America – Seasons (Guitar)

Capo 3 Video Lesson
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From 1975 album Hearts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/46iiO8UajwgFFXW9PoAsU3?si=6149d897c1f04ba6 Bm7 x2023x B7sus4/A x04400 B/A x04442 B7sus4 x22202 * = Strum once [Intro] N.C. (First 10 measures keyboard only, tacet guitar) E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A [Verse 1]
E              A          B             A  B  A
First came the winter and then came the morning

E            A             B         E    A   B   A E B
Bright coral branches that pass you again

E             A          B        A  B  A
Down from the meadow and onto the seashore

E             A            B          E    A   B   A E B
Came the vast checkerboard kingdom of men
[Bridge]
Bm7          B7sus4/A
Sun radiates gold infrarays

Bm7                     E
Time to prepare for the fall

Bm7               B7sus4/A
Harvest the corn, watch for the storm

Bm7                      B*
Soon we will hear winter call
[Instrumental] E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A E B [Bridge]
Bm7              B7sus4/A
Ice on the pond, won't stay too long

Bm7                   E
Too thin to walk it today

Bm7              B7sus4/A
Ice on the pond, something went wrong

Bm7                       B/E*
Frost must be lost on the way
[Interlude] E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A E B [Verse 2]
E          A            B         A  B  A
Evening is falling, the tree is a silhouette

   E           A          B            E    A   B   A E B
As seen by the teddy bear watching his den

E              A            B         A   B  A
Spring came so quickly that I did not see her

E           A              B       E    A   B   A E B
Just turn around and she's coming again
[Bridge]
Bm7                E
Wind chimes along, rising at dawn

B7sus4                 E
Seasons in circles too match

Bm7               E
Each comes along, singing his song

Bm7                     B*
Burying thoughts of the past
[Outro and Fade] E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A E A B/A A B/A A