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From:_
[email protected]_(Kean,John) 
 
 
Born_At_The_Right_Time__-_Paul_Simon 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
From_"The_Rhythm_of_the_Saints" 
Transcribed_and_tabbed_by_John_Kean_(
[email protected]). 
 
 
Capo_1st_fret. 
4/4_time. 
 
 
 
 
INTRO: 
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VERSES: 
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_______Down_______among_________the__reeds______and__rushes 
 
 
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_______A__baby____boy_________was___found 
 
 
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__E 
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CHORUS: 
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________Never_been_lone-___ly_____________Never_been_lied____to 
 
 
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_____Never_had_to_scuffle_in_fear_________Nothing_denied____to 
 
 
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______Born_at_the_in-_____stant______The_church_bells_chime 
 
 
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___And_the_whole_world_whispering_______Born_at_the_right___time 
 
 
 
 
LYRICS: 
 
 
INTRO:_(as_tabbed) 
 
 
VERSE_1:_(as_tabbed) 
_Down_among_the_reeds_and_rushes 
_A_baby_boy_was_found 
_His_eyes_as_clear_as_centuries 
_His_silky_hair_was_brown 
 
 
CHORUS:_(as_tabbed) 
_Never_been_lonely 
_Never_been_lied_to 
_Never_had_to_scuffle_in_fear 
_Nothing_denied_to 
_Born_at_the_instant 
_The_church_bells_chime 
_And_the_whole_world_whispering 
_Born_at_the_right_time 
 
 
BRIDGE_1:_(first_four_bars_of_Intro_as_tabbed) 
 
 
VERSE_2:_(as_tabbed_x2) 
_Me_and_my_buddies_are_travelling_people 
_We_like_to_go_down_to_restaurant_row 
_Spend_those_Euro-dollars 
_All_the_way_from_Washington_to_Tokyo 
_I_see_them_in_the_airport_lounge 
_Upon_their_mothers_breast 
_They_follow_me_with_open_eyes 
_Their_uninvited_guest 
 
 
CHORUS:_(as_before) 
 
 
BRIDGE_2:_(repeat_last_four_bars_of_Chorus_(sing_"Ooh..."); 
___________then_first_four_bars_of_Intro) 
 
 
VERSE_3:_(as_tabbed_x2) 
_Too_many_people_on_the_bus_from_the_airport 
_Too_many_holes_in_the_crust_of_the_earth 
_The_planet_groans 
_Every_time_it_registers_another_birth 
_But_down_among_the_reeds_and_rushes 
_A_baby_girl_is_found 
_Her_eyes_as_clear_as_centuries 
_Her_silky_hair_is_brown 
 
 
CHORUS:_(as_before) 
 
 
ENDING:_(as_for_Bridge_2, 
_________then_repeat_first_two_bars_of_Intro_to_fade...) 
 
 
From:_Jean_Marc_Orliaguet_ 
Subject:_TAB_:_Born_at_the_Right_Time_(_Paul_Simon_) 
Date:_Sun,_18_Jun_1995_18:00:58_+0200_(MET_DST) 
 
 
 
 
______________________Born_at_the_Right_Time_(_Paul_Simon_) 
 
 
____________________From_The_Rhythm_of_the_Saints_album,_1990 
___________________(_Live_version_from_"MTV_Unplugged",_1992_) 
 
 
 
 
Transcribed_and_tabbed_by_Jean-Marc_Orliaguet 
(_
[email protected],_http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo_) 
 
 
Notes_:__Capo_5th_fret 
 
 
_________This_live_version_is_slightly_different_from_the_studio_track_: 
_________it_starts_with_the_chorus,_and_the_intro_is_more_finger-picked_... 
 
 
_________The_stressed_notes_are_marked_with_a_>_sign,_and_the_mute_notes 
_________with_an_x. 
 
 
Intro_: 
 
 
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Chorus_: 
 
 
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_________________Never_been____lone__-_____ly 
 
 
 
 
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_________________nothing___de_-__nied______to 
 
 
 
 
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_________________born_at_the____in__-___stant 
 
 
 
 
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Verse_: 
 
 
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_reeds__________________and_rush_-_es 
 
 
 
 
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Bridge_: 
 
 
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____his_eyes__as_______________clear 
 
 
 
 
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________as_centuries 
 
 
 
 
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_____________________________________________and_... 
 
 
Lyrics_: 
 
 
 
 
Down_among_the_reeds_and_rushes 
A_baby_boy_was_found 
His_eyes_as_clear_as_centuries 
His_silky_hair_was_brown 
 
 
Never_been_lonely 
Never_been_lied_to 
Never_had_to_scuffle_in_fear 
Nothing_denied_to 
Born_at_the_instant 
The_church_bells_chime 
And_the_whole_world_whispering 
Born_at_the_right_time 
 
 
Me_and_my_buddies_we_are_travelling_people 
We_like_to_go_down_to_restaurant_row 
Spend_those_Euro-dollars 
All_the_way_from_Washington_to_Tokyo 
I_see_them_in_the_airport_lounge 
Upon_their_mothers_breast 
They_follow_me_with_open_eyes 
Their_uninvited_guest 
 
 
Never_been_lonely 
Never_been_lied_to 
Never_had_to_scuffle_in_fear 
Nothing_denied_to 
Born_at_the_instant 
The_church_bells_chime 
And_the_whole_world_whispering 
Born_at_the_right_time 
 
 
Too_many_people_on_the_bus_from_the_airport 
Too_many_holes_in_the_crust_of_the_earth 
The_planet_groans 
Every_time_it_registers_another_birth 
 
 
But_among_the_reeds_and_rushes 
A_baby_girl_was_found 
Her_eyes_as_clear_as_centuries 
Her_silky_hair_was_brown 
 
 
Never_been_lonely 
Never_been_lied_to 
Never_had_to_scuffle_in_fear 
Nothing_denied_to 
Born_at_the_instant 
The_church_bells_chime 
And_the_whole_world_whispering 
Born_at_the_right_time 
 
 
 
 
________________
[email protected]___http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo 
 
 
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