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From: KeanJ@agresearch.cri.nz (Kean,John)

Born At The Right Time - Paul Simon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From "The Rhythm of the Saints"
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

Capo 1st fret.
4/4 time.


INTRO:
E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
||-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
||-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
||---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|


E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|


E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|


F#m+6
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-------2---------------2---------|-------2---------------2---------|
|-----------4---------------4-----|-----------4---------------4-----|
|-------------2---------------2---|-------------2---------------2---|
|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------2---------------|


B7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-2-----4-----5-------------------|---2---4-5-----4---0---2---------|
|-----------------------7---------|-------------7-------------4-----|
|-2-----4-----6-------------6-----|---2---4-6-----4---1---2---------|
|-----------------------------7---|---------------------------4-----|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------||
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------||
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------||



VERSES:
E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------|
||-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------|
||-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------|
||---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
Down among ...

F#m+6
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-------2---------------2---------|-------2---------------2---------|
|-----------4---------------4-----|-----------4---------------4-----|
|-------------2---------------2---|-------------2---------------2---|
|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|-----4---------4-----4---------4-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------2---------------|
A baby boy ...

B7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-2-----4-----5-------------------|---2---4-5-----4---0---2---------|
|-----------------------7---------|-------------7-------------4-----|
|-2-----4-----6-------------6-----|---2---4-6-----4---1---2---------|
|-----------------------------7---|---------------------------4-----|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
His eyes as ...

E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----0-0-------------0-----------|-----0-0-------------------------||
|-----------2-----0-------2-------|-----------2-----0---0---0-------||
|-----1-----2-----1-------2-------|-----1-----2-----1---1-----------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------||
His silky hair ...


CHORUS:
E B/E A/E E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------4-------|
||-----5-----------5-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------5-------|
||-----4-strum-----4-------8-------|-----6-strum-----6-------4-------|
||-----6-----------6-------9-------|-----7-----------7-------6-------|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
Never been lone- ly ...

B7/E A/E E A/E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----2-----------2-------5-------|-----4-----------4-------5-------|
|-----4-----------4-------5-------|-----5-----------5-------5-------|
|-----2-strum-----2-------6-------|-----4-strum-----4-------6-------|
|-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----6-----------6-------7-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
Never had to scuffle ...

E B/E A/E E
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------4-------|
|-----5-----------5-------7-------|-----5-----------5-------5-------|
|-----4-strum-----4-------8-------|-----6-strum-----6-------4-------|
|-----6-----------6-------9-------|-----7-----------7-------6-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
Born at the in- stant ...

B7/E A/E E A6/B
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
|-----2-----------2-------5-------|-----4-----------4-------2-------||
|-----4-----------4-------5-------|-----5-----------5-------2-------||
|-----2-strum-----2-------6-------|-----4-strum-----4-------2-------||
|-----4-----------4-------7-------|-----6-----------6-------2-------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------2-------||
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------||
And the whole world ...


LYRICS:

INTRO: (as tabbed)

VERSE 1: (as tabbed)


CHORUS: (as tabbed)

BRIDGE 1: (first four bars of Intro as tabbed)

VERSE 2: (as tabbed x2)
Me and my buddies ...

CHORUS: (as before)

BRIDGE 2: (repeat last four bars of Chorus (sing "Ooh...");
then first four bars of Intro)

VERSE 3: (as tabbed x2)
Too many people ...

CHORUS: (as before)

ENDING: (as for Bridge 2,
then repeat first two bars of Intro to fade...)



From: Jean Marc Orliaguet <jmo@fy.chalmers.se>
Subject: TAB : Born at the Right Time ( Paul Simon )
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 18:00:58 +0200 (MET DST)


Born at the Right Time ( Paul Simon )

From The Rhythm of the Saints album, 1990
( Live version from "MTV Unplugged", 1992 )




Transcribed and tabbed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se, http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )



Notes : Capo 5th fret

This live version is slightly different from the studio track :
it starts with the chorus, and the intro is more finger-picked ...

The stressed notes are marked with a > sign, and the mute notes
with an x.



Intro :

C F6 C/E F
. . > . > . . > . > . . > . . .
e-|--------0-----------------|--------------------------|
B-|--1-----1-----3-----x--1--|-----1----(1)-------x-----|
G-|--0-----------------x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|



C F6 C/E F
> . > . > . . > . > . > > . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------x--1--|-----1-----1--------x-----|
G-|--0-----------2-----x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|



C F6 C/E F
> . > . > . . > . > . . > . . .
e-|--0-----0-----------------|--------------------------|
B-|--1-----1-----3-----x--1--|-----1-----1--------x-----|
G-|--------------------x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|



C F6 C/E F
. . > . > . . > . > . > > . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------x--1--|-----1-----1--------x-----|
G-|--0-----------2-----x-----|--------------2-----x-----|
D-|--------2-----3-----3-----|--2-----2-----3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|



Chorus :

C G
. . . . . > . > . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------------1-----1--|-----1-----------0--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------0--|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|

Never been ...


F C
. . . > . > . > . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|-----------------0--------|
B-|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------2-----------0--|
D-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|

never been ...


G F
. > . > . > . > . . . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----------1--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------2--|
D-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------3-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------1-----------|

never had ...


C
. . . . . > . > . . . . > >
e-|-----------------0--------|--------------------------|
B-|-----1-----1-----------1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|--------------0-----2-----|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------3-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

nothing ...


C G
. . . . . > . > . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--1--------------1-----1--|-----1-----------0--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------0--|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|

born at ...


F C
. . . > . > . > . > . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|-----------------0--------|
B-|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------2-----------0--|
D-|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------2-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
E-|--1-----------1-----------|--1-----------------------|

the church ...


G F
. > . > . > . > . . . . . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----------1--------|
G-|--------------------------|-----------0-----------2--|
D-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------3-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------1-----------|

the whole ...


C F
. . . . . > . > . . . . > >
e-|-----------------0--------|--------------------------|
B-|-----1-----1-----------1--|-----1--------------------|
G-|--------------------------|--------------0-----2-----|
D-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------3-----|
A-|--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Born at ...


C F C F C/E
. . > . . > . . > . > > . . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------1-----------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------0-----2--0--------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----3--2--------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|



C F C C/E C/D C
. . > . . > . . > . > . > . > .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------------------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----0-----------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------3-----|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|



Verse :

C F C F C/E
. . > . . > . . . . > . > > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------1-----------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------0-----2--0--------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----3--2--------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Down ...


C F C C/E C/D C
. . > . . > . . > . > . > . > .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------------------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----0-----------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------3-----|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

reeds ...


D5 G/D D5 G/D
> . . > . > . . > . . > . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----0--------|-----------3-----0--------|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------2-----------0-----|
D-|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

a ba - by ...


D5 G/D D5 G/D
> . . > . > . . > . . > . > . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----0--------|-----------3-----0--------|
G-|--------2-----------0-----|--------2-----------0-----|
D-|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|



Bridge :

Dm11/F Dm11/G Dm
> . . > . . > . . . . . . . . .
e-|-----------0--------1-----|--------------------------|
B-|--3--------3--------3-----|--------------------------|
G-|--0--------0--------2-----|--------------------------|
D-|--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

his eyes ...


Dm11 C/E
. . . . > . . > . . . > . . > .
e-|-----------0--1--------0--|--------------------------|
B-|--------3-----------3-----|--------1--3--------1-p0--|
G-|-----------0--2--------0--|--------------------------|
D-|--------3-----------3-----|--------2--3--------2-p0--|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

as centuries...


C F C F C/E
. . > . . > . . > . > > . . . .
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------1-----------------|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------0-----2--0--------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----3--2--------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

his silky ...


C F C C/E Csus4/D Cadd9
. . > . . > . . . . > . > . > .
e-|--------------------------|--3-----3-----1-p0--------|
B-|--------1-----------------|--------------------3-----|
G-|--------0--------2--------|--------------------------|
D-|--------2--------3--------|--------2-----0-----------|
A-|--3-----------------------|--3-----------------3-----|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

and ...



jmo@fy.chalmers.se http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo

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