDLE PART
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|----------------|------------0---|----------------|----------------|
A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3----3--|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|
F|----------------|--------------X-|----------------|----------------|
C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4-------|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) Db/A
D/A D/A G/A D/A C/A Dm/A D/A C/A G/A G#dim G7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---8---6---|3---2---1---0---|------3-------3---------|
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----4-------4-4-----4---|
C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---10--7---|4---3---2---0---|--3-------3---3---3-----|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|------------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|4-------4-----3---------|
A7-9
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|----------3-----|
A|------2---------|
F|----3-----------|
C|--2-------------|
G|0-------0-----0-|
D|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---|
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd) Db/A
D/A D/A G/A D/A C/A Dm/A D/A C/A G/A G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---8---6---|3---2---1---0---|----0-----------|
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----0-------0---|
C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---10--7---|4---3---2---0---|--0---0---0---0-|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
C7/9 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 C7-9
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
d|----------------|0-----------|------------|0-----------|------------|
A|----3-------3---|1-----------|3-----------|1-----------|----2-------|
F|----3-------3---|2-----------|2-----------|2-----------|----3-------|
C|--2---2---2-----|------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|3-------3-------|------------|1-----------|------------|3-----------|
D|----------------|1-----------|------------|0-----------|------------|
INTRO
Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|--0-----------0-|--0---------0---|--0-----------0-|--0---------0---|
A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|
F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|
C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
VERSE 3 (2 times)
Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E Bbmaj7 E A A7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|--0-----------0-|--0---------0---|--0-----------0-|----------------|
A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----0---0-|3---3-------0---|2-3-5-3-2---2---|
F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-------0-0---0-|
C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|
G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|0-------0-------|
D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|
D G/D D/A D7 G C7 Bm7 Em F#
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|2---3---2-------|--------|0---0-----------|--0---0---------|
A|3---0---3---3---|0---1-3-|3---3---3---3---|----4-----2-3---|
F|2-2-0-0-2-2-5---|0---0-0-|3-----3-2---2---|0---------3-----|
C|0---0-------0---|--------|--------4-----4-|2---------------|
G|--------0-------|----0-2-|3-------2-------|----------------|
D|----------------|3-------|----------------|0-------2-------|
B7sus2 Gmaj7 Bm7 Em7 A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
d|----------------|----2-----------|------------|
A|2-3-2-3-------3-|--3---3---3---3-|3-2---2-----|
F|2-----------4---|--2---------0---|2---4-------|
C|4---------4-----|--4-------2-----|2-----------|
G|2---------------|2---------------|0---------0-|
D|--------3-------|--------0-------|------------|
ENDING (freely)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|------------3---|--0---1---0-----|----------------|----------------|
A|3---5---3\--0---|--1---1---1---3-|--0---1---0---2-|--3---5---3-----|
F|------------0---|--0---2---0---3-|--0---0---0---2-|----------------|
C|4---5-----------|--2---3---2---3-|--0---2---0---2-|--4---5---4-----|
G|--0---0-5\------|3-------3---1---|------------0---|0---0---0-------|
D|---------/3-----|----1-----------|3---3---3-------|----------------|
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On the finished recording there is a change in the picking pattern of the MIDDLE PART.
It is a mix of the original tabbed above and this one here:
A7(no3rd) A7(no3rd)
D/A D/A G/A D/A D/A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|----------------|----------------|
A|-3---5---3---0--|-3---5---3---0--|
F|----------------|----------------|
C|--4---5---4---0-|--4---5---4---0-|
G|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
D|----------------|----------------|
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VERSE
I was reading a magazine
And thinking of a rock and roll song
The year was nineteen fiftysix
And I hadn't been playing that long
When a man came on the radio
And this is what he said
He said I hate to break it to his fans
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
VERSE
Well, I really wasn't
Such a Johnny Ace fan
But I felt bad alI the same
So I sent away for his photograph
And I wait untill it came
It came all the way from Texas
With a sad and sim-ple face
And they signed it on the bottom
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From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
MIDDLE 8
It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
It was nineteen sixtyfour
I was living in London
With the girl from the summer be-fore
It was the year of The Beatles
It was the year of The Stones
A year after J.F.K.
We were staying up all night
And giving the days away
And the music was flowing amazing
And blowing my way
VERSE
On a cold December evening
I was walking through the Christmas tide
When a stranger came up and asked me
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
And the two of us went to this bar
And we stayed to close the place
And every song we played
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
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version 2
Abmaj7 |D7 |Abmaj7 |D7 |
Abmaj7 |D7
I was reading a magazine
Abmaj7 |D7
And thinking of a rock and roll song
Abmaj7 |D7
The year was nineteen fifty four
|G |G7
And I hadn't been playing that long
|C F/C |C C7
When a man came on the radio
|F Gm7 F/A|Bb9 |
And this is what he said
Am7 |Dm |E
He said I hate to break it to his fans
|Am7 |F |Am |Dm |
But Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah
G |Abmaj7
Well, I really wasn't
|D7
Such a Johnny Ace fan
|Abmaj7 |D
But I felt bad alI the same
|Abmaj7 |D
So I sent away for his photograph
|G |G7
And I waited till it came
|C F/C |C C7
It came all the way from Texas
|F Gm7 F/A|Bb9 |
With a sad and sim-ple face
Am7 |Dm |E
And they signed it on the bottom
|Am7 |F |Am |Dm |G |C | | |
From the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
|
It was the year of The Beatles
|
It was the year of The Stones
| | |
It was nineteen sixtyfour
| Bb/D Fm
I was living in London
Eb |C B Bb Am|F#dim |Fm |
With the girl from the summer be-fore
|
It was the year of The Beatles
|
It was the year of The Stones
| | |
A year after J.F.K.
| Bb/D Fm Eb
We were staying up all night
|C B Bb G|F |
And giving the days a-way
Bb9 |Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 |Eb
And the music was flowing amazing
Bb7-9 |Abmaj7 |D7 |Abmaj |
And blowing my way
D7 |Abmaj7 |D7
On a cold December evening
|Abmaj7 |D7
I was walking through the Christmas tide
|Abmaj7 |D7
When a stranger came up and asked me
|G |G7
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
|C F/C |C C7
And the two of us went to this bar
|F Gm7 F/A|Bb9 |
And we stayed to close the place
Am7 |Dm |E
And every song we played
|Am7 |F |Am |Dm7 |G |
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah
Am/E | |Bb/F | |
Am/E | |Bb/F | |
Am/E | |Bb | Bbm/Db|
Am/E | |Bb | Bbm/Db|
Am/E | |Bb/F |Bbm/Db |
Am/E | |Bb/F |Bbm/Db |
Am/E | | | |
Am/E | | | |
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