The Dangling Conversation
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by Simon and Garfunkel
So here we are, a brilliant song by Paul Simon this one. It's not
too hard to play either, just make sure it's played evenly, especially
the
faster bits. I've added the variations on the picking in the Em F E D
section
because it sounds better that way.
Enjoy
Rich
r.p.kent@dur.ac.uk
Capo Up Three Frets
Introduction: D
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It's a still life
water
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colour of a now later after- noon
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and the sun shines through the curtain lace
and
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shadows wash the room and
we
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sit and drink our coffee
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FE
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cast in our indifference like shells upon the shore. You
can hear
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the ocean roar in the dangling
Then it goes to the intro again for the rest of the chorus.
Verse 2
And you read your Emily Dickinson and I my Robert Frost
And we note our place with bookmarkers that measure what we've lost.
Like a poem poorly written
We are verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme in synchopated time
Chorus
And the dangling conversation and the superficial sighs
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Are the borders of our lives
Verse 3
Yes, we speak of things that matter with words that must be said
Can analysis be worthwhile? Is the theatre really dead?
And how the room is softly faded
And I only kiss your shadow I cannot feel your hand, you're a stranger
Now unto me