Bridge Over Troubled Water Chords & Tabs

by Elvis Presley

[Version Description]
Well-aligned chords for vocal and instrumental parts / slash chords / suggestions for playable voicings.
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Bridge Over Troubled Water – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Paul Simon
From: “That’s The Way It Is” (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS (alphabetically)
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/C#      x-4-2-2-x-x
C/Bb      x-1-2-0-1-0
C/E       x-x-2-0-1-0
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0
C9        x-3-2-3-3-x
D7/F#     2-x-0-2-1-2
Em/B      x-2-2-0-0-0
F/C       x-3-x-2-1-1
Fadd#11   1-3-3-2-0-x
Fm6       1-3-3-1-3-1
F#dim7    2-x-1-2-1-x
G6        3-x-0-0-0-0
G#aug     4-x-2-1-1-x
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[Intro]
| C/G   G6 G | F   Fadd#11 F#dim7 | C/G Am | F Fm6 |
| C | F/C | C | F/C |

[Verse]
            C    
When you're weary
F/C     C    
Feeling small
F    Bb    F   C  Cmaj7   Dm  
When tears are in    your eyes
       C           F/C C
I will dry them all

[Bridge]
C   G/B Am   G   
I'm on  your side
G7                 C    Em/B C/Bb
Oh, when times get rough
    Dm      C/E  F     D7/F# G    
And friends just can't be    found

[Chorus]
C     C9     F      Fadd    F#dim7 C/G      Am   
Yeah, like a bridge o   -   ver    troubled water
F      E7     Am  
I will lay me down
C   C9     F      Fadd    F#dim7 C/G      Am   
Oh, like a bridge o   -   ver    troubled water
F      Fm6      C 
I will lay me down

[Interlude]
| C | F/C | C | F/C |
| C | F/C |

[Verse]
            C           
When you're down and out
F/C                C      
When you're on the streets
F    Bb F    C   Cmaj7 Dm  
When evening falls  so hard
       C          F/C C
I will comfort you

[Bridge]
C    G/B  Am   G   
I'll take your part
G7                C    Em/B C/Bb
Oh, when darkness falls
    Dm   C/E F   D7/F# G    
And pain is  all a  -  round

[Chorus]
C     C9     F      Fadd    F#dim7 C/G      Am   
Yeah, like a bridge o   -   ver    troubled water
F      E7     Am  
I will lay me down
C   C9     F      Fadd    F#dim7 C/G      Am   
Oh, like a bridge o   -   ver    troubled water
F      E7     Am  G#aug C/G D A/C# F/C
I will lay me down

[Interlude]
| C/G   G6 G | F Am | F Fm6 |
| C | F/C | C | F/C |

[Verse]
         C          
Sail on, silver girl
F/C     C 
Sail on by
F    Bb   F   C   Cmaj7 Dm   
Your time has come   to shine
         C                   F/CC
All your dreams are on their way

[Bridge]
C   G/B Am   G    
See how they shine
G7         C      Em/B  C/Bb
Oh, if you need a friend
    Dm C/E  F     D7/F# G   
I'm sailing right be  - hind

[Chorus]
C     C9     F      Fadd    F#dim7 C/G      Am   
Yeah, like a bridge o   -   ver    troubled water
  F       E7        Am  
I, I will ease your mind
C   C9     F      Fadd    F#dim7 C/G      Am   
Oh, like a bridge o   -   ver    troubled water
F      E7        Am  G#aug C/G D A/C# F/C
I will ease your mind

[Coda]
| C/G   G6 G | F Am | F Fm6 | C