How to play Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel

Tutorial for Scarborough Fair (by Simon & Garfunkel). Played with capo on 7th fret. Verse (parts 1 - 4 in annotations) is repeated 5 times through the song.

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Capo on 7th fret.

Intro:
|---0--------------|---0--------------|-------------------|
|------------3-----|------------3-----|---0---------------|
|------0--------0--|------0--------0--|------0------------|
|---------4--------|---------4--------|-------------------|
|0-----------------|5-----------------|3-----------2------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

(x2)
|---0--------------|---0--------------|
|------------3-----|------------0-----|
|------0--------0--|------2--------2--|
|---------4--------|---------2--------|
|0-----------------|0-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|


Verse part 1
|---0--------------|---0--------------|-------------------|---0--------------|--­-0--------------|
|------------3-----|------------0-----|0--------1--0------|------------3-----|--­----------0-----|
|------0--------0--|------2--------2--|---0-----------0---|------0--------0--|--­----2--------2--|
|---------4--------|---------2--------|------0--2--0------|---------4--------|--­-------2--------|
|0-----------------|0-----------------|-------------------|0-----------------|0-­----------------|
|------------------|------------------|3------------------|------------------|--­----------------|


Part 2
|---0--------------|---0---------------|0-----2-----------|
|------------1-----|------------1------|------------3-----|
|------0--------0--|------0--------0---|---0-----2-----2--|
|---------2--------|---------2---------|------0-----0-----|
|3-----------------|0------------------|3-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|

(x2)
|---0--------------|---0--------------|
|------------3-----|------------0-----|
|------0--------0--|------2--------2--|
|---------4--------|---------2--------|
|0-----------------|0-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|


Part 3
|---0---------------|---0--------------|0-----------------|------------------|--­-----------------|
|-------------------|------------1-----|------3-----1-----|0-----------1--0--|1-­----0------------|
|------2------------|------0--------0--|---0-----0-----0--|---0-----0-----0--|--­----0------------|
|---------2---------|---------2--------|------------------|------0-----2--0--|2-­----0------------|
|0-----------0--2---|3-----------------|3-----2-----0-----|------------------|--­-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|3-----------------|--­----------3------|


Part 4
|---0--------0-----|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|0-----------1-----|0-----0^1^0-------|
|------2--------2--|---0-----0-----0--|---0------------0-|
|---------2--------|------0-----2-----|0-----0^2^0-------|
|0-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|3-----------------|-------------3----|


Outro
|---0--------------|---0--------------|-------------------|-------------(12)-|
|------------3-----|------------3-----|---0---------------|----------(x)-----|
|------0--------0--|------0--------0--|------0------------|------------------|
|---------4--------|---------4--------|-------------------|------------------|
|0-----------------|5-----------------|3-----------2------|0-----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|


^ = hammer-on / pull-off
( ) = harmonics

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[green66vw]

You are a great teacher,with no words at all.Ive been wanting to learn this song for years.Ive dabbled in it,but tonight ive got it pretty good cause of you, man.I hope you see my comment and just know that a total stranger helped somebody out.We should all try to be that way,when we can.Thanks.

[flamingnostrils]

@green66vw Wow, thanks a lot! I'm happy to hear the video has been helpful. I've watched tons of tutorials myself and learned so much about playing guitar on Youtube, that I'm glad to give something back to the community :) Thanks again for your feedback!

[Joneshing]

@flamingnostrils This is a million times more helpful than many of the tutorials out there, and you anticipate the problems noobs like myself would have following along. One question: Whats's the picking pattern in part 3?

[flamingnostrils]

@Joneshing Thanks for your comment!

I added my tab for the song to the description, just be sure to copy/paste it to notepad or something and change the font (e.g. Lucida or Courier work fine) to view it properly.

[jomarc10]

Thanks, that's a rap. Clear fingering for video.

Can you tell us what's the mak of the capo - is the capo capable of moving, looks like same as Sungha Jung in Theme to Titanic where he moves it half way through the tune. Any idea? Thanks.

[flamingnostrils]

@jomarc10 Thanks, I'm glad it helped.

Mine's just a basic Shubb capo, model C1. Not really movable like that during a song.

[Indy1803]

Not perfect, but really nice =)

[CrazyFreerunner]

I have seen many tutorials and this one is really the best fucking tutorial Ive ever came across. I wish you much wonderful, good sir : ) Thankyou so much for the effort in making this!

[TDS4UT]

Hopefully this video will help me get all the parts. Still a work in progress for me. Thanks.

[Foobishay]

Thank you !