{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1513299,"song":"The Late Great Johnny Ace","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11279816-the-late-great-johnny-ace-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1513299?type=chord","rating":4.88785,"votes":10,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning: standard\r\n\r\nThis is a chords version of the song for strumming along. It looks much \r\nmore complicated than it actually is.\r\n\r\n[tab]The guitar on Simon's recording, however, seems to be tuned down 2 steps. \r\nSo another option to play this song would be to tune down your guitar to \r\nD-G-C-F-A-d and transpose this chord sheet +2 (first chord = Bbmaj7) to \r\nmatch the original key. The Middle 8 especially plays effortlessley using \r\nthe open 5th string (G).[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\n          E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nAbmaj7    4-x-5-5-4-x\r\nD7        x-5-4-5-3-x\r\nF/C       x-3-x-2-1-1\r\nA7sus2    x-0-2-0-0-0\r\nGsus4     3-x-0-0-1-x\r\nG *       3-x-0-0-0-x\r\nGadd9     3-x-0-2-x-x[/tab]\r\n[tab]C/G       3-x-2-0-1-x\r\nG7 *      3-x-3-0-3-x\r\nF/G       3-x-3-2-1-x\r\nBb/G      3-x-0-3-3-1\r\nCm/G      3-x-5-5-4-x\r\nC*/G      3-x-5-5-5-x\r\nCb/G      3-x-4-4-4-x\r\nBb/G      3-x-3-3-3-x\r\nGbdim7    2-x-1-2-1-x\r\nBb9       x-1-0-1-1-1\r\nEbmaj7    x-x-1-3-3-3\r\nBb7-9     x-1-0-1-0-x[/tab]\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Abmaj7[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n I was reading a magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abmaj7[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThinking of a rock and roll song[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe year was nineteen fifty-six[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd I hadn't been playing that long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F/C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWhen a man came on the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd this is what he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said I hate to break it to his fans[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7sus2[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]            [ [ch]Am7[/ch] ] \r\nBut Johnny Ace is dead, yeah, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] * [ch]Gadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] *|\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWell, I really wasn't such a Johnny Ace fan[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut I felt bad alI the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSo I sent away for his photograph[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd I waited till it came[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F/C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIt came all the way from Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWith a sad and simple face[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd they signed it on the bottom[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7sus2[/ch]            [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]            [ [ch]Am7[/ch] ] \r\nFrom the Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] * [ch]Gadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] *|\r\n\r\n[Middle 8]\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch] *   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt was the year of The Beatles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch] *   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F/G[/ch]\r\nIt was the year of The Stones[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] * [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] |\r\nIt was nineteen sixty - four[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch] *    [ch]Bb/G[/ch] \r\nI was li - ving in London[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm/G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]*/G [ch]Cb/G[/ch]     [ch]Bb/G[/ch]    | [ch]Gbdim7[/ch] |2/4 [ch]F7[/ch] |4/4 [ch]G7[/ch] |\r\nWith the girl from the summer before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch] *   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt was the year of The Beatles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch] *   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F/G[/ch]\r\nIt was the year of The Stones[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch] *  [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] *| [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F/G[/ch] |\r\nA year after J.  F.  K.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch] *Bb/G [ch]Cm/G[/ch]\r\nWe were staying up  all  night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]*/G   [ch]Cb/G[/ch] [ch]Bb/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Bb9[/ch] {\r\nAnd giving the  days a-way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]    [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Bb7-9[/ch]     [ [ch]Abmaj7[/ch] ] \r\nAnd the music was flowing amazingly blowing my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] | [ch]Abmaj[/ch] | [ch]D7[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOn a cold December evening[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI was walking through the Christmas tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Abmaj7[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhen a stranger came up and asked me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIf I'd heard John Lennon had died[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F/C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd the two of us went to this bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd we stayed to close the place[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd every song we played[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7sus2[/ch]            [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]            [ [ch]Am7[/ch] ] \r\nWas for The Late Great Johnny Ace, yeah, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n| [ch]Am7[/ch] | [ch]Dm7[/ch] | [ch]Gsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] * [ch]Gadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] *|\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning: standard\n\nThis is a chords version of the song for strumming along. It looks much \nmore complicated than it actually is.\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n[Intro]\n| Abmaj | D7 | Abmaj | D7 |\n| Abmaj | D7 | Abmaj | D7 |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G * Gadd9 G *|\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G * Gadd9 G *|\n\n[Middle 8]\n| C/G G7 *| C/G F/G | C/G G7 *| C/G F/G |\n| C/G G7 *| C/G F/G | C/G G7 *| C/G F/G |\n| C/G G7 *| C/G F/G | C/G G7 *| C/G F/G |\n| C/G G7 *| C/G F/G | C/G G7 *| C/G F/G |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Abmaj | D7 | Abmaj | D7 |\n| Abmaj | D7 | Abmaj | D7 |\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n| Am7 | Dm7 | Gsus4 G * Gadd9 G *|\n\n[Coda]","chords":["D","G","C","F","A","E","B","D7","F/C","Gsus4","Gadd9","C/G","G7","F/G","Bb/G","Cm/G","Cb/G","Bb9","Bb7","Abmaj","Abmaj7","C7","Am7","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,0,0,1,0,3],"frets":[3,0,0,2,0,3]}}}