Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard
Randy Newman
Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America (1977)
(Randy Newman)
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capo: 1st fret
play: E MajorE
key: FF
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LINK to chorus
E MajorE F# minorF#m GdimGdim E/G#
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
BB|----------------|
G+G|1---2---3---4---|
D MajorD|2---2---2---2---|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|0---2---3---4---|
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CHORDS / special voicings
E-A-D-G-B-e
B7sus4B7sus4 x-2-4-2-0-0
E+Eaug x-x-2-1-1-0
F#9F#9 x-x-4-3-5-3
A/EA/E 0-x-2-2-2-0
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INTRO
(brass band)
| E MajorE | B7B7 | B7B7 | E MajorE |
| E MajorE | B7B7 | B7B7 | E MajorE |
VERSE
E MajorE BB E MajorE
The world of science is my game
E MajorE A augmentedA
And Albert Einstein is my name
BB E MajorE
I was born in Germany
A augmentedA
And I'm happy to be
B7sus4B7sus4 E MajorE
Here in the land of the brave and the free
A augmentedA
Yes, I'm happy to be
B7sus4B7sus4 E MajorE
Here in the land of the brave and the free
VERSE
E MajorE BB E MajorE
In the year of nineteen five
E MajorE A augmentedA
Merely trying to survive
BB E MajorE
Took my knapsack in my hand
A augmentedA B7sus4B7sus4 A augmentedA E MajorE
Caught a train for Switzerland [LINK to chorus]
CHORUS
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
America, America
BB E MajorE
God shed his grace on thee
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
You have whipped the Philipino
BB E MajorE
Now you rule the Western Sea
VERSE
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Americans dream of gypsies, I have found
E MajorE
Gypsy knives and gypsy thighs
A augmentedA
That pound and pound and pound and pound
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
And African appendages that almost reach the ground
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
And little boys playing baseball in the rain [LINK to chorus]
CHORUS (+ coda)
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
America, America
BB E MajorE
Step out into the light
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE C# minorC#m
You're the best dream man has ever dreamed
E MajorE E+Eaug F#9F#9 | A/EA/E | E MajorE
And may all your Christmases be white