America chords by Lucy Wainwright Roche
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C Am C F
Ooh ooh ooh a ooh a ooh
C Am C F
Ooh ooh ooh a ooh a ooh
Verse:
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
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Verse:
C Am C F
Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburgh
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
Bridge:
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:
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:
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
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
Outro:
C Em Am C F
Do do do do-oo do do-do-do
C Em Am C F C
Do do do do-oo do do-do-do Last updated: