Studio Version Lyrics: When you're weary Feeling small When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all I'm on your side When times get rough And friends.
Simon & Garfunkel's official audio for 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'. As featured on The Essential Simon & Garfunkel. Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down.
Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records. Following the duo's soundtrack for The Graduate, Art Garfunkel took an acting role in the film Catch-22, while Paul Simon worked on the songs, writing all tracks except Felice and Boudleaux Bryant's "Bye Bye Love" (previously a hit for the Everly Brothers).
Bridge over Troubled Water is the titular song of Simon & Garfunkel’s album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, which was released in 2008. This song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and reigned at the top chart for six continuous weeks. Bridge over Troubled Water also topped the adult contemporary chart in the . The single has sold 6 million copies worldwide
Bridge over Troubled Water (song). Bridge over Troubled Water" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, the song was released as the follow-up single to "The Boxer" in January 1970. The song is featured on their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Composed by singer-songwriter Paul Simon, the song is performed on piano and carries the influence of gospel music.
Bridge Over Troubled Water was one of the biggest-selling albums of its decade, and it hasn't fallen too far down on the list in years since. Apart from the gospel-flavored title track, which took some evolution to get to what it finally became, however, much of Bridge Over Troubled Water also constitutes a stepping back from the music that Simon & Garfunkel had made on Bookends - this was mostly because the creative partnership that had formed the body and the motivation for the duo's four prior. albums literally consumed itself in the making of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
C F C When you're weary, feeling small, F Bb F C F C F C F When tears are in your eyes, i will dry them all; C G Am G F C I'm on your side. when times get rough C7 F D G And friends just can't be found, C7 F F C. A7sus A7 F Like a bridge over troubled wa-ter. E7 Am I will lay me down. C7 F F C A7sus A7 F Like a bridge over troubled wa-ter. G9 G7 C I will lay me down. When you're down and out
Cecilia (Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970) - Simon and Garfunkel. 09. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (1972). Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel cover) - Ion Vanescu & His Orchestra. Bridge Over Troubled Water (cover Simon and Garfunkel) - Bonnie Tyler. Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel Cover) - Johnny Cash. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel cover) - Munich Symphonic Sound Orchestra. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel cover) - Александр Градский.
Simon & Garfunkel released 'Bridge Over Troubled Water,' their final album together, on Jan. 26, 1970. The album's arrangements were no less eclectic. With a restless Simon charting their musical path, the duo covered wide swaths of ground on Bridge, starting with the gospel-kissed tones of the title track and continuing through Peruvian folk music ("El Condor Pasa"), Latin jazz ("So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright") and a touch of reggae ("Why Don't You Write.
Tracklist
A | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 4:52 |
B | Cecilia | 2:55 |
Credits
- Written-By – P. Simon*
Notes
Originalaufnahmen 1969.Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Other (Rights Society): GEMA
- Other (Label Code): LC 0149
Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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13-33187 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water / Cecilia (7", RE) | Columbia | 13-33187 | US | Unknown |
CBS S 5739 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water / Cecilia (7") | CBS | CBS S 5739 | Germany | 1977 |
13-33187 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water / Cecilia (7", Single, RE) | Columbia | 13-33187 | US | Unknown |
4-33187 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water (7", RE) | Columbia | 4-33187 | Canada | Unknown |
13-33187 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water / Cecilia (7", RE) | Columbia | 13-33187 | US | Unknown |