America Chords
by Simon & Garfunkel572,293 views, added to favorites 8,134 times
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 2nd fret |
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[Intro]
C C/B Am G F Fsus4 F
Mmm mmmm mmm mmm mmm x2
[Verse 1]
C C/B Am Am/G F Fsus4 F
Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together
C C/B Am Am
I've got some real estate here in my bag
Em7 A7 Em7 A7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies
D C G C C/B Am G F Fsus4 F
And walked off to look for America
[Verse 2]
C C/B Am Am/G F Fsus4 F
Kathy I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C C/B Am Am
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G
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
Bbmaj7 Cmaj7
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
Fmaj7 C C/B Am G Am/F# F
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera
[Verse 3]
C C/B Am Am/G F Fsus4 F
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
C C/B Am Am
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Em7 A7 Em7 A7
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
D C G C C/B Am G F Fsus4 F
And the moon rose over an o-pen field
[Verse 4]
C C/B Am Am/G F Fsus4 F
Kathy I'm lost I said though I knew she was sleeping
C C/B Am Am
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
G
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
D G D Cmaj7
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
[Coda]
C C/B Am G Dm Dm/C G7 (walk down pluck)
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32 comments

I love this version. The chord changes sound great, especially if you finger pick it. Gets that folky feel.
+10

Ok, this one gets my vote. I don't think the chord changes are all in the right spot, but they sound good when I play it, and that's what counts.
+8

Ok, this one gets my vote. I don't think the chord changes are all in the right spot, but they sound good when I play it, and that's what counts.
+3
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