Here is Willie Nelson and Simon performing American Tune from Nelson’s CD, Across the Borderline. The performance appears on the CD, Concert in Central Park.
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F G C G D G Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day, F C G E And I'm trying to get some rest, Dm C G C That's all I'm trying, to get some rest. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel performed Simon’s song, American Tune, at their famous free concert in Central Park on September 19, 1981. 1 It has also been recorded by the London Pops Orchestra and Joe Chindamo. It has since been released on several Simon & Garfunkel compilation albums. F G F C Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, F G E E7 You can be forever blessed. ' So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright ' is a song written by Paul Simon that was originally released on Simon & Garfunkel s 1970 album Bridge over Troubled Water. C F C Dm C G E We come in the age's most uncertain hours, Am E7 Am And sing the American Tune. C F C Dm C G E We come on the ship they call the Mayflower, Am E7 Am We come on the ship that sailed the moon. C And I dreamed I was flying, G Am And high up above my eyes could clearly see G The Statue of Liberty, F C G Sailing away to sea, C And I dreamed I was flying. Dm C G C I can't help it I wonder what has gone wrong C And I dream I was dying, G Am I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly, G F C G And looking back down at me smiled reassuringly. F G C G D G Still when I think of the road we're traveling on, G F C G E I wonder what's gone wrong. F G F C Oh, but It's alright, It's alright, F G E E7 For we lived so well so long. F G C G D G Still, you don't expect to be bright and bonvivant, F C G E Dm C G C So far away from home, So far away from home C F C Dm C G E I don't know a soul whose not been battered, Am E7 Am I don't have a friend who feels at ease, C F C Dm C G E I don't know a dream whose not been shattered, Am E7 Am Or driven to its knees. F G F C Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright, F G E E7 I'm just weary to my bones. American Tune first appeared on There Goes Rhymin Simon (1973), Simons second solo album following the breakup of Simon and Garfunkel. C F C Dm C G E Yes, and I've often felt forsaken, Am E7 Am And certainly misused. So in celebration of this great song and songwriter at this moment in our history, here’s a voyage through many performances of this singular song, as performed by Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, and many others.C F C Dm C G E Many's the time I've been mistaken, Am E7 Am And many times confuse. Many other artists have recorded and performed the song, including Elvis Costello (as The Imposter), Eva Cassidy, The Indigo Girls, Dave Matthews, Kurt Elling, and many others. “Wish I could’ve gotten to this song before the two of us split,” Artie said before they performed it together at Madison Square Garden in 2003. It might surpass the studio version as the definitive version of this song. It certainly has powerful lyrics that don. They sang it together in their famous Concert in Central Park, which remains one of the most beautiful performances of the song ever, as half a million New Yorkers stood there in Central Park, close to where a makeshift hospital of tents now stands. ANNE L SAID: 'I have only discovered an American Tune in the past 2 or 3 years - about time of original article. Paul’s performed it live many times, both solo and with his old friend Art Garfunkel. But that spirit is captured, and it’s beautiful to hear it in process, before all the pieces were in place. The melody is in place, as is the famous bridge and most of the first verses. While working on it, he made an acoustic demo of it, which is included below. Simon wrote and recorded it for his second solo album, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon in 1973. “Stay safe everyone,” he says at the end. And a nation turned its lonely eyes to this songwriter again. In his eyes you see the disbelief and anguish which has swept through this country. And there’s our old friend, and the sound of his gentle voice and his guitar, sounds which have comforted us for decades.
On March 19, Simon posted a video in which he performs it, solo. It was stunning back in 1973, and yet speaks to this American moment better than just about any other song. Few songs do this with the pointed poetics of this song. There are songs which resonate powerfully when first we hear them, yet continue to expand with meaning and poignance through the passing years. We come on the ship they call the Mayflower Simon & Garfunkel - An American Tune (Letra e msica para ouvir) - Manys the time Ive been mistaken / And many times confused / Yes, and often felt. Paul Simon’s Song for the Age’s Most Uncertain Hour Featuring Simon’s new performance of it for this crisis, “American Tune Til Further Notice,” his unfinished 1973 demo of the song, Simon & Garfunkel’s Central Park Performance, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint and more.
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