Peggy-o Chords

KeyC Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays418

Peggy-o by Simon And Garfunkel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords C, C/B, C/A, G, F, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
 

Intro Riff (repeated after each verse): 

(Bass lead-in) 
e|-----------|--0---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------|-----3--1----------1----------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------|-----------0---2------0----2--2--0--------------------------------| 
D|-----------|---------------------------3--3--2--2-----------------------------| 
A|-----0--2--|------------------------------------3---2------0--2---------------| 
E|--3--------|----------------------------------------3---3---------------------| 

Verse Pattern: 

  (Walk down A string) 
   C  C/B     C/A  G  C  F  G 
As we marched down to Faneri-o 
   C          F       C  F  G 
As we marched down to Faneri-o 
    F              C           Em          Am 
Our captain fell n love with a lady like a dove 
                                       (Walk up the A string) 
         C      C/B C/A   G      C/A    C/B   C   (Repeat Intro Riff) 
And they called her name, pretty Peggy-o 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante