Zephyr And I

Suzanne Vega

key:
D/A   C     G         C   
   Zephyr & I stand out on
D/A       C      G    C    D/A
West End Avenue
    C     G              C
Talking about the things that
D/A            C      G
All of us used to do

[Chorus]
(Acoustic guitar 2)
       A                               C
E|-----------0----------------|-----------0----------------| |
B|-----------------2----------|-----------------1----------| |
G|--------2-------------------|--------0-------------------| |
D|-----2----------------------|-----2----------------------| |
A|--0-------------------------|--3-------------------------| |
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| |
       G                                                    |  x2
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| |
B|----------------------------|----------------------------| |
G|-----------0----------------|----------------------------| |
D|--------0--------------0----|----------------------------| |
A|-----2-----------3----------|---2------------------------| |
E|--3-------------------------|----------------------------| |
(These measures are played in every chorus itteration)  

A           C                        G            A
   And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain
      C                     G       
The kids are gone but the souls remain

[Verse 2]
D/A   C     G          C
   Zephyr & I sort out our
D/A         C       G     C     D/A
Long term memories
   C       G        C 
Do you remember, he says,
    D/A        C       G     D/A 
The nineteen-seventies 

     C     G
This was a youth mall
   C   D/A       C           G   C   D/A     
Of A - merica on this street
    C       G           C 
All of us hanging here, like
D/A           C       G
Underage cops on a beat

[Chorus]
A           C                        G            A
   And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain
      C                     G            A
The kids are gone but the souls remain
        C                    G           A
The graffiti goes but the walls retain
       C                 G                 
The flowers go but the earth must still remain

[Bridge - part 1]
(The following measures on both guitar continue to play throughout the first part)

(Acoustic guitar 1)
E|-----------------0| >--------------------|-----------------0>--------------------||
B|-------------2| >------2>------2---------|-------------2>------2>------2---------||
G|---------2---------------2-------------|---------2---------------2-------------| |
D|-----2---------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------| |
A|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------| |
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
                                                                                  | x3
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
B|--------------3---------------3--------|--------------3---------------3--------| |
G|----------0---------------0------------|----------0---------------0------------| |
D|------0---------------0----------------|------0---------------0----------------| |
A|--3---------------2--------------------|--3---------------5--------------------| |
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |

E|-----------------0| >--------------------|-----------------0>--------------------|
B|-------------2| >------2>------2---------|-------------2>------2>------2---------|
G|---------2---------------2-------------|---------2---------------2-------------|
D|-----2---------------------------------|-----2---------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|--------------3---------------3--------|--------------3------------------------|
G|----------0---------------0------------|----------0----------------------------|
D|------0---------------0----------------|------0--------------------------------|
A|--3---------------2--------------------|--3------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------1/3---------------|

(Acoustic guitar 2)
E|-----------------5| >--------------------|-----------------5>--------------------||
B|-------------5-------5-------5---------|-------------5-------5-------5---------| |
G|---------7---------------7| >------------|---------7---------------7>------------||
D|-----7---------------------------------|-----7---------------------------------| |
A|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------| |
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
                                                                                  | x2
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
B|-------------5-----------5-------------|-------------5-----------5-------------| |
G|---------7-----------7-----------------|---------7-----------7-----------------| |
D|-----7-----------7---------------------|-----7-----------7---------------------| |
A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |

E|-----------------5| >--------------------|-----------------5>--------------------|
B|-------------5-------5-------5---------|-------------5-------5-------5---------|
G|---------7---------------7| >------------|---------7---------------7>------------|
D|-----7---------------------------------|-----7---------------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
                                                                                  
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|-------------5-----------5-------------|-------------5-------------------------|
G|---------7-----------7-----------------|---------7-----------------------------|
D|-----7-----------7---------------------|-----7---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

   A
In spring the tide in Riverside
     Csus2 G/B     Csus2      G5/D
Will wash away the cold and frozen
A
River rain will clean the stain and
Csus2  G/B Csus2         N.C
Wash away  wash away downstream

[Instrumental]

(Acoustic guitar 1)
(The solo plays thorough the whole second part of the bridge)
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | x5
A|----9/12-----------7--10-7-------------|-----0/5------------7--10-7------------| |
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
(The solo is accompanied by these chords: D C G C D. 
  Start playing them after the first repeat iteration.)

E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|----9/12-----------7--10-7-------------|-----0/5-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

[Bridge - part 2]
    C      G         C 
Out on the corner by the
D             C      G     C     D
Fireman's Monument
     C          G            C
This was the place where all the
D               C         G
Fatherless teenagers went

[Chorus]
A           C                        G            A
   And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain
      C                     G            A
The kids are gone but the souls remain
        C                    G           A
The graffiti goes but the walls retain
       C                 G                 
The flowers go but the earth must still remain