Artist: Carly Simon
Song: You're so vain
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd June 2013
Tuning: Standard
I've based this tab more on the hit single version, with the more jazzy
extended chords suggested in the full arrangement, rather than the
simpler guitar chords Carly uses to play live.
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(Son of a gun!)
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----0-h3------0-h3-------------|------0-h3------0-h3-----|
E|--5---------5--------5----------|--5---------5---------5--|
Am Am7 Am Am/G
||: / / /__/ /__/ | / / /__/ /__/ :|| (Twice)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Am Am7 Am Am/E Am/G
| / / /__/ /__/ | / / /__/ /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am
You walked in - to the party... like you were walking on - to a yacht,
Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am
Your hat, stra - tegically dipped be - low one eye,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
Your scarf it was an a - pri - cot,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
You had one eye in the mirror as... you watched yourself ga - votte,
(C4) (C) G F (F6)
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your part - ner,
F (F6) F
They'd be your part - ner, and...
C Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 (Fmaj9) (Fmaj9) G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
(G13) (G13)
Don't you, don't you?
^ ^
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am
Oh, you had me...several years a - go, when I was still quite nai - ve,
Asus2 Am7 Am Am7 Am
Well, you said that we make such a pretty pair,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
And that you would nev - er leave,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F C
But you gave a - way the things you loved, and one of them was me,
(C4) (C) G F (F6)
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
F (F6) F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
C Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 (Fmaj9) (Fmaj9) G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
(G13) (G13) (G13)
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^ ^ ^
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/carly_simon/youre_so_vain_crd_ver_5.html ]
Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am
| / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | / / / / | / / /___/ / |
Am Asus2 Am Am Asus2 Am F Fadd9 F Am Asus2 Am
| / / /___/ / | / / /___/ / | / / / / | / / /___/ / |
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
C G F (F6)
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my cof - fee,
F (F6) F
Clouds in my cof - fee, and...
C Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 (Fmaj9) (Fmaj9) G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
(G13) (G13)
Don't you, don't you?
^ ^
Am7 Am Am7 Am F Fadd9 F Am
Well, I hear you went up to Sarato - ga, and your horse natural - ly won,
Asus2 Am Am7 Am Am7 Am
Then...you...flew your Lear jet up to Nova Sco - tia,
F Fadd9 F Am Asus2
To see the total e - clipse of the sun,
Fmaj7 G Em7 Am7 F
Well, you're where you should be all the time, and when you're not,
C (C4) (C) G F (F6)
You're with...some un - der world spy, or the wife of a close friend,
F (F6) F
Wife of a close friend, and...
C Dm7 C
You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you,
C/B Am Fmaj9 (Fmaj9) (Fmaj9) G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
(G13) (G13) (G13)
Don't you, don't you, don't you now?
^ ^ ^
C Dm7 C
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
C Dm7 C
||: You're so vain, you probably think this song is a - bout you! :||(Repeat)
(Live coda)
C/B Am Fmaj9 (Fmaj9) (Fmaj9) G13
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is a - bout you,
(You're so vain!) ^ ^ ^ ^
(G13) (G13) (G13) Am
Don't you, don't you, don't you?
^ ^ ^
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Am = x02210 Asus2 = x02200 Fmaj9 = xx3553
Am7 = x02010 G = 355433 C4 = x33010
Am/G = 302210 Em7 = 022030 Dm7 = xx0211
Am/E = 002210 Fmaj7 = 133210 C/B = x2x010
F = xx3211 F6 = xx3231 G13 = 323000
Fadd9= xx3213 C = x32010
^ = emphasise the beat
