The Dangling Conversation chords by
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel (Official Version)

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Key: Bb majorDifficulty: Intermediate
Intro 1
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

Em/B
Em/B

D/A
D/A

C/G
C/G

C
C

G
G

G6
G6

Gmaj7
Gmaj7

G6
G6

Verse 1
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

It's a still life water color
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

Of a now-late after noon
C
C

G/B
G/B

Am
Am

As the sun shines through the curtain lace
G
G

G6
G6

Gmaj7
Gmaj7

G6
G6

And shadows wash the room
Em
Em

C/E
C/E

Em
Em

And we sit and drink our coffee
F
F

Couched in our indifference,
E
E

like shells upon the shore
D
D

You can hear the ocean roar
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

In the dangling conversation
Em/B
Em/B

D/A
D/A

C/G
C/G

And the super ficial sighs
C
C

The borders of our
G
G

G6
G6

Gmaj7
Gmaj7

G6
G6

lives
Verse 2
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

And you read your Emily Dickinson
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

And I my Robert Frost
C
C

G/B
G/B

Am
Am

And we note our place with book markers
G
G

G6
G6

Gmaj7
Gmaj7

G6
G6

That measure what we've lost
Em
Em

C/E
C/E

Em
Em

Like a poem poorly written
F
F

We are verses out of rhythm
E
E

Couplets out of rhyme
D
D

In syncopated time
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

And the dangling conversation
Em/B
Em/B

D/A
D/A

C/G
C/G

And the super ficial sighs
C
C

Are the borders of our
G
G

G6
G6

Gmaj7
Gmaj7

G6
G6

lives
Verse 3
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

Yes, we speak of things that matter
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

With words that must be said
C
C

G/B
G/B

Am
Am

"Can analysis be worthwhile?"
G
G

G6
G6

Gmaj7
Gmaj7

G6
G6

"Is the theater really dead?"
Em
Em

C/E
C/E

Em
Em

And how the room is softly faded
F
F

And I only kiss your shadow,
E
E

I cannot feel your hand
D
D

You're a stranger now unto me
C
C

G/B
G/B

D/A
D/A

Lost in the dangling conversation
Em/B
Em/B

D/A
D/A

C/G
C/G

And the super ficial sighs
C
C

In the borders of our
G
G

G6
G6

Gmaj7
Gmaj7

G6
G6

lives
G
G

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