Biography:
Carly Simon (born Carly Elisabeth Simon on 25 June 1945 - New York City, USA) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work. Throughout her career, she has amassed a total of 13 Top 40 Hits including "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better" and "Coming Around Again".
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- Nobody Does It Better
- With A Few Good Friends
- You're So Vain
- Your So Vain
- You’re So Vain
- Alone
- Another Door
- Anticipation
- Are You Ticklish
- Attitude Dancing
- Back Down To Earth
- Be With Me
- Boys In The Trees
- Coming Around Again
- Dan My Fling
- Darkness Till Dawn
- Davy
- De Bat Fly In My Face
- Dishonest Modesty
- Embrace Me You Child
- For Old Times Sake
- Forever My Love
- Garden
- Grownup
- Halfway Round The World
- Havent Got Time For The Pain
- His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin
- Hush Little Baby
- In Times When My Head
- It Was So Easy
- Ive Got To Have You
- Jesse
- Julie Through The Glass
- Just A Sinner
- Legend In Your Own Time
- Let The River Run
- Libby
- Look Me In The Eyes
- Love Of My Life
- Love Out In The Street
- Mind On My Man
- My Romance
- Night Owl
- Older Sister
- One Love Stand
- One More Time
- Our First Day Together
- Playing Possum
- Reunions
- Rolling Down The Hills
- Safe And Sound
- Slave
- Sons Of Summer
- Summers Coming Around Again
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game
- Thats The Way Ive Always Heard It Should Be
- The Best Thing
- The Carter Family
- The Girl You Think You See
- The Loves Still Growing
- The Right Thing To Do
- Think Im Gonna Have A Baby
- Three Days
- Time Works On All The Wild Young Men
- Tired Of Being Blonde
- Touched By The Sun
- Waited So Long
- We Have No Secrets
- Winnie The Pooh
- Youre So Vain
- Youre The One
- Yourre So Vain
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Song: You're so vain
Artist: Carly Simon
Composer: Carly Simon
Album: No secrets
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
2nd June 2013
I've based this tab on the hit single version, with the extended
chords suggested in the full arrangement rather than the simpler
guitar chords that Carly uses to play live.
Am = x02210 Fadd9 = xx3213 C = x32010 C6 = x35555
Am7 = x02010 Asus2 = x02200 C4 = x33010 Dm7 = xx0211
Am/G = 302210 Fmaj7 = 133210 G6 = 320030 C/B = x2x010
Am/E = 002210 G = 320033 F6 = xx3231 Fmaj9 = xx3553
F = xx3211 Em7 = 022030 C * = x35553 G13 = 323000
h = hammer-on note ^ = Emphasise the beat
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
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[Intro]
(Son of a gun!)
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----0-h3------0-h3-------------|------0-h3------0-h3-----|
E|--5---------5--------5----------|--5---------5---------5--|
Am Am7 Am Am/G
||: / / /__/ /__/ | / / /__/ /__/ :|| [x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Am Am7 Am Am/E Am/G
| / / /__/ /__/ | / / /__/ /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 1]
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am
You walked in - to the party... like you were walking on - to a yacht,
Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am
Your hat, stra - tegically dipped be - low one eye,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
Your scarf it was an a - pri - cot,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
You had one eye in the mirror as ...you watched yourself ga - votte,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your part - ner,
F F6 F
They'd be your part - ner, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13
Don't you, don't you?
^ ^
[Verse 2]
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am
Oh, you had me...several years a - go, when I was still quite nai - ve,
Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am
Well, you said that we make such a pretty pair,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
And that you would nev - er leave,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
But you gave a - way the things you loved, and one of them was me,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
F F6 F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13 G13
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^ ^ ^
[Verse 3 -instrumnental]
Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am
| / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | / / / / | / / /___/ / |
Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am
| / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | / / / / | / / /___/ / |
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C C C4 C G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / I had some dreams,
G6 F F6 F F6 F
They were clouds in my cof - fee, clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13
Don't you, don't you?
^ ^
[Verse 4]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Well, I hear you went up to Sarato - ga,
F Fadd9 F Am
And your horse natural - ly won,
Asus2 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Then...you...flew your Lear jet up to Nova Sco - tia,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
To see the total e - clipse of the sun,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7
Well, you're where you should be all the time,
F C C4 C G G6
And when you're not, you're with some un - der world spy,
F F6 F F6
Or the wife of a close friend, wife of a close friend, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13 G13
Don't you, don't you, don't you now?
^ ^ ^
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
| / / /__/ /__/ | / /__/ / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda - repeat]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
||: You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you!:||
[Ending from live performances]
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13 G13 Am
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^ ^ ^
************************************************************************
Below are a couple of additional verses that Carly never used on a
record, but revealed them in TV documentaries:
[Original 1st Verse ]
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
Bless you, Ben, you came in when nobody else left off,
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
There I was, all by my - self, hiding up in my loft,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
Talking trouble, took my time, and singing some sad songs,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
F F6 F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Final Verse ]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
A friend of yours re - vealed to me...
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
...That you loved me all the time,
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
Kept it secret from your wives, you be - lieved it was no crime,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
You called me once to ask me things I couldn't quite de - fine,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
May - be that's why I have tried to dismiss you,
F F6 F
Tried to dismiss you, and...
Artist: Carly Simon
Composer: Carly Simon
Album: No secrets
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
2nd June 2013
I've based this tab on the hit single version, with the extended
chords suggested in the full arrangement rather than the simpler
guitar chords that Carly uses to play live.
Am = x02210 Fadd9 = xx3213 C = x32010 C6 = x35555
Am7 = x02010 Asus2 = x02200 C4 = x33010 Dm7 = xx0211
Am/G = 302210 Fmaj7 = 133210 G6 = 320030 C/B = x2x010
Am/E = 002210 G = 320033 F6 = xx3231 Fmaj9 = xx3553
F = xx3211 Em7 = 022030 C * = x35553 G13 = 323000
h = hammer-on note ^ = Emphasise the beat
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
======================================================================
[Intro]
(Son of a gun!)
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----0-h3------0-h3-------------|------0-h3------0-h3-----|
E|--5---------5--------5----------|--5---------5---------5--|
Am Am7 Am Am/G
||: / / /__/ /__/ | / / /__/ /__/ :|| [x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Am Am7 Am Am/E Am/G
| / / /__/ /__/ | / / /__/ /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 1]
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am
You walked in - to the party... like you were walking on - to a yacht,
Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am
Your hat, stra - tegically dipped be - low one eye,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
Your scarf it was an a - pri - cot,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
You had one eye in the mirror as ...you watched yourself ga - votte,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your part - ner,
F F6 F
They'd be your part - ner, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13
Don't you, don't you?
^ ^
[Verse 2]
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am
Oh, you had me...several years a - go, when I was still quite nai - ve,
Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am
Well, you said that we make such a pretty pair,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
And that you would nev - er leave,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
But you gave a - way the things you loved, and one of them was me,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
F F6 F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13 G13
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^ ^ ^
[Verse 3 -instrumnental]
Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am
| / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | / / / / | / / /___/ / |
Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am
| / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | / / / / | / / /___/ / |
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C C C4 C G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / I had some dreams,
G6 F F6 F F6 F
They were clouds in my cof - fee, clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13
Don't you, don't you?
^ ^
[Verse 4]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
Well, I hear you went up to Sarato - ga,
F Fadd9 F Am
And your horse natural - ly won,
Asus2 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Then...you...flew your Lear jet up to Nova Sco - tia,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
To see the total e - clipse of the sun,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7
Well, you're where you should be all the time,
F C C4 C G G6
And when you're not, you're with some un - der world spy,
F F6 F F6
Or the wife of a close friend, wife of a close friend, and...
[Chorus]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13 G13
Don't you, don't you, don't you now?
^ ^ ^
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
| / / /__/ /__/ | / /__/ / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda - repeat]
C * C6 C * C6 C * Dm7 C
||: You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you!:||
[Ending from live performances]
C/B Am Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain---!) ^ ^ ^ ^
G13 G13 G13 Am
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^ ^ ^
************************************************************************
Below are a couple of additional verses that Carly never used on a
record, but revealed them in TV documentaries:
[Original 1st Verse ]
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
Bless you, Ben, you came in when nobody else left off,
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
There I was, all by my - self, hiding up in my loft,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
Talking trouble, took my time, and singing some sad songs,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
F F6 F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
[Final Verse ]
Am7 Am Am7 Am
A friend of yours re - vealed to me...
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
...That you loved me all the time,
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
Kept it secret from your wives, you be - lieved it was no crime,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
You called me once to ask me things I couldn't quite de - fine,
C C4 C G G6 F F6
May - be that's why I have tried to dismiss you,
F F6 F
Tried to dismiss you, and...
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