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You're So Vain (Carly Simon Cover)

Tuning on album is somewhere between standard and one half-step down

Rhythm not shown on riffs

Intro riff:
e--x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x--
B--3--2-3--2-3--2-3-5-3-2--
G--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--
D--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--
A--x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x--
E--3--2-3--2-3--2-3-5-3-2--
 
Em* riff:      D* riff:            
e--0-0-0--     e--2-2-2--
B--0-0-0--     B--3-3-3--
G--0-0-0--     G--2-0-2--
D--2-0-2--     D--0-0-0--
A--2-0-2--     A--0-0-0--
E--0-0-0--     E--x-x-x--

Am* riff:      Dsus4* riff:
e--0-0-0--     e--3-2-0-2-3
B--1-1-1--     B--3-3-3-3-3
G--2-0-2--     G--2-2-2-2-2
D--0-0-0--     D--0-0-0-0-0
A--0-0-0--     A--0-0-0-0-0 
E--x-x-x--     E--x-x-x-x-x

Em*2 riff:
e--0---0-0---0-0--
B--0---0-0---0-0--
G--0---0-0---0-0--
D--4\2-2-0h2-2-0--
A--4\2-2-0h2-2-0--
E--0---0-0---0-0--

Chords:
G     320033
Em    022000
C     x32010
D     x00232
Cadd9 x32033
Am    x02210
Am7   x02010
Dsus4 x00233   

Intro riff x2

         Em                                  C              G
well you walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
         Em                                        C                G
your hat strategically dipped beneath one eye your scarf it was apricot
        Em      D      G      Em      C                  G
you had one eye on the mirror and you watched yourself a lot
            D                 Cadd9
and all the boys dreamed that they'd be your partner, they'd be your partner yeah


G Cadd9 G D Em* C D*

         Em                            C                   G
well you had me several years ago when i was still quite naive
        Em                                       C                    G
and you said that we made such a pretty pair and that you would never leave
        Em    D       G          Em        C               G
but you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
           D                 Cadd9
i had some dreams there were clouds in my coffee clouds in my coffee yeah


G Cadd9 G D Em* C D* Am7

       Em                                      C                    G
well i heard that you went off to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
             Em                                             C                    G
and then you chartered a lear jet to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
            Em     D         G         Em  C                      G
yeah you're always where you should be and when you're not you're with
                D           Cadd9 
some underworld spy or your best friend's boyfriend, best friend's boyfriend yeah

G Cadd9 G D Em* C D* Am*

G D G Cadd9 G D Em* Em*2 D Dsus4* G