The best-known recording of this song is the Art Garfunkel version; this tab is
transcribed from a combination of the acoustic version Jimmy Webb recorded with
Linda Ronstadt and the Five for Fighting version from the "Chicken Little"
soundtrack.
A couple things:
1. Watch out for the third verse -- the chords are slightly different than the first two.
2. YMMV, but I think the bridge sounds best using the following chord variations:
G Bm7 Cmaj7 D7sus4 D Gadd9 G/D B7/D# Em Am7 Am7/D
e| 3 7 3 5 5 5 3 5 7 5 5
B| 0 7 5 8 7 3 3 4 8 5 5
G| 0 7 4 5 7 4 4 4 9 5 5
D| 0 7 5 5 7 5 5 4 9 5 5
A| 2 9 3 5 5 x 5 6 7 7 5
E| 3 7 x x x x x x x 5 x
INTRO
G D Em |D7sus4 D7 G C/E|G G/B Cadd9 |
D7sus4 D7 G|Gadd9 D/A Cadd9/A G|Cmaj7 Dsus4 D |
Cadd9 G/D |C D C/E|G Am7|
VERSE 1
G D Em D7sus4 D7 Gadd9
I bruise you, you bruise me.
G G/B C G/B Dsus4 D G
We both bruise too eas - i - ly,
D G C Dsus4 D Cadd9
Too eas-i-ly to let it show.
G/B Am/D
I love you, and that's
Cmaj7 D7 G D/C C G D/C C
All I know.
VERSE 2
G D Em D7sus4 D7 Gadd9
All my plans have fallen through.
G G/B C G/B Dsus4 D G
All my plans depend on you,
D G C Dsus4 D Cadd9
Depend on you to help them grow.
G/B Am/D
I love you, and that's
Cmaj7 D7 G D/C C
All I know.
BRIDGE
G Bm7 Cmaj7 D7sus4 D Gadd9
When the singer's gone, let the song go on.
Cmaj7 G/D B7/D# Em
It's a fine line between the darkness and the dawn.
Cmaj7 G/D Am7 Am7/D D7sus4
In the darkest night there's a light beyond.
VERSE 3
G D Em Dsus4 G
But the ending always comes at last,
G/B C Dsus4 D G
Endings always come too fast.
D G C Am7/D D Cadd9
They come too fast, but they pass too slow.
G/D Am7/D B7sus4 B7
I love you and that's all,
Em D C
It's really all I know.
D G Bm7 Cmaj7 Am7/D
It's all I know,
Em Bm/D Cadd9 D7sus4
It's all I know,
G D Em Dsus4 D7 Gadd9 C/E
It's all I know.
OUTRO
Gadd9 G/B C |G/D D7 G