Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

Paul Simon included this tune in his first solo album, which came out in 1972. Don't try too hard to decipher the exact plot, as Simon called the song "a bit of inscrutable doggerel." That didn't stop the song from working its way into several movies and TV shows! Most of this key-of D arrangement is fingerpicked in the Travis style, with the thumb alternating bass notes throughout the tune - except for the strumming sections in the intro and at the end of the chorus. The fingerpicking pattern in the first bar of the verse is maintained through most of the tune. It all takes place in the first few frets except for one partial, three-finger G chord up at the 10th fret, during the instrumental version of the verse.