Punkys Dilemma

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Song: Punky's dilemma
Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Composer: Paul Simon
Album: Bookends
Tabbed by DJ 19th Mar 2014
Link to a rare 38 second video clip of
the duo playing this live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqVm_7N8DEI
My own cover version of the song,
duetting with a friend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbwCLTQvr2Y
CAPO: 4th fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Cmaj7 = x32000 G = 320003 Am7 = x02010
Cmaj7 * = x32003 C = x32010 Fmaj7 = xx3210
Dm7 = xx0211 F = 133211 G6 = xx5430
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x2]
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 Dm7
Wish I was a Kellogg's cornflake,
G Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
Floating in my bowl, taking mov - ies,
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
| / / / / | / / / / |
Cmaj7 Dm7 C Cmaj7
Relaxed in a while, ...living in style,
F Cmaj7
Talking to a raisin who occasionally plays L. A.
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
| / / / / | / / / / |
Cmaj7 Am7 Fmaj7 G6
Casually glancing at his toup - ée
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7 Dm7
Wish I was an English muffin,
G Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
About to make the most out of a toast - er,
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
| / / / / | / / / / |
Cmaj7 Dm7 C Cmaj7
I'd ease myself down, ...coming up brown,
F Cmaj7
I prefer the Boysenberry more than any ordinary jam,
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
| / / / / | / / / / |
Cmaj7 Am7 Fmaj7 G6
I'm a 'Citizens for Boysenberry Jam' ...fan!
[Bridge]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
Oo, South Cali - fornia------------!
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7 Dm7
If I become a First Lieutenant,
G Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
Would you put my photo on your pia - no?
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
(Du - du - du - du - du! Du'n, du - du!)
Cmaj7 Dm7 C Cmaj7
(Du - du!) 'To Mary Jane, ...best wishes, Martin',
F Cmaj7
Old Roger draft dodger leaving by the basement door,
Cmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7Am7
*
| / / / / | / / / / | Everybody knows...
Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
...What he's tippy - toeing down there for
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
*
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 4 - with improvised whistling]
Cmaj7 Dm7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(Oh, really?)
Cmaj7Cmaj7Cmaj7Cmaj7
* *
| / / / / | / / / / |
Cmaj7 Dm7 C Cmaj7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda - Repeat, end on Cmaj7]
Cmaj7 Dm7
||: / / / / | / / / / :||
=====================================================
For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below one of the diagrams.
The remaining chord boxes can be the default
first option and don't need any reselecting.
As long as you are logged into your account,
these choices will be saved automatically for every
time you view this tab.
G6
<9 of 42>
There are two inversions of Cmaj7 in my tab
(differentiated by an asterisk in my chord legend).
Currently there is no facility to save both
variations as chord boxes, so you will have to
choose which one of them to display.
Cmaj7 or Cmaj7 *
<1 of 26> <2 of 26>

Punkys Dilemma chords and lyrics

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Song: Punky's dilemma
Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Composer: Paul Simon
Album: Bookends
Tabbed by DJ   19th Mar 2014
Link to a rare 38 second video clip of
the duo playing this live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqVm_7N8DEI
My own cover version of the song,
duetting with a friend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbwCLTQvr2Y
CAPO: 4th fret 
(Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Cmaj7   = x32000   G = 320003    Am7   = x02010
Cmaj7 * = x32003   C = x32010    Fmaj7 = xx3210
Dm7     = xx0211   F  = 133211   G6    = xx5430
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Bridge]
               |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4 - with improvised whistling]
       (Oh, really?)
[Coda - Repeat, end on Cmaj7]
=====================================================
For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below one of the diagrams.
The remaining chord boxes can be the default
first option and don't need any reselecting.
As long as you are logged into your account,
these choices will be saved automatically for every
time you view this tab.
   G6
There are two inversions of Cmaj7 in my tab
(differentiated by an asterisk in my chord legend).
Currently there is no facility to save both
variations as chord boxes, so you will have to

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