For Emily Whenever I May Find Her (chromatic)

by Paul Simon

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For Emily Whenever I May Find Her       .
Key D 4/4 chromatic tab over lyrics,
And for those who may like to strum guitar
I give you chords of A D G Em C
 
 -3 -3   -3~~~ 3 -2<~~     3    3  3~~
What a dream/- I had- / pressed in or/
 D-------------------- G -------------
-2< 2      -2<  3   -2< 2  -1~~~
Gan-dy/ clothed in/crin-o-line- /
-- Em  D ----------------------- 
 1  -4 -3  3  -2<  3~~   -1  3   3   -3 
of smok-y bur-gun-/dy  /soft-er than the/
C --------------------- G --------------
  3~~~~~~~~~   -3 -3   -3
rain---/----// I wan-dered/
A ----------- D-----------
 -4 -3   3~~~   -2<    3    3    3~~
emp-ty streets- down/ past the shop-/
-------------------- G--------------
~ -2<   2    -2<  -2< 3   -2<  2    -1~~~
- dis-plays / I heard ca-/the-dral bells-/
------ Em    D --------------------------
  -4   -3   3   -2< 3  -2<  -1  -1~~ 3
 Trip-ping down the/al-ley-ways/as—  I /
C ----------------------------- G------
  -3   -3~~~~~~~~   -3  -3  -3
Walked on--/----// and when you/
A --------------- D ------------
 -4 -3 3   -2<   3       3     3   -2<   2
Ran to me your/cheeks flushed/with the night/
-------------- G ---------------------- Em
-2<   -2<  3   -2<  2    -1~~~
 We walked on/frost-ed fields-/
D ----------------------------
 1  -4 -3  3  -2<  3     2   -1~~ 3
 Of ju-ni-per and/lamp-light/ I— held/
C -------------------------- G ------
 -3   -3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   -3  -3 -3 -3 -4
Your hand---/----/----//and when/I a-woke /
A --------------------  D ----------------
 -1  3    3   3   -2<  2  -2<~~ -2<   3
And felt you/warm and near/I— kissed your/
G -------------------- Em  D ------------
-2< 2   -1~~~  -4  -3   3   -2<   3
Hon-ey hair-/ with my grate-ful/tears  /
------------ C ------------------------
 -1~~ 3  3    -3   -3~~~~~~~~~  4   -4~~~
 Oh-  I/love you /girl---/----/ oh /I---/
G------ A -------------------- C-– G ---
~~3  -3~~~~~~~  -3~~~~~~~~~~~~
--  love-/----/you---/----/--- /
-------------- D --------------