America chords by Lucy Wainwright Roche

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC    A minorAm  C majorC    FF
Ooh ooh ooh a ooh a ooh
C majorC    A minorAm  C majorC    FF
Ooh ooh ooh a ooh a ooh

Verse:
C majorC            A minorAm    C majorC     FF
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
C majorC             A minorAm     Am7Am7
I've got some real-estate here in my bag
E minorEm           A7A7       E minorEm     A7A7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs. Wagner pies
  D MajorD   C majorC   G+G    C majorC  A minorAm Am7Am7 FF
And walked off to look for America

Verse:
C majorC         A minorAm     C majorC      FF
Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C majorC           A minorAm     Am7Am7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G+G                    E minorEm
It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
  D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD     Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC
And I've come to look for America

Bridge:
Bb majorBb              C majorC
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Bb majorBb           C majorC          A minorAm C majorC
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
FF           Fmaj7Fmaj7       C majorC  A minorAm C majorC A minorAm  FF
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera

Verse:
C majorC           A minorAm      C majorC     FF
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
C majorC             A minorAm  Am7Am7
We smoked the last one an hour ago
E minorEm         A7A7    E minorEm      A7A7   E minorEm
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
    D MajorD  C majorC  G+G    C majorC  A minorAm  C majorC FF
And the moon rose over an open field

Verse:
C majorC         A minorAm       C majorC      FF
Cathy I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
  C majorC           A minorAm     Am7Am7
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
G+G
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
    D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD     Cmaj7Cmaj7
They've all come to look for America
D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD     Cmaj7Cmaj7
All come to look for America
D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD     Cmaj7Cmaj7
All come to look for America

Outro:
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm C majorC    FF
Do do do do-oo do do-do-do
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm C majorC    FF      C majorC
Do do do do-oo do do-do-do