The Dangling Conversation Tab

The Dangling Conversation
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by Simon and Garfunkel
 
So here we are, a brilliant song by Paul Simon this one. It's not
too hard to play either, just make sure it's played evenly, especially the
faster bits. I've added the variations on the picking in the Em F E D section
because it sounds better that way.
 
Enjoy
Rich
 
r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk
 
 
Capo Up Three Frets
 
      Introduction:                    D
 
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                                                   It's a    still life water
       D
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       colour                       of a   now later  after- noon
 
       D                                   Am
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                 and the sun shines through the curtain lace             and
 
       G
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       shadows wash the room                                       and we
 
       Em
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       sit and drink our coffee
 
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       cast in our indifference      like  shells upon the shore. You can hear
 
       D
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       the ocean roar               in the dangling
 
 
Then it goes to the intro again for the rest of the chorus.
 
 
Verse 2
 
And you read your Emily Dickinson and I my Robert Frost
And we note our place with bookmarkers that measure what we've lost.
Like a poem poorly written
We are verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme in synchopated time
 
Chorus
 
And the dangling conversation and the superficial sighs
Are the borders of our lives
 
Verse 3
 
Yes, we speak of things that matter with words that must be said
Can analysis be worthwhile? Is the theatre really dead?
And how the room is softly faded
And I only kiss your shadow I cannot feel your hand, you're a stranger
Now unto me
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