The Late Great Johnny Ace Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays359

The Late Great Johnny Ace by Paul Simon is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bbmaj7, E, A, A7, D, G/D, D/A, D7, G, C7, Bm7, Em, F#, B7sus2, Gmaj7, Em7 and G/A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
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INTRO 
  Bbmaj7  E        Bbmaj7  E        Bbmaj7  E        Bbmaj7  E 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
d|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-----------0-|--0-------------| 
A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------| 
F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------| 
C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------| 
G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------| 
D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------| 

verse 1 and 2 (= 2 times) 
  Bbmaj7  E        Bbmaj7  E        Bbmaj7  E        A       A7 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
d|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-------------|----------------| 
A|3---3-------0---|3---3-----------|3---3-------0---|2-3-5-3-2---2---| 
F|2-----2-1-2-----|2-----2-1-------|2-----2-1-2-----|2-------0-------| 
C|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------|--------2-------| 
G|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|0-------0-------| 
D|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------| 
  D   G/D D/A D7   G        C7      Bm7      Em      F# 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
d|2---3---2-------|--------|0---0-----------|--0---0---------| 
A|3---0---3---3---|0---0---|1---1---3---3---|----4-----3-2-3-| 
F|2---0-0-2-2-5---|0---0---|3---3---2---2---|0------(3)------| 
C|0---0-------0---|--0---0-|2-------4-------|2------(4)------| 
G|--------0-------|--------|3-------2-------|----------------| 
D|----------------|3-------|----------------|0-------2-------| 
  B7sus2  Gmaj7    Bm7     Em7      A 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 +  
d|----------------|----2-----------|------------| 
A|2-3-2-3-------3-|--3---3---3---3-|3-2---2-----| 
F|2-----------4---|--2---------0---|2---4-------| 
C|4---------4-----|--4-------2-----|2-----------| 
G|2---------------|2---------------|0--------(0)| 
D|--------3-------|--------0-------|------------| 
                                             (to MIDDLE PART only) 
MIDDLE PART 
     A7(no3rd)        A7(no3rd)        A7(no3rd)        A7(no3rd)
 D/A     D/A  G/A D/A     D/A  G/A D/A     D/A  G/A D/A     D/A  G/A 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
d|----------------|------------0---|----------------|----------------| 
A|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3----3--|3---5---3---0---|3---5---3---0---| 
F|----------------|--------------X-|----------------|----------------| 
C|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4-------|4---5---4---0---|4---5---4---0---| 
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
     A7(no3rd)

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

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