Level: 2/3
Tuning: Standard

The title song of Simon and Garfunkel's fifth album, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" became their biggest hit in several countries. It's one of the best-selling singles of all time and one of the most performed songs of the century; when both Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin cover your song, you know you've got something substantial. Partly inspired by a gospel tune, it has a gospel feel, musically and lyrically. This fingerstyle version in G is driven by arpeggios (i.e. playing the individual notes of a chord, ascending or descending) which occur in a few loose patterns; a look at the tablature reveals a fairly consistent pattern during the verse and a different pattern during the chorus. There are several moveable jazz chords in the arrangement that enhance the emotional/gospel feel of the tune.