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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover — Drum Tab

by Paul Simon

98 BPM4/4Intermediate4 sections

Here's the main drum groove for 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon, transcribed by BeatFlow's AI at 98 BPM in 4/4. Tap open in studio to hear it, slow it down, loop any section and practice along — free.

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How to play it

Steve Gadd's famous intro is a syncopated snare and tom pattern that borrows from a New Orleans second-line march. Keep it loose and let the ghost notes breathe. In the verse, play the cross-stick on 2 and 4 against the syncopated kick.

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