America Chords

by Simon & Garfunkel
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: 2nd fret
Author Pencom [a] 30,860.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jul 9, 2024
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Chords

C
Am
F
Am7
Em
A7
D
G
Cmaj7
Bb
Fmaj7
Dm
G7

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America chords
Simon and Garfunkel  1968
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(Simon_%26_Garfunkel_song)
 
Capo II
 
C       Am   C       F     C       Am     C     F
Ooh ooh ooh  a ooh a ooh,  ooh ooh ooh  a ooh a ooh
C                       Am        C          F
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
C                         Am         Am7
I've got some real-estate here in my bag
Em                     A7              Em          A7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs. Wagner pies
    D      C      G        C    Am  Am7  F
And walked off to look for America
 
C                  Am          C            F
Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg
C                     Am          Am7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G                                       Em
It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
    D    G       D         Cmaj7  C
And I've come to look for America
 
Bb                           C
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Bb                      C                    Am C
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
F                     Fmaj7              C   Am C Am    F
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera
 
C                     Am            C         F
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
C                         Am    Am7
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Em                 A7       Em           A7      Em
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
        D    C    G       C    Am   C  F
And the moon rose over an open field
 
C                 Am             C            F
Cathy I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
    C                      Am         Am7
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
G                                   Em
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
        D   G       D         Cmaj7
They've all come to look for America
        D   G       D         Cmaj7
They've all come to look for America
        D   G       D         Cmaj7  C
They've all come to look for America
 
C        Am  C     Dm  F G  G7
Do do do do-da-do, do do do do-da-do 2x
 
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shahar.daitch
Its not C Am C F Its C C/B Am Am7/G And the fade out is C C/B Am Am7/G Dm G7
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SwiftZeppelin96
Capo on 2
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Pencom
Thank you....yes....capo on 2. My mistake..thanks for the heads up... I've made the correction and resubmitted to UG.. Pencom Set8
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