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You're So Vain

Carly Simon

RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am7×○○○
F
Fmaj7Diagram coming soon
G○○○
Em7○○○○○
C×○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G13Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Am7  
You walked into the party   
               F               Am7  
like you were walking onto a yacht;  
  
your hat strategic'lly dipped below one eye,  
       F                Am7  
your scarf, it was apricot.  
        Fmaj7    G      Em7    Am7   
You had one eye in the mirror as  
      F                 C  
you watched yourself gavotte   
  
and all the girls  
 G                  F    
dreamed that they'd be your partner,   
  
they'd be your partner and  
  
C  
you're so vain,   
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you, you're so vain.  
      Fmaj9                        G13  
I'll bet you think this song is about you.  
  
Don't you? Don't you?  
  
Am7  
You had me several years ago,  
      F                    Am7  
when I was still quite naive;  
  
well, you said that we make such a pretty pair,  
      F                    Am7  
and that you would never leave.  
         Fmaj7  G      Em7         Am7  
But you gave away the things you loved  
     F                C  
and one of them was me,   
  
I had some dreams,  
G               F    
they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee and  
 
C  
you're so vain,   
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you, you're so vain.  
      Fmaj9                        G13  
I'll bet you think this song is about you.  
  
Don't you? Don't you? 
 
Instrumental - Guitar Solo  
 
I had some dreams,  
G               F    
they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee and  
 
C  
you're so vain,   
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you, you're so vain.  
      Fmaj9                        G13  
I'll bet you think this song is about you.  
  
Don't you? Don't you? 
  
Am7  
Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga,   
       F                    Am7  
and your horse nat'rally won;  
  
then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia   
             F                   Am7  
to see the total eclipse of the sun.  
  
Well, you're where you should be all the time  
    F                        C     
and when you're not you're with some underworld spy  
G           F       
or the wife of a close friend, wife of a close friend and  
 
you're so vain,   
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you, you're so vain.  
      Fmaj9                        G13  
I'll bet you think this song is about you.  
  
Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? 
 
ou're so vain,   
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you 
 
you're so vain.  
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you,  
 
you're so vain.  
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you,  
 
you're so vain,   
     Dm7                               C                Am7  
you probb'ly think this song is about you 
 
Don't you? Don't you? Don't you?

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Chord set

Am7 · F · Fmaj7 · G · Em7 · C · Dm7 · G13

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.