Fakin' It
written by Paul Simon
performed by Simon & Garfunkel
from "Bookends."
Transcribed by Rudi Riet.
(tune down 1/2 step)
E | E7
When she goes, she's gone.
A G#m A G# C#
If she stays, she stays here.
F# C#
The girl does what she wants to do.
B9 A
She knows what she wants to do.
G#m F#m E
And I know I'm fakin' it,
A G#m F#m E E7
I'm not really makin' it.
E E7
I'm such a dubious soul,
A G#m A G#
And a walk in the garden
C# D#m7 C#
Wears me down.
F# C#
Tangled in the fallen vines,
F# Amaj7
Pickin' up the punch lines,
G#m F#m7 E
I've just been fakin' it,
A G#m7 F#m7 E E7
Not real-ly makin' it.
E E7
Is there any danger?
A G#m7 A G#
No, no, not not really.
C#
Just lean on me.
F# C#6
Takin' time to treat
F#maj7 F#
Your friendly neighbors honest-ly.
A G#m F#m E F#m E
I've just been fakin' it, fakin' it
A G#m F#m E
Not really makin' it.
A G#m F#m E F#m E
This feeling of fakin' it
A G#m F#m E E7
I still haven't shaken it.
Eb Eb7
Prior to this lifetime
Ab Gm Ab G7
I surely was a tailor
C G7
Look at me...
("Good moming, Mr Leitch.
C#
Have you had a busy day?")
F# C#
I own the tailor's face and hands.
F# A
I am the tailor's face and hands
G#m7 F#m7 E
I know I'm fakin' it, fakin' it
A G#m7 F#m7 E
I'm not real-ly makin' it.
A G#m7 F#m E
This feeling of fakin' it
A G#m F#m E
I still haven't shaken it.
A G#m7 F#m7 E
I know I'm fakin' it,
A G#m7 F#m7 E A E
I'm not real-ly makin' it.
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