America

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Simon & Garfunkel

Version
studio
published by
frank78
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
[Capo on 2]
Chords
	 
[Intro]
C C/B Am G F Fsus4 F
Mmm mmmm mmm mmm mmm x2
[Verse]
C C/B Am
Let us be lovers we'll marry our
Am/G F Fsus4 F
fortunes together
Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together
C C/B Am
I've got some real estate here in my
Am
bag
I've got some real estate here in my bag
Em7 A7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes
Em7 A7
and Mrs. Wagner's pies
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies
D C G
And walked off to look for
C C/B Am G F Fsus4 F
America
And walked off to look for America
[Verse]
C C/B Am
Cathy I said as we boarded a
Am/G F
Greyhound in Pittsburgh
Fsus4 F
Cathy I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C C/B Am
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
Am
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G
It took me four days to hitchhike
from Saginaw
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
D G D Cmaj7 C
I've gone to look for America
[Bridge]
Bbmaj7 Cmaj7
Laughing on the bus, playing games
with the faces
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Bbmaj7
She said the man in the gabardine
Cmaj7
suit was a spy
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
Fmaj7
I said be careful his bowtie is
really a
C C/B Am G Am/F# F
camera
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera
[Verse]
C C/B Am
Toss me a cigarette I think there's
Am/G F Fsus4 F
one in my raincoat
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
C C/B Am
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Am
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Em7 A7
So I looked at the scenery, she
Em7 A7
read her magazine
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
D C G C C/B
And the moon rose over an o-pen
Am G F Fsus4 F
field
And the moon rose over an o-pen field
[Verse]
C C/B Am Am/G
Cathy I'm lost I said though I knew
F Fsus4 F
she was sleeping
Cathy I'm lost I said though I knew she was sleeping
C C/B Am
I'm empty and aching and I don't know
Am
why
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
G
Counting the cars on the New Jersey
Turnpike
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
D G D Cmaj7
They've all come to look for America
They've all come to look for America
D G D Cmaj7
All come to look for America
D G D Cmaj7
All come to look for America
[Outro]
C
C/B Am G Dm Dm/C G7 (walk down pluck)