The Afterlife – Paul Simon
Nghệ sĩ: Paul Simon
CHORD
Bảng hợp âm và lời bài hát The Afterlife – Paul Simon
Song: The afterlife
Artist: Paul Simon
Composer: Paul Simon
Album: So beautiful or so what
Tabbed by DJ 16th Nov 2021
TWO TABBED VERSIONS:
VERSION ONE in Paul Simon's dropped tuning
Followed by VERSION TWO option in standard tuning
VERSION ONE in Db tuning
VERY IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING DROPPED TUNING:
The song is in the key of Db, but Paul Simon detunes
his 12 string down three semi-tones and plays it in E
with the dropped tuning the song then sounds in Db.
This song has a simple 4 bar repeating chord pattern
and is not a demanding vocal melody either.
Paul is using a Tremolo effect on his guitar, set with
quite a bit of depth with a moderate rate setting to
match the song's tempo.
DROPPED TUNING:
String: 6 5 4 3 2 1
Tuning: C# F# B E G# C#
Using a chromatic tuner will make it a bit easier
to get these pitches accurate.
PLEASE NOTE:
Version One chords named as if still in standard
tuning, but with the detuning they will sound
as Db, Gb and Abm
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
E = 022100 A = x02220 Bm = x24432
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Intro
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
After I died and the make-up had dried,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
I went back to my place, no moon that night,
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
But a heavenly light shone--- on my face,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Still, I thought it was odd,
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
There was no sign of God just to usher me in,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Then a voice from a - bove, sugar - coated with love,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Said, "Let us be - gin!"
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And then you wait in the line,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And then you wait in the line
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Okay, a new kid in school got to follow the rule,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
You got to learn the rou - tine, ...woh,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
There's a girl over there with the sunshiny hair,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Like a Homecoming Queen,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
I said, "Hey, what you say? It's a glorious day,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
By the way, how long you been dead?"
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Maybe you, maybe me, maybe baby makes three,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
But she just shook her head
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And then you wait in the line,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And then you wait in the line
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Buddha and Moses,
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And all the noses from narrow to flat,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Had to stand in the line,
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Just to glimpse the di - vine,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
What 'cha think about that?
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Well, it seems like our fate's to suffer and wait...
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
For the knowledge we seek,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
It's all his de - sign, no one cuts in the line,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
No one here likes a sneak
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And then you wait in the line,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And then you wait in the line
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
After you climb up the ladder of time,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
The Lord God is near,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Face to face, in the vastness of space,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Your words disap - pear,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
And you feel like swimming in an ocean of love,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
And the current is strong,
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
But all that re - mains when you try to ex - plain...
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Is a fragment of song
Verse 5→ Phiên khúc
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Lord, is it, 'Be - Bop - A - Lula',
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Or, 'Ooo - Poppa - Doo'?
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Lord, 'Be - Bop - A - Lula',
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
Or, 'Ooo - Poppa - Doo'?
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
'Be - Bop - A - Lula'
ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch
('Ooo - Poppa - Doo', yeah!)
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
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VERSION TWO Option in STANDARD TUNING:
CAPO: 1st fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Db)
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
C = x35553 F = 133211 Gm = 355333
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Intro
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
After I died and the make-up had dried,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
I went back to my place, no moon that night,
ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
But a heavenly light shone--- on my face,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Still, I thought it was odd,
ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
There was no sign of God just to usher me in,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Then a voice from a - bove, sugar - coated with love,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Said, "Let us be - gin!"
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And then you wait in the line,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And then you wait in the line
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Okay, a new kid in school got to follow the rule,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
You got to learn the rou - tine,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Woh, there's a girl over there, with the sunshiny hair,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Like a Homecoming Queen,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
I said, "Hey, what you say? It's a glorious day,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
By the way, how long you been dead?"
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Maybe you, maybe me, maybe baby makes three,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
But she just shook her head
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And then you wait in the line,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And then you wait in the line
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Buddha and Moses,
ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And all the noses from narrow to flat,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Had to stand in the line,
ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Just to glimpse the di - vine,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
What 'cha think about that?
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Well, it seems like our fate's to suffer and wait...
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
For the knowledge we seek,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
It's all his de - sign, no one cuts in the line,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
No one here likes a sneak
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And then you wait in the line,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You got to fill out a form first,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And then you wait in the line
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Verse 4→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
After you climb up the ladder of time,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
The Lord God is near,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Face to face, in the vastness of space,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Your words disap - pear,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
And you feel like swimming in an ocean of love,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
And the current is strong,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
But all that re - mains when you try to ex - plain...
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Is a fragment of song
Verse 5→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Lord, is it, 'Be - Bop - A - Lula',
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Or, 'Ooo - Poppa - Doo'?
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Lord, 'Be - Bop - A - Lula',
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Or, 'Ooo - Poppa - Doo'?
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
'Be - Bop - A - Lula'
ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
('Ooo - Poppa - Doo', yeah!)
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
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