This version of Richard Cory is taken from the live album, Voices of
Intelligent Dissent 1968. The guitar is in a near open D tuning. I
have tabbed it out in chords and tab. The studio version is lower.
There is quite a lot of strumming involved.

Tuning = DADGAD

Rich
richpkent@yahoo.co.uk

Richard Cory by Simon and Garfunkel
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 No capo
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INTRO
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  D        
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----0-----0-0---|-0-----0---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-----0-----0-0---|-0-----0---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-----2-----2-2---|-2-----2---------|-----2----etc----|-----------------|
|-----0-----0-0---|-0-----0---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-----0-----0-0---|-0---------------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-0-------3b--3b--|-0---------------|-----------------|
                                             
1st verse
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  D                                   C
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---------|-10--------------|---------10------|
|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---------|-10--------------|---------10------|
|-----2---2-2-2-2-|-2-----2---------|-12-------etc----|---------12------|
|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---------|-10--------------|---------10------|
|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-0---------------|-10--------------|---------12------|
|-0---------------|-0-------3b--3b--|-10--------------|---------10------|
  They say that Richard Cory owns one half of this whole town

     D                        A (777977)
  With political connections to spread his wealth around

  G        
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5---5---7---7---|-8---8---7---7---|-5---5---7---7---|-8---8---7---7---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
  Born into soc.....iety              a bankers only child         He had

  D       C         F                 A
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-0---0---10--10--|-3---3-3---3-3---|-7-------7-------|-7---7-7---7-7---|
|-0---0---10--10--|-3---3-3---3-3---|-7-------7-------|-7---7-7---7-7---|
|-2---2---10--10--|-5---5-5---5-5---|-9-------9-------|-9---9-9---9-9---|
|-0---0---12--12--|-3---3-3---3-3---|-7-------7-------|-7---7-7---7-7---|
|-0---0---10--10--|-3---3-3---3-3---|-7-------7-------|-7---7-7---7-7---|
|-0---0---10--10--|-3---3-3---3-3---|-7-------7-------|-7---7-7---7-7---|
  everything a      man could want    power   grace and style                                         


Chorus
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  F                    D
     But I work in his factories and I


  G        
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
|-5---5---7---7---|-8---8---7---7---|-5---5---7---7---|-8---8---7---7---|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
  curse the life I'm living and I     curse my poverty

 G                               D         G       D
 and I wish that I could be oh I wish that I could be
      G
 oh I wish that I could be

                        D             (nice little fill)  repeat
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-0------(strum)--|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|-0h2-2p0---------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-0---------------|---------3---0---|-0---------------|
|-----0-----------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-------3-----0---|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
          Richard Cory

 2nd verse
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 Play as 1st verse

The papers print his picture almost everywhere he goes
Richard Cory at the opera, Richard Cory at a show.
And the rumour of his parties and the orgies on his yacht!
Oh, he surely must be happy with everything he's got.

  Chorus


  3rd verse
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  As before except last line

He freely gave to charity, he had the common touch,
And they were grateful for his patronage and thanked him very much,
So my mind was filled with wonder when the evening headlines read:

                                             D (once)               G F
"Richard Cory went home last night and put a bullet through his head."

   Chorus
            
 On the last "Oh I wish that I could be" go up from the G to an A.
 for the nice harmony

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