Bridge Over Troubled Water
Words & Music by Paul Simon 
Recorded by Simon & Garfunkel, 1969 (Song of the Year, 1969)


Intro: ||:     A         A9         D9    :||


D9            A   A9 D9           A    A9   D9
When you're weary,      feelin' small,

        G   D   A       D
When tears are in your eyes,

      A        A9  D9  A  E  F#m   E     E7
I'll dry them all.    I'm on your side.

 E7      E7/6  E7   A    AM7    A7
Oh, when times get rough

        A6        D    B7   E       
And friends just can't be found,

E7/6 E7  D    Cdim  A       F#m    D         E7     F#m
Like a bridge over troubled waters,  I will lay me down,

E7/6 E7 D     Cdim  A       F#m   D        E7       A   A9  D9
Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will lay me down.


D9            A       A9    D9                         A   A9  D9
When you're down and out,         when you're on the street,

     G    D     A        D
When eve -nin' falls so hard

A        A9        D9  A   E    F#m   E   E7
I will comfort you    I'll take your part.

E7       E7/6 E7     A   AM7  A7
Oh, when dark-ness falls

     A6     D   B7   E
And pain is all a-round,

E7/6 E7  D    Cdim  A       F#m    D        E7      F#m
Like a bridge over troubled waters,  I will lay me down,

E7/6 E7 D     Cdim  A       F#m    D       E7      A    A9  D9
Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will lay me down.


D9        A          A9  D9         A   A9  D9
Sail on, Silver Girl,       sail on by;

      G   D    A       D
Your time has come to shine -

           A                     A9 D9  A   E  F#m   E      E7
All your dreams are on their way . . . see how they shine?

E7          A      AM7    A7
Oh, if you need a friend,

     A6     D     B7  E
I'm sailing right be-hind,

E7/6 E7  D    Cdim  A       F#m   D         E7        F#m
Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will ease your mind;

 A7      D    Cdim  A       F#m   D         E7        F#m  F#m7  B7
Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will ease your mind,

       A    D9   Cdim(IV)  Cdim     A
Your mind.