Simon & Garfunkel – America (Ukulele)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- America – Simon & Garfunkel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri (Paul Simon) From: "Bookends" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- time signature: 6/8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINK [3/8]
  A [ Bm7 A ]
  1 + 2 + 3 +

A|------------|
E|--------0---|
C|1---2-------|
g|2-----------|
OUTRO
  D          Dmaj7        Bm7         Bm7           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  

A|----0---0-------0---0---|----2---2-------2---2---|
E|----2---2-------1---2---|----2---2-------2---2---|
C|----2---2-------2---0---|----2---2-------2---2---|
g|2-----------2-----------|4-----------2-----------|

  Em          Em7          A7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  

A|----2---2-------2---2---|----0---0---------------|
E|----0---0-------0---0---|----0---1-----------0---|
C|----4---4-------2---2---|----1---0---1---2-------|
g|0-----------0-----------|0-----------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS
      g-C-E-A
Dmaj7 2-1-2-0
Bm7   2-2-2-2

Gsus4 0-2-3-3
F#m7  2-4-2-4
B7    2-3-2-2

Cmaj7 0-0-0-2
Bm6   1-2-2-2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | D Dmaj7 | Bm7 D | G | % | | D Dmaj7 | Bm7 D | G | % | VERSE
D         Dmaj7        Bm        Bm7        G     | G Gsus4 G   G Gsus4 G  |
Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together

D             Dmaj7       Bm7              | Bm7 |
I've got some real estate here in my bag

F#m7                       B7             
   So we bought a pack of cigarettes 

    F#m7           B7
And Mrs. Wagner's pies
| = LINK |
    E      D      A  [ Bm7 A ] | D Dmaj7 | Bm7 D | G | G Gsus4 G   G Gsus4 G  |
And walked off to look for A -   merica
VERSE
D       Dmaj7      Bm        Bm7          G         | G Gsus4 G   G Gsus4 G  |
Cathy I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh

D        Dmaj7        Bm7               | Bm7 |
Michigan seems like a dream to me now 

A
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw 

E    A       E        Dmaj7  | D |
I've come to look for America 
MIDDLE 8
Cmaj7                      Dmaj7
Laughing on the bus playing games with the faces 

Cmaj7                                       Dmaj7
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy 

G
I said be careful 

    Gmaj7             | D Dmaj7 | Bm7 D | Bm6 | Gmaj7 |
His bowtie is really a camera 
VERSE
D         Dmaj7     Bm              Bm7       G     | G Gsus4 G   G Gsus4 G  |
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat 

D             Dmaj7       Bm7      | Bm7 |
We smoked the last one an hour ago 

F#m7                B7
So I looked at the scenery 

F#m7               B7
 She read her magazine 
| = LINK |
        E    D    A [ Bm7 A ] | D Dmaj7 | Bm7 D | G | G Gsus4 G   G Gsus4 G  |
And the moon rose o - ver an    o-open    field 
VERSE
D         Dmaj7      Bm        Bm7          G       | G Gsus4 G   G Gsus4 G  |
Cathy I'm lost I said though I knew she was sleeping

    D         Dmaj7      Bm7                 | Bm7 |
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why 

A
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike 

        E   A       E         Dmaj7  | D |
They've all come to look for America 

E   A       E         Dmaj7  | D |
All come to look for America

E   A       E         Dmaj7  | D |
All come to look for America
OUTRO
| D | Dmaj7 | Bm7 | D | Em | Em7 | A7 | % |
(repeat and fade)