Youre So Vain Cifras

Song: You're so vain (Single version)
Artist: Carly Simon
Composer: Carly Simon
Album: No secrets
 
Tabbed by DJ  2nd June 2013
 
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I've based this tab on the hit single version.
I've included a few extended chords which are
suggested by the full arrangement just to add more
interest on a single guitar, rather than the much
simpler guitar chords that Carly uses to play live.
 
Original album track in C:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cleCtBP0o5Y
 
In this video live version she has her guitar tuned
down a semi-tone, and which will then make the song
sound as if in the key of B.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8uU_4XBugA
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
Am    = x02210    Fmaj7 = 133210    C *   = x35553
Am7   = x02010    G     = 320033    C6    = x35555
Am/G  = 302210    Em7   = 022030    Dm7   = xx0211
Am/E  = 002210    C     = x32010    C/B   = x2x010
F     = xx3211    C4    = x33011    Fmaj9 = xx3553
Fadd9 = xx3213    G6    = 320030    G13   = 323200
Asus2 = x02200    F6    = xx3231
 
h = hammer-on note    ^ = Emphasise the beat
 
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
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[Intro]
                   (Son of a gun!)
e|-------------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------------|---------------------|
A|----0-h3----0-h3---------|----0-h3----0-h3-----|
E|--5-------5-------5------|--5-------5-------5--|
 
    Am       Am7         Am      Am/G
||: /  /  /__/  /__/  |  /  /  /__/  /__/ :||[x2]
    ^        ^     ^     ^        ^     ^
   Am       Am7         Am      Am/E   Am/G
|  /  /  /__/  /__/  |  /  /  /__/  /__/  |
   ^        ^     ^     ^        ^     ^
[Verse 1]
    Am7         Am     Am7
You walked in - to the party...
Am                 F            Fadd9 F  Am
  ...Like you were walking on - to    a  yacht,
Asus2               Am7       Am         Am7     Am
     Your hat stra- tegically dipped be- low one eye,
     F            Fadd9 F     Am    Asus2
Your scarf it was a   - pri - cot,
        Fmaj7   G      Em7    Am7
You had one eye in the mirror as...
    F                    C     C   C4  C   G
You watched yourself ga- votte and all the girls...
   G6           F                     F6
...Dreamed that they'd be your part - ner,
F                     F6   F
They'd be your part - ner, and...
 
[Chorus]
C *         C6  C *    C6  C *
     You're so  vain,
    Dm7                             C
You probably think this song is a - bout you,
       C/B Am
You're so  vain,  (You're so vain!)
     Fmaj9         Fmaj9     Fmaj9  G13
I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
     ^             ^         ^      ^
G13        G13
Don't you, don't you?
^          ^
[Verse 2]
        Am7    Am          Am7       Am
Oh, you had me  ...several years a - go,
     F           Fadd9  F     Am
When I was still quite  nai - ve,
Asus2           Am7          Am          Am7    Am
      Well, you said that we make such a pretty pair,
    F              Fadd9  F   Am     Asus2
And that you would nev  - er  leave,
        Fmaj7    G       Em7        Am7
But you gave a - way the things you loved,
    F               C    C  C4  C    G
And one of them was me,  I  had some dreams,
G6        F                  F6
They were clouds in my cof - fee,
F                  F6   F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
 
[Chorus]
C *         C6  C *    C6  C *
     You're so  vain,
    Dm7                             C
You probably think this song is a - bout you,
       C/B Am
You're so  vain,  (You're so vain!)
     Fmaj9         Fmaj9     Fmaj9  G13
I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
     ^             ^         ^      ^
G13        G13        G13
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^          ^          ^
[Verse 3 - Instrumnental]
  Am    Asus2 Am     Am    Asus2 Am
|  /  /  /___/  / |  /  /   /___/  /  |
   F     Fadd9 F     Am   Asus2 Am
|  /  /   /   /   |  /  /   /___/  /  |
   Am   Asus2 Am      Am    Asus2 Am
|  /  /  /___/  /  |  /  /   /___/  /  |
  F     Fadd9 F   Am   Asus2 Am
| /  /   /   /  | /  /   /___/  / |
   Fmaj7 G        Em7   Am7      F
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
C   C4  C    G       G6        F                  F6
  I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof- fee,
F                  F6   F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
 
[Chorus]
C *         C6  C *    C6  C *
     You're so  vain,
    Dm7                             C
You probably think this song is a - bout you,
       C/B Am
You're so  vain,  (You're so vain!)
     Fmaj9         Fmaj9     Fmaj9  G13
I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
     ^             ^         ^      ^
G13        G13        G13
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^          ^          ^
[Verse 4]
        Am7           Am    Am7      Am
Well, I hear you went up to Sarato - ga,
    F          Fadd9     F  Am
And your horse natural - ly won,
Asus2  Am  Am7       Am             Am7        Am
Then   you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Sco - tia,
           F         Fadd9     F   Am    Asus2
To see the total e - clipse of the sun,
             Fmaj7     G         Em7     Am7
Well, you're where you should be all the time,
    F
And when you're not,
       C         C4   C   G     G6
You're with some un - der world spy,
       F               F6
Or the wife of a close friend,
F               F6
Wife of a close friend, and...
 
[Chorus]
C *         C6  C *    C6  C *
     You're so  vain,
    Dm7                             C
You probably think this song is a - bout you,
       C/B Am
You're so  vain,  (You're so vain!)
     Fmaj9         Fmaj9     Fmaj9  G13
I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
     ^             ^         ^      ^
G13        G13        G13
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^          ^          ^
[Link]
  C *   C6  C *     C6 C *   Dm7       C
| / / /_/ /_/ | / /_/  / / | / / / / | / / / / |
 
[Coda - Repeats]
     C *        C6 C *     C6  C *
||:      You're so vain,
    Dm7                             C
You probably think this song is a - bout you!:||
 
[Ending from live performances]
       C/B Am
You're so  vain,  (You're so vain!)
     Fmaj9         Fmaj9     Fmaj9  G13
I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
     ^             ^         ^      ^
G13        G13        G13          Am
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^          ^          ^            ^
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Below are a couple of additional verses that Carly
never used on a record, but she did reveal them in
TV documentaries:
 
[Original 1st Verse ]
Am7        Am    Am7      Am
Bless you, Ben,  you came in when...
   F      Fadd9  F    Am    Asus2
...Nobody else   left off,
Am7     Am       Am7     Am
There I was, all by my - self,
F         Fadd9 F  Am     Asus2   Fmaj7   G
Hiding up in    my loft,       ...talking trouble,
Em7     Am7       F                C
Took my time, and singing some sad songs,
C  C4   C    G       G6        F                 F6
I  had  some dreams, they were clouds in my cof- fee,
F                  F6   F     (To Chorus)
Clouds in my cof - fee, and... 
 
[Final Verse]
  Am7       Am         Am7       Am
A friend of yours re - vealed to me...
         F        Fadd9  F   Am    Asus2
That you loved me all    the time,
Am7     Am     Am7       Am
Kept it secret from your wives,
         F         Fadd9 F  Am     Asus2
You be - lieved it was   no crime,
    Fmaj7     G       Em7    Am7
You called me once to ask me things...
  F                   C
I couldn't quite de - fine,
C     C4  C      G   G6     F                F6
May - be  that's why I have tried to dismiss you,
F                F6   F      (To Chorus)
Tried to dismiss you, and...
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