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Subject: TAB : Homeward Bound ( Paul Simon ) - from "Live Rhymin'"
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 10:56:59 +0200 (MET DST)

                           Homeward Bound ( Paul Simon )

                       ( From The Sounds Of Silence, 1965 )

                     - Transcribed from "Live Rhymin'", 1973 -

Intro :

  e                                                   
  B   0 h1 p0                                         
  G   0 h2 p0  2     0     0        0  0     0        
  D            3     2              0 h2     0        
  A                        3                          
  E                                                3  

                                                      I'm

Verse 1 :
     G

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

    sit - ting   in    the  rail - way  sta - tion got a

    G/F#

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   2           2           2           2           

    ti - cket   for   my    des - ti - na - tion

    G/F

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   1           1           1           1           

                                              mm,  mm,

     Em

  e                                                   
  B         0                       0        0        
  G                  0                 0              
  D         2           2           2           2     
  A                                                   
  E   0           0           0           0           

    mmm  ...

    Am                                         G

  e                                                   
  B      1           1           1           1        
  G            2           2           2           0  
  D         2           2           2           0     
  A   0           0           0           0           
  E                                                   

    On     a    tour   of   one - night stands, my

     F

  e                                                   
  B      1           1           1           1        
  G            2           2           2           0  
  D         3           3           3           3     
  A                                                   
  E   1           1           1           1           

   suit - case  and   gui - tar   in   hand, and

     G

  e                                                   
  B      0           0           0           0        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

    eve - ry   stop  is  neat - ly   planned  for a

   Dsus4/A

  e                                                   
  B      3           3           3           3        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         4           4           4           4     
  A                                                   
  E   5           5           5           5           

     po -  et   and   a one - man     band

     G

  e                                 3                 
  B      0           0              0        0        
  G            0           0        0              0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

                                        Home - ward

Bridge :
     C                                  C/B

  e                                                   
  B      1           1           1           1        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         2           2           2           0     
  A   3                       3           2           
  E               3                                   

   bound,                          I   wish    I

     G

  e                                                   
  B      0           0           0           0        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

    was                                 Home - ward

     C                                  C/B

  e                                                   
  B      1           1           1           1        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         2           2           2           0     
  A   3                       3           2           
  E               3                                   

   bound

Chorus :
     G

  e         3           3                             
  B         0        0  0  1     0     0     0        
  G         0        0  0  2     0     2     0        
  D         0              0     0     3     2        
  A                                                   
  E   3     3                                         

   Home,            where my thought's escaping
   Home,            where my music's play - ing
   Home,            where my  love   lies waiting

    D

  e      2                                            
  B            3     3                       0        
  G         2              2                       0  
  D   0                 0           0           0     
  A               0                                   
  E                           3           3           

    si - lently     for      me

    G

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

Verse 2 :
     G

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

    eve - ry    day   's    end - less stream  of

    G/F#

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   2           2           2           2           

    ci - ga - rettes   and  ma - ga - zines

    G/F

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   1           1           1           1           

                                              mm,  mm,

     Em

  e                                                   
  B         0                       0        0        
  G                  0                 0              
  D         2           2           2           2     
  A                                                   
  E   0           0           0           0           

    mmm  ...                                     and

    Am                                         G

  e                                                   
  B      1           1           1           1        
  G            2           2           2           0  
  D         2           2           2           0     
  A   0           0           0           0           
  E                                                   

    each  town  looks the  same   to    me    the

     F

  e                                                   
  B      1           1           1           1        
  G            2           2           2           0  
  D         3           3           3           3     
  A                                                   
  E   1           1           1           1           

   mo - vies    and   the   fac - to - ries, and

     G

  e                                                   
  B      0           0           0           0        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

    eve - ry   stran - gers face   I   see    re -

   Dsus4/A

  e                                                   
  B      3           3           3           3        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         4           4           4           4     
  A                                                   
  E   5           5           5           5           

  - minds me   that    I   long   to    be       home -

     G

  e                                                   
  B      0           0              0     1     3     
  G            0           0                          
  D         0           0                             
  A                                       0     2     
  E   3           3           3     3                 

   ward bound

     C                                  C/B

  e   0                                               
  B                  1           1           1        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         2           2           2           0     
  A   3                       3           2           
  E               3                                   

                             mm,   I   wish    I

     G

  e                                                   
  B      0           0           0           0        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

    was                                 Home - ward

     C                                  C/B

  e                                                   
  B      1           1           1           1        
  G            0           0           0           0  
  D         2           2           2           0     
  A   3                       3           2           
  E               3                                   

   bound

[ Chorus ]
Verse 3 :
     G

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   3           3           3           3           

 tonight  I'll  sing  my    songs  a - gain   I'll

    G/F#

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   2           2           2           2           

   play   the   game,      and       pre -        tend

    G/F

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   1           1           1           1           

                                              mm,  mm,

     Em

  e                                                   
  B         0                       0        0        
  G                  0                 0              
  D         2           2           2           2     
  A                                                   
  E   0           0           0           0           

    mmm  ...

    Am                                         G

  e                                                   
  B   1                          1           1        
  G   2                                2           0  
  D   2       strum                 2           0     
  A   0                       0           0           
  E                                                   

    all   my   words  come  back  to   me     in

     F

  e                                                   
  B   1                          1           1        
  G   2                                2           0  
  D   3       strum                 3           3     
  A   3                                               
  E   1                       1           1           

   shades of     me - di -   o  - cri - ty    like

     G

  e                           3                       
  B   0                       0                       
  G   0                       0                       
  D   0       strum           0       strum           
  A                                                   
  E   3                       3                       

    emp - ti - ness    in   har - mo -  ny     I

                             D

  e                           2                       
  B   0                       3                       
  G   0                       2                       
  D   0       strum           0       strum           
  A                                                   
  E   3                                               

     need someone   to comfort            me

[ Chorus ... ]
Outro :
    D                        G

  e      2                                                        
  B            3     3                       0                    
  G         2              2                       0              
  D   0                 0           0           0           0     
  A               0                                               
  E                           3           3           3           

    si - lently     for      me

    G/F#

  e                                                   
  B                  0                       0        
  G                        0                       0  
  D         0           0           0           0     
  A                                                   
  E   2           2           2           2           

                            si - len - tly  for me

    G/F                                              G

  e                                                           
  B                  0                       0                
  G                        0                       0          
  D         0           0           0           0             
  A                                                           
  E   1           1           1           1          (3)      


  e                                                      )3   
  B   0 h1 p0                                            (0   
  G   0 h2 p0  2     0     0        0  0     0           )0   
  D            3     2              0 h2     0           (0   
  A                        3                                  
  E                                                3      3
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