My Love Is In America chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
G+G F# minorF#m E minor 7Em7 D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse:
D MajorD               G+G
Called for this place with my working hands
D MajorD          G+G
Sea crossing turn my inside
A augmentedA            E minor 7Em7
Left to the sound of the marching band
  D MajorD      A augmentedA       E minorEm
We sail at the change of the tide

Verse:
D MajorD          G+G
When I saw Mary, her father said
    D MajorD         G+G
He was sailing across the deep blue
A augmentedA           E minor 7Em7
Brighter new days in a promised land
D MajorD      A augmentedA      E minorEm
She would be going there too

Chorus:
   D MajorD       G+G
So I keep her in my mind
     D MajorD       G+G
There's a picture on my wall
    A augmentedA      E minor 7Em7
Oh, my love is in America
  D MajorD       A augmentedA     E minorEm   D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
My love could be anywhere at all

Verse:
D MajorD            G+G
Oh, how we cried on that darkest night
D MajorD          G+G
Everyone leaving the land
  A augmentedA          E minor 7Em7
The old generation just sitting tight
  D MajorD     A augmentedA        E minorEm
And all of us young bucks with plans

Verse:
  D MajorD         G+G
I'm using the name of another man
  D MajorD            G+G
To get a job here for more pay
   A augmentedA                E minor 7Em7
I'll walk these strange streets for a better life
D MajorD      A augmentedA       E minorEm
London's the place, so they say

Chorus:
   D MajorD       G+G
And I keep her in my mind
     D MajorD       G+G
There's a picture on my wall
    A augmentedA        E minor 7Em7
Oh, my love, she's in America
  D MajorD       A augmentedA     E minorEm
My love could be anywhere at all
      E MajorE A augmentedA
Anywhere at all..

Instrumental:
E MajorE A augmentedA BB A augmentedA E MajorE BB A augmentedA

Verse:
  E MajorE              A augmentedA
The music's the one thing that's travelled well
  E MajorE             A augmentedA
We meet up and play from our soul
  BB               A augmentedA
The kitchen, the work yard and the Seven Bells
E MajorE     BB       A augmentedA
Gives us a glimpse of our homes

Verse:
E MajorE           A augmentedA
Maybe I'll make it to New York state
E MajorE           A augmentedA
Maybe I'll just up and go
BB           A augmentedA
Maybe I'll get back to my hometown
E MajorE       BB       A augmentedA
See if there's work, I don't know

Verse:
 E MajorE           A augmentedA
I sent many a letter to no avail
  E MajorE           A augmentedA
Her silence is deafening to me
BB           A augmentedA
Maybe she lives with another man
E MajorE      BB    A augmentedA
Crossing the new country

Chorus:
        E MajorE       A augmentedA
Till I know, I keep her in my mind
     E MajorE       A augmentedA
There's a picture on my wall
    BB      A augmentedA
Oh, my love is in America
  E MajorE       BB     A augmentedA  E MajorE
My love could be anywhere at all...

Outro:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA BB A augmentedA E MajorE BB A augmentedA
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA BB F# minorF#m E MajorE BB A augmentedA
E MajorE A augmentedA BB A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE