Arr. Eva Cassidy, tab Matt Morrow

1) Blues Alley Version

Open, no capo

Eva plays this on a clean electric guitar, but she also played it on her 
acoustic, for instance at Pearl's (see No. 2 below). Because of the other 
instruments on this recording it is not always possible to determine exactly 
what Eva plays. However, though not completely accurate, the present tab is 
close enough to let you emulate the way Eva plays. Only the intro is tabbed 
since the rest of the song uses basically the same picking pattern and Eva 
seems to be simply strumming through much of the song.

    C                  F                      C                 F
-------0-------------------1--------------------0----------------------1--
-------1-----1-------------1------------------1------1---1-------------1--
-----0---------0---------2------2-----------0------------------------2----
---2------2------------3------3---3----0h2----------0h2--0---------3------
-3-------------------3------------------3-------------------3-------------
-------------------1-------1-------------------------------------1--------

            C     F         C     F
When you're weary  feeling small

               C        F            C          F   C  
When tears are in your eyes  I will dry them all

          G-Gsus-G                      C      C7
I'm on your side    Oh  when times get rough

                  F   D/F#    G
And friends just can't    be found

       F           C  C/B Am  G   
Like a bridge over troubled water 

F       G      C
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
Oh when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All  your dreams are on their way 
See how they shine
Oh if you need a friend
I'm standing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down


2) Live At Pearl's Version (from bootleg)

Open, no capo

    Csus2                   F
-----------3------------------------1-----------
-3---------3------1-----1--------1--------1-----
--------5---------3-----2-----2-----------2-----
-----5---------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3--
-3----------------------------------------------
------------------------1-----------------------

    Csus2                      F                        Csus2
-----------3--3------------------------1-----------------------3-----------
-3---------3--3------1--------------1----------------3---------3-----1-----
--------5------------3-----2-----2--------------------------5--------3-----
-----5------------3-----3-----3--------------------------5--------3-----3--
-3---------------------------------------------------3---------------------
---------------------------1-----------------------------------------------
                                         When you're weary

      F                       Csus2                      F
--------------1---------------------------------------------------------------
-1---------1--------1------3---------3------------1-----1------------2-----1--
--------2-----------2-------------5--------5------3-----2------2-----2-----2--
-----3-----------3-----3-------5--------5------3-----3------2-----2-----2-----
---------------------------3--------------------------------------------------
-1------------------------------------------------------1------------------1--
                   Feeling small                                when tears are

      Csus4                   F                    Gsus2          F            
--------3-----------3------------------1---------------------------------------
--------3-----------3-----1---------1--------1------1-------------1------------
-5---------5--4------------------2-----------2-------------0-------------2-----
-----5-----------5------------3-----------3-----3-------2-----2-------3-----3--
-3---------3--3--------0-------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------1-------------------------3-------------1------------
 in                  your   eyes             I will dry them      all       I'm

      C                        G                     G7        
-------0---------------------------------------------1------------------------
-1-----1-----1-----1------0------------0h1------------------------1-----3-----
---------------------------------0----------0-----0--------0------------------
----2--------0-----2----------0-----0--0h2-----2--------0-----0------0-----0--
-3--------3-----3-----3-------------------------------------------0-----2-----
--------------------------3-------------0------------3------------------------
            on     your   side                       Oh when     times get 

   C        Cmaj7          C7           G             G     D7/F#
-------------------0-----3-----3-----3-----3------1-----1-----2-----2-----
-1-----------0-----0-----3-----3-----3-----3------1-----1-----1-----1-----
-------0--------------------3-----3-----3-----3------2-----2-----2-----2--
----2-----2-----2-----2---------------------------------------------------
-3-----------------------3------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------3------------1-----------2-----------
 rough                           and pain is      all              a - 

     G                         F                      
-------3-----3-----------------1------------------------------------------
-------0-----0-----------1-----1-----1-----1------1-----1-----1-----1-----
----0-----0-----------0--------------------2------------------------------
----------------------------3-----3-----3-----3------2-----0-----2-----2--
--------------------------------------------------3-----2-----0-----------
-3-----------3-----2-----1-----------1------------------------------3-----
 round       like  a     bridge            o -ver trou  bled  water  

  F                     Csus2                      F
--------------------------------3--------------------1--1---------------
-1-------0------------3---------3-----1-----1--------1--1-----1---------
---------------0-------------5--------3-----2-----2-----------2---------
------------0-------------5--------3-----3-----3-----------3-----3------
----------------------3-------------------------------------------------
-1-------3----------------------------------1---------------------------
  I will lay       me down

    Csus2                F
-----------3------------------------1--
-3---------3------1--------------1-----
--------5---------3-----------2--------
-----5---------3-----3-----3-----------
-3-------------------------------------
------------------------1--------------

The rest of the song uses the same chords, but a lot of it she strums 
with the backs of her fingernails.  There is a small change at the very end:

-------1-------------3------------0-----------------3---------
-1-----1-------0-----0------1-----1-----------------0---------
--------------------------------------------------------------
----3------3------0-----0------2-----2-----------0-----0------
----------------------------0-----------0---------------------
-1-------------3------------------------------3------------0--
        I will lay me       down

-------1------------3--------------------------------
-1-----1------0-----0-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1--
-2------------0-----------------------------------2--
----3-----3------0-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----
--------------------------3-----2-----0--------------
-1------------3-----------------------------3-----1--
 bridge       over        troubled water             I  will 

------3--
-----0---
----0----
---0-----
--2------
-3------- (repeat intro verse picking here and end on a strummed C)
 lay          me down