Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
April come she will is a song written by Paul Simon.
Utilizing the changing seasons as a metaphor for the capriciousness of a girl, “April Come She Will” was used very effectively in the film The Graduate and its soundtrack. Written in England in 1964 following a brief affair that Paul Simon had during his stay there, the lyrics were inspired by a nursery rhyme that the girl in question recited.
The changing seasons is merely a metaphor for the love affair he had in England and describes the different stages it went through until it ended.
P.S. This is the original nursery rhyme:
The cuckoo comes in April
She sings her song in May
In June she changes her tune
In July she prepares to fly
In August go she must.
(http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=102906)
From: ihateuw@u.washington.edu (David Wong)
Subject: TAB: April Come She Will (Simon & Garfunkel)
Here's the TAB for Simon & Garfukel's "April Come She Will". Play the
section between the double bars and "o"s three times through, these marks are
supposed to look like the symbol to repeat. However, when you get to the final
four measures the third time, skip the ones marked "\\1,2\" and continue on to
"\\3\". To match the recording, try using a capo at the first or second
fret, I can't recall which. The chord shapes are all actually fairly basic,
use:
G/D (xx0787), G6/D (xx0780), D (xx0775), G (3x0003), C/G (3x2013), Am
(x02210), Emadd4/G (3x220x), Fmaj7 (1x221x) (for this one use either your thumb
or barre an Am shaped chord to get the bottom note), Em (022000), C (x3201x)
and Dadd4 (x5403x).
-Dave
G/D G6/D G/D G6/D G/D G6/D
e-----7---------|-0-------|-7---------|0-------|-7---------|-0-------|
B--T------8-----|-----8---|-----8-----|----8---|-----8-----|-----8---|
G--A-----7--7---|---7---7-|----7---7--|--7---7-|----7--7---|---7---0-|
D--B--0---0---0-|-0---0---|-0---0---0-|0---0---|-0---0---0-|-0---0---|
A---------------|---------|-----------|--------|-----------|---------|
E---------------|---------|-----------|--------|-----------|---------|
D G C/G G C/G G
e-----5---------||-------3-----|---------|---3------|---------|------3------|
B--T------7-----||o------------|-1---0---|-------0--|-1---0---|-------------|
G--A-----7---0--||----------0--|---0---0-|-----0--0-|---0---0-|---------0---|
D--B--0---0---0-||-----0-----0-|-2---0---|------0---|-2---0---|----0------0-|
A---------------||o------------|---------|----------|---------|-------------|
E---------------|| -3----------|---------|-3--------|---------|-3-----------|
A--
C/G G C/G G C/G G Am
e-----3-------|------3------|---------|----3------|---------|-----------------|
B--T------1---|-------------|-1---0---|--------0--|-1---0---|-1--------1------|
G--A----0---0-|---------0---|---0---0-|------0--0-|---0---0-|------2----------|
D--B------2---|----0------0-|-2---0---|-------0---|-2---0---|-----2-------2---|
A-------------|-------------|---------|-----------|---------|-0-------0-------|
E-----3-------|-3-----------|---------|-3---------|---------|-----------------|
pril come she will when steams are
Emadd4/G Fmaj7 Em C
e----------------|------------|------------|-0----------|------------|
B--T--0-------0--|-1------1---|-0------0---|--------0---|-1------1---|
G--A-------2-----|------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------0-----|
D--B------2----2-|-----2----2-|-----2----0-|-----2----0-|-----2----2-|
A----------------|------------|------------|------------|-3-----3----|
E-----3-----3----|-1-----1----|-0-----0----|-0-----0----|------------|
ripe and swelled with rain- May
Dadd4 G Em
e-----------------|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|
B--T--3------3----|------------------|------------0-----|------------0-----|
G--A-------0----0-|--------0---------|--------0---------|--------0---------|
D--B------4---4---|-----0------------|-----2--------2---|-----2--------2---|
A-----5-----5-----|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-3--------3---2---|-0--------0-------|-0--------0-------|
she will stay-
\\1,2\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Am Em Am Em
e------------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
B--T--1-------1----|-0----------0-----|-1-------1----|-0----------0-----|
G--A-------2-------|--------0---------|------2-------|--------0---------|
D--B------2------2-|-----2--------2---|-----2------2-|-----2--------2---|
A-----0------0-----|------------------|-0------0-----|------------------|
E------------------|-0--------0-------|--------------|-0--------0-------|
rest-ing in my- arms a-gain.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\3\\
D G/D
e-----0--------------- ||-2-------------|-2-------------|-7---------|-0-------|
B--T------------------o||------3--------|------3--------|-----8-----|-----8---|
G--A------------------ ||---------2-----|----2------0---|----7--7---|---7---7-|
D--B------2----------- ||-0----0----0---|-0----0--------|-0---0---0-|-0---0---|
A---------------------o||---------------|---------------|-----------|---------|
E-----0-------0---2--- ||---------------|---------------|-----------|---------|
G/D G6/D G/D G6/D D G
e-----7---------|0-------|-7---------|-0-------|-5---------|-3------------|
B--T------8-----|----8---|-----8-----|-----8---|-----7-----|--------------|
G--A-----7---7--|--7---7-|----7--7---|---7---0-|----7---0--|--------------|
D--B--0---0---0-|0---0---|-0---0---0-|-0---0---|-0---0---0-|--------------|
A---------------|--------|-----------|---------|-----------|--------------|
E---------------|--------|-----------|---------|-----------|-3------------|
June, she'll change her tune.
In restless walks she'll prowl the night.
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight.
August, die she must.
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold.
September, I'll remember
A love once new has now grown old.
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