Cecilia

by Simon and Garfunkel · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

-3 -2    -3    <-3 -3  3   -3
Celia, you’re breaking my heart,
 -3    <-3 -3  3  -3  3  -2   3 2 -1 1
You’re shaking my confidence daily.
-3  4 -5  4  -3  <-3  -3 3   -3
Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees,
-3  <-3 -3   3    -3   3   -2   2    
I’m begging you please to come home.

-3 -2    -3    <-3 -3  3   -3
Celia, you’re breaking my heart,
 -3    <-3 -3  3  -3  3  -2   3 2 -1 1
You’re shaking my confidence daily.
-3  4 -5  4  -3  <-3  -3 3   -3
Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees, 
-3  <-3 -3   3    -3   3   -2   2
I’m begging you please to come home.
 1   -1  -2
Come on home.

-2  3   -3  -2 -2  <-3 -3  3  -2  3 -3 3 -2
Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
<-3 -3 3   2  -2
 Up in my bedroom,
-2 3  -3 -2 <-3  -3  3
I got up to wash my face
 -2  3  -3  <-3  3  -3
When I come back to bed,
 3  -2    3 <-3 3   -2 
someone’s taken my place.

-3 -2    -3    <-3 -3  3   -3
Celia, you’re breaking my heart,
 -3    <-3 -3  3  -3  3  -2   3 2 -1 1
You’re shaking my confidence daily.
-3  4 -5  4  -3  <-3  -3 3   -3
Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees,
-3  <-3 -3   3    -3   3   -2   2 
I’m begging you please to come home.
 1   -1  -2
Come on home.

-3  4 -5  4
Jubilation, 
-3  <-3   -3 3 -3
She loves me again,
-3 <-3 -3  3   -3    3 -2 3 2 -1 1
I fall on the floor and I laughing.
-3  4 -5  4
Jubilation, 
-3  <-3   -3 3 -3
She loves me again, 
-3 <-3 -3  3   -3    3 -2 3 2 -1 1
I fall on the floor and I laughing.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound