America – Lonely People (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

arr. for one acoustic guitar BASIC CHORDS USED

   G        Em7        Bm        C         D         Am      Em7(in BRIDGE)   
|------|  |------|  |------|  |----0-|  |------|  |----0-|  |------|
|-0----|  |-00---|  |-0---0|  |--0---|  |---0-0|  |--00--|  |-0----|
|0---00|  |----0-|  |----0-|  |-0----|  |----0-|  |------|  |----0-|
                    |--00--|

As far as strumming goes, you essentially play the lower half of each chord followed by picking the top half of the chord. Listen to the recording and you'll hear what I mean. Doing so creates a sort of rythym that continues throughout the song. I tried tabbing the strumming out to help, along with the bass fills, but really you can do just fine playing only the chords.

   G             Em7          Bm
e|-------3----3-----0----------2---2---2---22--|
B|--------3--33------3--33------3---3---3--33--|
G|-----0-----00----0----00-4--4---4---4----44--|
D|-----0-----00-2--2----22-4--4---4---4----44--|
A|--2--2-----22-2--2----22-2--2---2---2----22--|
E|--3--3-----33-0--0----00---------------------|

   G             Em7           Bm
e|-------3----3------0----------2------------------|
B|--------3--33-------3--33------3-----------------|
G|-----0-----03----0-----00-4--4---4---------------|
D|-----0-----00-2--2-----22-4--4---4--0h2-0--------|
A|--2--2-----22-2--2-----22-2--2---2---------2-0---|
E|--3--3-----33-0--0-----00----------------------3-|

   C          D           Em7  Aadd9  G   D/F#
e|------0----------2----2----33---33---33---33--|
B|----1--1-11-3--3--3---3----33---33---33---33--|
G|--0-0----00-2--2-----2-----00---00---00---00--|
D|--2-2----22-0--0-----0------------------------|
A|--3-3----33--------------2----0---------------|
E|-----------------------------------3----2-----|

  C              D            G             D   Dsus
e|--0--0-0--0-0--2--2-2--2-2p3--3--3-3-3-3--2-2-3--|
B|--1--1-1--1-1--3--3-3--3-3----3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--|
G|--0--0-0--0-0--2--2-2--2-2----0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2--|
D|--2--2p0--2p0--0--0-0--0-0----0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
A|--3--3-3--3-3---------------2-2--2-2-2-2---------|
E|----------------------------3-3--3-3-3-3---------|

G Em7 Bm This is for all the lonely people G Em7 Bm Thinking that life has passed them by C D Em7 Add9 G D/F# Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup C D G D Dsus And ride that highway in the sky G Em7 Bm This is for all the single people G Em7 Bm D Thinking that love has left them dry C D Em7 Add9 G D/F# Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup C D G You never know until you try BRIDGE C Em7 Am Well, I'm on my way C Em7 Am Yes, I'm back to stay C Em7 Am D G D Dsus Well, I'm on my way back home Hit it SOLO SECTION

   G             Em7          
e|-------3----3-----0--------00---00---00------|
B|--------3--33------3--33---22---22---22------|
G|-----0-----00----0----00---00---00---00------|
D|-----0-----00-2--2----22---------------------|   X 2
A|--2--2-----22-2--2----22---------------------|
E|--3--3-----33-0--0----00--1----2----3----2---|
 (This parts kinda weird in the recording but heres how I play it)

   C          D           Em7  Aadd9  G   D/F#
e|------0----------2----2----33---33---33---33--|
B|----1--1-11-3--3--3---3----33---33---33---33--|
G|--0-0----00-2--2-----2-----00---00---00---00--|
D|--2-2----22-0--0-----0------------------------|
A|--3-3----33--------------2----0---------------|
E|-----------------------------------3----2-----|

  C              D            G             D   Dsus
e|--0--0-0--0-0--2--2-2--2-2p3--3--3-3-3-3--2-2-3--|
B|--1--1-1--1-1--3--3-3--3-3----3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--|
G|--0--0-0--0-0--2--2-2--2-2----0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2--|
D|--2--2p0--2p0--0--0-0--0-0----0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--|
A|--3--3-3--3-3---------------2-2--2-2-2-2---------|
E|----------------------------3-3--3-3-3-3---------|

G Em7 Bm This is for all the lonely people G Em7 Bm Thinking that life has passed them by C D Em7 Add9 G D/F# Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup C D G She'll never take you down or never give you up C D Em7 You'll never know until you try