Sigmund Freuds Impersonation Of Albert Einstein In America chords by Randy Newman

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
key: F

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LINK to chorus

  E  F#m Gdim E/G#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|1---2---3---4---|
D|2---2---2---2---|
A|----------------|
E|0---2---3---4---|

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CHORDS / special voicings

          E-A-D-G-B-e
B7sus4    x-2-4-2-0-0
Eaug      x-x-2-1-1-0
F#9       x-x-4-3-5-3
A/E       0-x-2-2-2-0

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INTRO
(brass band)
| E | B7 | B7 | E |
| E | B7 | B7 | E |


VERSE
E              B             E
  The world of science is my game
E                           A
  And Albert Einstein is my name
B                    E
  I was born in Germany
        A
And I'm happy to be
B7sus4                  E
Here in the land of the brave and the free
         A
Yes, I'm happy to be
B7sus4                  E
Here in the land of the brave and the free


VERSE
E        B                E
  In the year of nineteen five
E                     A
  Merely trying to survive
B                        E
  Took my knapsack in my hand
A          B7sus4           A      E
  Caught a train for Switzerland  [LINK to chorus]


CHORUS
 E   A    E
America, America
B                      E
 God shed his grace on thee
E                     A    E
 You have whipped the Philipino
B                         E
 Now you rule the Western Sea


VERSE
E                    B               E
  Americans dream of gypsies, I have found
E
 Gypsy knives and gypsy thighs
     A
That pound and pound and pound and pound
B                            A                E
 And African appendages that almost reach the ground
B                                        A      E
 And little boys playing baseball in the rain  [LINK to chorus]


CHORUS (+ coda)
E   A    E
America, America
B                  E
 Step out into the light
E                      A       E    C#m
 You're the best dream man has ever dreamed
        E   Eaug F#9           | A/E | E
And may all your Christmases be white