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........ Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War .........
Copyright © 1982 Paul Simon
From Paul's 1984 12-City Solo Acoustic Tour.
Transcribed by John McGann.
Although this tab is specifically from the Columbia, MD show (8/2/1984),
it should match any of the 1984 shows fairly closely since they were very
similar shows.
% indicates a repeat of the previous measure.
(%) indicates a repeat of the previous TWO measures.
[12] indicates a natural harmonic played at the 12th fret.
No capo, tuned down slightly more than one full step (about -20 Hz more)
*
e:||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:||--3-------------|---1-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:||----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|---1-------------|
E:||----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|------------3----|-----------------|---3-------------|---2-------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|---1-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
war returned to their hotel
were strolling down Christopher
Bbmaj7
e:|-----------------|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|--------3--------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|--------------2--|--------------2--|-------------2---|
D:|---1-------------|--------3--------|-----------------|--------3--------|
A:|------------3----|---1-------------|-----------------|---1-------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
suite .. unlocked . door
Street .. stopped .. store
Bbmaj7 Gm6 F6/A
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|---3-------------|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
G:|-------------2---|-------------3---|--------0--------|-------------2---|
D:|--------3--------|--------2--------|-----------------|--------3--------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---0-------------|
E:|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
easily losing their evening
with all of the mannequins dressed in the
Bb6 C/Bb
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|---3-------------|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------1---|
G:|--------2--------|-----------------|---0-------------|--------0--------|
D:|-----------------|--------3--------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|---1-------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
clothes they danced by the light of the moon
style that brought tears to their immigrant eyes
C/Bb
e:|---0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|--------1--------|---5h6p5---------|--------5--------|-----------------|
G:|-------------0---|---5h7p5---------|---5-------------|-------------0---|
D:|-----------------|------------8----|-------------8---|---7-------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
to The
just like The
F Dm
e:|-------------1---|-----------------|-----------------|---1-------------|
B:|-------------1---|---1-------------|-------------3---|-----------------|
G:|--------2--------|--------2--------|--------2--------|--------2--------|
D:|---3-------------|-------------2---|---0-------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Pen - - guins The Moon - - glows
Bb C7,9
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
G:|-------------2---|-----------------|-------------3---|--------3--------|
D:|--------3--------|-----------------|--------2--------|-------------2---|
A:|---1-------------|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
The Orioles The Five Satins the
F C+ Dm C
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-------------1---|-------------1---|-------------3---|-------------3---|
G:|--------2--------|--------1--------|--------2--------|--------0--------|
D:|---3-------------|---2-------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
deep forbidden music they'd been
easy stream of laughter flowing
B6maj7
e:|-----------------|--------1--------|-----------------|---1-------------|
B:|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|--------3--------|
G:|-------------2---|-------------2---|-------------2---|-------------2---|
D:|--------3--------|-----------------|--------3--------|-----------------|
A:|---1-------------|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
longing for
through the air
Gm6 C7,9
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|---3-------------|-------------3---|-------------3---|
G:|-------------3---|--------3--------|-----------------|--------3--------|
D:|--------2--------|-------------2---|--------2--------|---2-------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
E:|---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the
après la
F #
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|----------------------------------||
B:|-----------------|--------1--------|----------------------------------||
G:|-------------2---|-------------2---|----------------(%)---------------||
D:|--------3--------|-----------------|----------------------------------||
A:|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------||
E:|---1-------------|-----------------|----------------------------------||
war
Return to * and repeat for the second verse.
The second time through, jump from # to begin the third verse:
F
e:|-----------------|--------1--------|-----------------------------------|
B:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------------------------|
G:|-------------2---|-------------2---|----------------(%)----------------|
D:|--------3--------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
E:|---1-------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
.. guerre
G7 C
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
G:|---4---------0---|--------0--------|-------------0---|--------0--------|
D:|--------0--------|-------------0---|--------2--------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|---2-------------|
E:|---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Side by side they
Bbmaj7 Am7
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|--------0--------|
B:|---3-------------|--------3--------|-----------------|---1-------------|
G:|--------2--------|-------------2---|-------------0---|-------------0---|
D:|-------------3---|-----------------|--------2--------|-----------------|
A:|---1-------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
fell a - - sleep
Bb6 F/A
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|--------6--------|-----------------|--------6--------|-------------6---|
G:|-------------7---|-----------------|-------------5---|--------0--------|
D:|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---7-------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
E:|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
decades gliding by like Indians
C#7 Dm7
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------5--------|
B:|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---6-------------|
G:|-------------3---|--------3--------|-------------5---|-----------------|
D:|--------5--------|-------------5---|--------7--------|-----------------|
A:|---4-------------|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
time is cheap
Bb6 F/A
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|--------6--------|-----------------|--------6--------|--------6--------|
G:|-------------7---|-----------------|-------------5---|-------------5---|
D:|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------------|---7-------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
E:|---6-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
when they wake up
Gm6 F
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---1-------------|
B:|--------3--------|-------------3---|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-------------3---|--------3--------|-------------2---|--------2--------|
D:|-----------------|---2-------------|--------3--------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|---3-------------|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|
they will find
G C
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------------|---1-------------|
G:|-------------0---|-----------------|-------------0---|-----------------|
D:|--------0--------|-----------------|--------2--------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|--------0----2---|---3-------------|-----------------|
E:|---3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
all their personal belongings have
Bbmaj7 Am7
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|---0-------------|
B:|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------1---|-----------------|
G:|--------2--------|-----------------|--------0--------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|---1-------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
in - - - - ter - twined
Gm6
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
G:|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-----------------|
D:|--------2--------|--------2--------|--------2--------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|---3-------------|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
Woa Woa Woa Woa
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---3-------------|---1-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|---1-------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------------------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|----------------(%)----------------|
D:|------------3----|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
E:|---1-------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
war were
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---3-------------|---2-------------|---1-------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
dining with the power élite and they looked in their
Bbmaj7
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|---1-------------|
B:|-----------------|--------3--------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-------------2---|-------------2---|-------------2---|--------2--------|
D:|--------3--------|-----------------|--------3--------|-------------3---|
A:|---1-------------|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
bedroom drawer and
Gm6 F6/A
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
G:|-------------3---|-----------------|-------------5---|-------------5---|
D:|--------2--------|--------2--------|--------3--------|--------3--------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|---3-------------|-----------------|---5-------------|-----------------|
what do you think they had hidden away in the
Bb6 G/B
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---8---------8---|
G:|-------------7---|--------7--------|-------------7---|--------7--------|
D:|--------7--------|---5-------------|--------5--------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|---6-------------|-----------------|---7-------------|-----------------|
cabinet cold of their hearts
F/B Am7
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---0-------------|
B:|-----------------|---6-------------|------------1----|-----------------|
G:|-------------5---|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|
D:|--------7--------|-----------------|------2----------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
E:|---7-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
The Penguins
Em7 F (strum up) C (strum up) F
e:|-----------[12]--|---1-------------|---0-------------|-----------------|
B:|---------[12]----|---1-------------|---1-------------|-------------1---|
G:|-------[12]------|---2-------------|---0-------------|--------2--------|
D:|-----[12]--------|---3-------------|---2-------------|---3-------------|
A:|-----------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
E:|--[12]-----------|---1-------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
The Moonglows The Orioles The Five Satins for now and
C Bb C Bbmaj7
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-------------1---|-------------3---|-------------1---|-----------------|
G:|--------0--------|--------3--------|--------0--------|-------------2---|
D:|---2-------------|---0-------------|-----------------|--------3--------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|---1-------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
ever after as it was before
Bbmaj7 Eb7,9 Dm7
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|---3-------------|-----------------|---6-------------|-------------6---|
G:|--------2--------|-------------6---|-----------------|--------5--------|
D:|-------------3---|--------5--------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|---6-------------|--------6--------|---5-------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Rene and
Dm7 C Bb6
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------1---|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|--------3--------|
G:|--------%--------|-----------------|--------3--------|---0-------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|---3-------------|---1-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Georgette Magritte ... after the war
F/A Gm6
e:|--------1--------|-------------1---|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-------------1---|--------1--------|--------3--------|-------------3---|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|--------3--------|
D:|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|---2-------------|
A:|---0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
F Bb6
e:|-----------------|---1-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-------------1---|-----------------|--------6--------|-------------6---|
G:|--------2--------|--------2--------|-------------7---|--------7--------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---5-------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|---1-------------|-----------------|---6-------------|-----------------|
F/A C7
e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|--------6--------|-------------6---|-----------------|---5-------------|
G:|-------------5---|--------5--------|-------------3---|--------3--------|
D:|-----------------|---7-------------|--------5--------|-------------5---|
A:|---0-------------|-----------------|---3-------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F (strum up)
e:|-----------------|---1------1------|
B:|---------------1-|----------1------|
G:|-----------2-----|----------2------|
D:|-------3---------|----------3------|
A:|---3-------------|----------3------|
E:|-----------------|----------1------|
Lyrics:
Rene and Georgette Magritte,
With their dog after the war,
Returned to their hotel suite,
And they unlocked the door.
Easily losing their evening clothes,
They danced by the light of the moon,
To The Penguins, The Moonglows,
The Orioles, and The Five Satins,
The deep forbidden music,
They'd been longing for,
Rene and Georgette Magritte,
With their dog after the war.
Rene and Georgette Magritte,
With their dog after the war,
Were strolling down Christopher Street,
When they stopped in a men's store,
With all of the mannequins dressed in the style,
That brought tears to their immigrant eyes.
Just like The Penguins, The Moonglows,
The Orioles, and The Five Satins,
The easy stream of laughter,
Flowing through the air,
Rene and Georgette Magritte,
With their dog après la guerre.
Side by side,
They fell asleep.
Decades gliding by like Indians,
Time is cheap.
When they wake up they will find,
All their personal belongings,
Have intertwined.
Woa, Woa, Woa, Rene and Georgette Magritte,
With their dog after the war,
Were dining with the power élite,
And they looked in their bedroom drawer.
And what do you think,
They had hidden away,
In the cabinet cold of their hearts?
The Penguins, The Moonglows,
The Orioles, and The Five Satins.
For now and ever after,
As it was before,
Rene and Georgette Magritte,
With their dog after the war.