You're So Vain Carly Simon
Song: You're so vain
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd June 2013
Tuning: Standard
I've based this tab more on the hit single version, with the more jazzy
extended chords suggested in the full arrangement, rather than the
simpler guitar chords Carly uses to play live.
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(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]_/ /__/ :|| (Twice)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| [Am]/ / /__[Am7]/ /__/ | [Am]/ / /_[Am/E]_/ /_[Am/G]_/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
You w[Am7]alked in - [Am]to the p[Am7]arty..[Am]. like you were wa[F]lking on [Fadd9]- to [F]a y[Am]acht,
[Asus2] Your hat, stra - te[Am7]gically di[Am]pped be - [Am7]low one [Am]eye,
Your sc[F]arf it was an[Fadd9] a - p[F]ri - [Am]cot,[Asus2]
You had[Fmaj7] one eye [G]in the m[Em7]irror [Am7]as... you wa[F]tched yourself ga - v[C]otte,
And[(C4)] all [(C)]the gi[G]rls dreamed that the[F]y'd be your part - [(F6)]ner,
T[F]hey'd be your part -[(F6)] ner, a[F]nd...
[C] You're so vain, you pr[Dm7]obably think this song is a - b[C]out you,
You're[C/B] so v[Am]ain, I'll[Fmaj9] bet you think[(Fmaj9)] this son[(Fmaj9)]g is a - [G13]bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
[(G13)]Don't you, [(G13)]don't you?
^ ^
Oh, you [Am7]had me.[Am]..several y[Am7]ears a - [Am]go, when [F]I was still [Fadd9]quite n[F]ai - [Am]ve,
[Asus2] Well, you s[Am7]aid that we [Am]make such a p[Am7]retty p[Am]air,
And t[F]hat you would [Fadd9]nev - e[F]r le[Am]ave,[Asus2]
But you [Fmaj7]gave a - w[G]ay the t[Em7]hings you l[Am7]oved, and o[F]ne of them was [C]me,
I [(C4)]had s[(C)]ome dre[G]ams, they were cl[F]ouds in my cof -[(F6)] fee,
Cl[F]ouds in my cof -[(F6)] fee, a[F]nd...
[C] You're so vain, you pr[Dm7]obably think this song is a - b[C]out you,
You're[C/B] so v[Am]ain, I'll[Fmaj9] bet you think[(Fmaj9)] this son[(Fmaj9)]g is a - [G13]bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
[(G13)]Don't you, [(G13)]don't you, [(G13)]don't you?
^ ^ ^
| [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] I had some dr[G]eams, they were cl[F]ouds in my cof -[(F6)] fee,
Cl[F]ouds in my cof -[(F6)] fee, a[F]nd...
[C] You're so vain, you pr[Dm7]obably think this song is a - b[C]out you,
You're[C/B] so v[Am]ain, I'll[Fmaj9] bet you think[(Fmaj9)] this son[(Fmaj9)]g is a - [G13]bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
[(G13)]Don't you, [(G13)]don't you?
^ ^
Well, I h[Am7]ear you went [Am]up to S[Am7]arato - [Am]ga, and y[F]our horse [Fadd9]natural - [F]ly [Am]won,
[Asus2]Then...y[Am]ou...[Am7]flew your L[Am]ear jet up to [Am7]Nova Sco - [Am]tia,
To see the to[F]tal e - [Fadd9]clipse [F]of the [Am]sun,[Asus2]
Well, you're [Fmaj7]where you sho[G]uld be [Em7]all the [Am7]time, and w[F]hen you're not,
You're w[C]ith...some un -[(C4)] der [(C)]world s[G]py, or the w[F]ife of a close f[(F6)]riend,
W[F]ife of a close [(F6)]friend, a[F]nd...
[C] You're so vain, you pr[Dm7]obably think this song is a - b[C]out you,
You're[C/B] so v[Am]ain, I'll[Fmaj9] bet you think[(Fmaj9)] this son[(Fmaj9)]g is a - [G13]bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
[(G13)]Don't you, [(G13)]don't you, [(G13)]don't you now?
^ ^ ^
| [C]/ / / / | / / / / | [Dm7] / / / / | [C]/ / / / |
||: [C] You're so vain, you pr[Dm7]obably think this song is a - b[C]out you! :||(Repeat)
(Live coda)
You're[C/B] so v[Am]ain, I'll[Fmaj9] bet you think[(Fmaj9)] this son[(Fmaj9)]g is a - [G13]bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
[(G13)]Don't you, [(G13)]don't you, [(G13)]don't you?[Am]
^ ^ ^
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Am = x02210 Asus2 = x02200 Fmaj9 = xx3553
Am7 = x02010 G = 355433 C4 = x33010
Am/G = 302210 Em7 = 022030 Dm7 = xx0211
Am/E = 002210 Fmaj7 = 133210 C/B = x2x010
F = xx3211 F6 = xx3231 G13 = 323000
Fadd9= xx3213 C = x32010
^ = emphasise the beat
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