Simon & Garfunkel – America (Ukulele)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro]
C       Am   C       F     C       Am     C     F 
Ooh ooh ooh  a ooh a ooh,  ooh ooh ooh  a ooh a ooh
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Outro]
C        Am  C     Dm  F G  G7
Do do do do-da-do, do do do do-da-do
(reoeat and fade)