Kathy’s Song

(Paul Simon)

Composer: Paul Simon | Transcriber: Lindsay Straw | Key: Bb (G chords with capo 3) | Tuning: Standard

This is my transcription of the way I play Paul Simon's "Kathy's Song." This one has been in my repertoire so long that it has some unintended Straw-isms, either because I misheard something when I first learned it or because I changed it accidentally over time. Perhaps I should have gone back and tried to better capture Paul's picking or even Eva Cassidy's version, but eh...that wasn't the point of this batch of recordings anyways. If you're learning it and going for pure replication of the original, think of my tab as a jumping off point!

The transcription download includes the full sheet music, a tab-only version, lyric/chord chart and mp3.