America chords by Simon & Garfunkel

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)

America – Simon & Garfunkel
Tuning: Standard

Simon & Garfunkel
America (1968)
(Paul Simon)

From: "Bookends"

capo: 2nd fret
play: C majorC
key: D MajorD
key signature: 6/8


LINK
 [3/8]
 G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B
 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------|
BB|0---1---3---|
G+G|------------|
D MajorD|------------|
A augmentedA|----0---2---|
E MajorE|3-----------|

OUTRO
 C majorC     C/BC/B     Am7Am7     Am7/GAm7/G
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|----0---0-------0---0---|----0---0-------0---0---|
BB|----1---1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1---1---|
G+G|----0---0-------0---0---|----0---0-------0---0---|
D MajorD|----2---2-------2---2---|----2---2-------2---2---|
A augmentedA|3-----------2-----------|0-----------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------3-----------|
 DmDm     Dm/C     G7/B     G7G7
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|----1---1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1---1---|
BB|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------3---3---|
G+G|----2---2-------2---2---|----0---0-------0---0---|
D MajorD|0-----------------------|------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------3-----------|2-----------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------3-----------|


INTRO
| C majorC C/BC/B | Am7Am7 C/GC/G | FF | % |
| C majorC C/BC/B | Am7Am7 C/GC/G | FF | % |

VERSE
C majorC     C/BC/B     A minorAm    Am7/GAm7/G   FF    | FF |
Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together
C majorC       C/BC/B     Am7Am7       | Am7Am7 |
I've got some real estate here in my bag
E minor 7Em7            A7A7
  So we bought a pack of cigarettes
  E minor 7Em7      A7A7
And Mrs. Wagner's pies
         |  = LINK  |
  D MajorD   C majorC   G+G  Am7Am7 G/BG/B | C majorC C/BC/B | Am7Am7 C/GC/G | FF | % |
And walked off to look for A augmentedA - merica


VERSE
C majorC    C/BC/B    A minorAm    Am7/GAm7/G    FF      | FF |
Cathy I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C majorC    C/BC/B     Am7Am7        | Am7Am7 |
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G+G
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD    Cmaj7Cmaj7  | C majorC |
I've come to look for America


MIDDLE 8
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7           Cmaj7Cmaj7
Laughing on the bus playing games with the faces
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7                    Cmaj7Cmaj7
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
FF
I said be careful
  Fmaj7Fmaj7       | C majorC C/BC/B | Am7Am7 C/GC/G | Am/F# | Fmaj7Fmaj7 |
His bowtie is really a camera


VERSE
C majorC     C/BC/B    A minorAm       Am7/GAm7/G   FF      | FF |
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
C majorC       C/BC/B     Am7Am7   | Am7Am7 |
We smoked the last one an hour ago
E minor 7Em7        A7A7
So I looked at the scenery
E minor 7Em7        A7A7
 She read her magazine
         | = LINK |
    D MajorD   C majorC  G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B | C majorC C/BC/B | Am7Am7 C/GC/G | FF | % |
And the moon rose o-ver an  o-open field


VERSE
C majorC     C/BC/B    A minorAm    Am7/GAm7/G    FF     | FF |
Cathy I'm lost I said though I knew she was sleeping
  C majorC     C/BC/B    Am7Am7         | 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  | C majorC |
They've all come to look for America
D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD     Cmaj7Cmaj7  | C majorC |
All come to look for America
D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD     Cmaj7Cmaj7  | C majorC |
All come to look for America


OUTRO
| C majorC | C/BC/B | Am7Am7 | C/GC/G | DmDm | Dm/C | G7/B | G7G7 |
(repeat and fade)

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