The best-known recording of this song is the Art Garfunkel version; this tab is
transcribed from a combination of the acoustic version Jimmy Webb recorded with
Linda Ronstadt and the Five for Fighting version from the "Chicken Little"
soundtrack.
I'm using the vertical bar character (i.e., |) to indicate measures in the intro
and outro. Hope that's OK. Watch out for the third verse -- the chords are
slightly different than the first two.
INTRO
G D Em |D7sus4 D7 G C/E|G G/B Cadd9 |
ch /ch
D7sus4 D7 G|Gadd9 D/A Cadd9/A G|Cmaj7 Dsus4 D |
Cadd9 G/D |C D C/E|G Am7|
VERSE 1
GDEmD7susD7Gadd9
I bruise you, you bruise me.
GG/BCG/BDsus4DG
We both bruise too eas - i - ly,
DGCDsusDCadd9
Too eas-i-ly to let it show.
G/BAm/D
I love you, and that's
CmajD7GDC/C
All I know.
VERSE 2
GDEmD7sus4D7Gadd9
All my plans have fallen through.
GG/BCG/BDsus4DG
All my plans depend on you,
DGCDsus4DCadd9
Depend on you to help them grow.
G/BAm/D
I love you, and that's
CmajD7GDCC
All I know.
BRIDGE
GBm7Cmaj7D7susDGadd9
When the singer's gone, let the song go on.
ch /ch
Cmaj7 G/D B7/D# Em
It's a fine line between the darkness and the dawn.
Cmaj7G/DAm7D7sus4
In the darkest night there's a light beyond.
VERSE 3
GDEmDsus4G
But the ending always comes at last,
G/BCDsus4DG
Endings always come too fast.
DGCAm7/DDCadd9
They come too fast, but they pass too slow.
G/DAm7/DB7susB7
I love you and that's all,
EmDC
It's really all I know.
DGAm7/D
It's all I know,
ch /ch
Em Bm/D Cadd9 D7sus4
It's all I know,
GDC/Ed9
It's all I know.
OUTRO
Gadd9 G/B C |G/D D7 G