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Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York Chords

Chord reference G, C, Am, D, E7
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[G]Tom, get your plane right [C]on time. [G]I know your part’ll [C]go fine. [G]Fly down to Mexi[C]co. [Am] D[]Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and [C]here I am. The [G]only living boy in [C]New York. [G]

[G]I get the news I need from the weather [C]report. I can [G]gather all the news I need from the weather [C]report. [G]Hey, I’ve got nothing to [C]do to [Am]day but smile. [D]Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n [C]here I am The [G]only living boy in [C]New York [E7]

[Am]Half of the time we’re [D]gone, but we don’t know. [G]Where, and we don’t know [C]where.

[G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [Am] [D] [C]Here I [G]am [C] [E7] [Am]Half of the time we’re [D]gone, but we don’t know. [G]Where, and we don’t know [C]where.

[G]Tom, get your plane right on [C]time. [G]I know that you’ve been eager to [C]fly now. [G]Hey, let your honesty [C]shine, shine, [Am]shine now, [D]Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it [C]shines on me. The [G]only living boy in New [C]York. The [G]only living boy in New [C]York. [G]

[C] [E7] [Am] [D] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [Am] [D] [C]Here I [G]am [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [Am] [D] [C]Here I [G]am [C] [D]

Artist Simon & Garfunkel
Album Bridge Over Troubled Water
Genres Folk, Pop
Year 1970
Key G

How to Play The Only Living Boy In New York on Guitar?

Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York can be played in the key of G using the G, C, Am, D, E7 chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play The Only Living Boy In New York with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.