Simon & Garfunkel – America (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[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)