Simon Simone The Figgs
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SIMON SIMONE ? Mike Gent / The Figgs
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From: The Figgs double-CD PALAIS, SodaPop Records, 2004
Tabbed by:TCurley5
E-mail:tcurley5@charter.net
Main Riff is Barre chords: B D / A / B/ - B D / A / B / (repeats until chorus / Middle 8)
Note: Often MG starts the riff B chord with a m(u)ted upstroke B (chord); also other chords.
And sometimes MG slides chords from A to B or B to D etc.)
INTR0: B D / A / B / B D / A / B /
(rhythm: BAH, Ba-BAH, Ba-BAH, Ba-BAH ).
VERSE1:
[B]Simon [D]Sim[/]one didn?t [A]live[/] a[B]lone[/]. H[u]e [B]came[u] f[D]rom[/] M[A]on[/]tr[u]e-[B]al.[/]
He was [B]into our [D]band,[/] and [A]made[/] a p[B]lan,[/] t[u]o [B]put us in [D]touc[/]h with [A]Nancy
[B]Ross.
CHORUS:
[E]Simon Simone, he was [B]sitting at home, w[C#m]e were far a-[B]way
But [E]he never called, we were [B]on our own; [C#m]Simon Simone, Simon Simone:
Simon Si[B]mon[D]e.[/] [A] [/] [B] [/] [-] [B] [D] [/] [A] [/] [B] [/]
VERSE 2:
Same Riff & chording as Verse 1.
When we arrived, the crowd was outside.
The line stretched across the street.
Covered with sweat, squeezing our guitar necks;
(the) audience began to scream.
Simon Simone was sitting at home, we were far away.
I started to laugh, cause his roommate was stabbed.
Simon Simone, Simon Simone:
Simon Si[B]mon[D]e.[/] [A] [/] [B] [/] [-] [B] [D] [/] [A] [/] [B] [/]
MIDDLE 8:
F# B C#m B (Lick)
Oh-h-h! And we drove,?.almost three hundred miles that day.
[F#]Oh-h?.Here we [B]go?(to) see [C#m]Simon Simone Simon Simone:
Simon Si[B]mon[D] [/] [A] [/] [B] [/] [-] [B] [D] [/] [A] [/] [B] [/]
VERSE 3:
Same Riff & chording as Verse 1.
Simon Simone, called me at home,
said he really wanted to play.
He didn?t understand, he couldn?t be in the band;
he learned the WHOLE set anyway.
Simon Simone, he wasn?t at home,
still fee(?) for the demand.
But he never called, we were on our own.
Simon Simone, Simon Simone: Simon !
ENDING:
[E]Simon Simone, was [B]sitting at home, [C#m]we were far a-[B]way.
To[E]ronto Tom wanted to [B]get it on....[C#m]Simon Simone, Simon Simone: Simon!
[F#]Simon Simone, Simon Simone, Simon Si-[B]mon[D]e[/] [A] [/] [B] [/] [-]
Si[B]mon S[D]i mo[/]-one ![A] [s] [B] [/] [/]
Lick: double note ascending b/d#, s c#/e, s d#/f#
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