America Chords

by Simon & Garfunkel
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: 2nd fret
Author KISS_Fan 1,383.
4 contributors total, last edit on Nov 13, 2023
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Chords

C
C/B
Am
C/G
F
Am7
Em7
A7
D
G
Am7/G
Cmaj7
Bbmaj7
Bb
Fmaj7
Am6
Dm
G7

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Capo: 2nd fret
Key: D
 
 
[Verse]
C    C/B Am C/G F         C  C/B  Am C/G F
Ooh ooh ooh, a ooh a ooh, ooh ooh ooh, a ooh a ooh
C         C/B            Am        C/G        F
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
C             C/B          Am           Am7
I've got some real estate here in my bag
Em7                     A7              Em7          A7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs. Wagner pies
Em7   D     C      G        C  C/B Am Am7/G F
And walked off to look for America
 
 
[Chorus]
C        C/B         Am          C/G            F
Kathy, I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C        C/B            Am            Am7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
Em7   D    G       D         Cmaj7 C
And I've come to look for America
 
 
[Bridge]
Bbmaj7           Bb             C
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Bbmaj7                                     C C/B Am C/G
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
F                       Fmaj7               C C/B Am C/G Am6 Fmaj7
I said be careful, his bowtie is really a camera
 
 
[Verse]
C         C/B          Am              C/G         F
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
C              C/B          Am    Am7
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Em7                  A7     Em7             A7
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
Em7       D   C   G         C  C/B   Am C/G F
And the moon rose over an open field
 
 
[Chorus]
C          C/B       Am             C/G            F
Kathy, I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
    C          C/B          Am           Am7
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
They've all come to look for America
        D   G       D        Cmaj7  C
They've all come to look for America
C   C/B   Am  C/G  Dm  F G  G7
Do do do do-da-do, do do do do-da-do (repeat and fade)
 
 
NOTE:  At the end of each C C/B Am C/G F chord progression, there
is a small but important extra note.  While fingering the F chord
(1 3 3 2 1 1), quickly hammer on and then pull off the sus note
(1 3 3 3 1 1).  Do this twice each time.
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18 comments
jameswm1969
I haven't tried it yet but if you listen to the song, at the end of the 2nd line, the F chord on together, they play with a suspended chord going back to F I think as in F - Fsus - F - Fsus - you can hear the timing on the song.
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artierossi
i like it as is.....poetic interpretation......as you wish...be creative......great tab thank you kiss-fan.......kiss-fan? whats up with that??????
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Who66
capo 2 as well.
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