America - Simon & Garfunkel

Tuning: E-A-D-G-B-e – Sign: 3/4 – Key: C – Capo: 0

bpm: 59– Time: 3:42 – Transp: -2

INTRO

[C] Mmm, [Em] mmm, [Am] mmm, [C] mmm, mmm [F] mmm-mmm-mmm (x2)

VERSE 1

[C] Let us be [Em] lovers, we'll [Am] marry our [C] fortunes to[F]gether

[C] I've got some [Em] real-estate [Am] here in my bag

[Em] So we bought a pack of [A7] cigarettes, and [Em] Mrs. Wagner [A7] pies

And [D] walked [C] off to [G] look for A[Cmaj7]merica

[F]

VERSE 2

[C] Kathy, I [Em] said as we [Am] boarded the [C] Greyhound in [F] Pittsburg

[C] Michigan [Em] seems like a [Am] dream to me now

[G] It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw

And [D] I've [G] come to [D] look for A[Cmaj7]merica

BRIDGE – (Bb:113331) – (Cmaj7:032000)

[Bb] Laughing on the bus, playing [Cmaj7] games with the faces

[Bb] She said the man in the gabardine suit was a [Cmaj7] spy

[F] I said be careful his bowtie is really a ca[Cmaj7]mera

[Am] [F]

VERSE 3

[C] Toss me a [Em] cigarette I [Am] think there's [C] one in my [F] raincoat

[C] We smoked the [Em] last one an [Am] hour ago

[Em] So I looked at the [A7] scenery, [Em] she read her maga[A7]zine

And the [D] moon [C] rose [G] over an [Cmaj7] open field

[Am] [F]

VERSE 4

[C] Kathy I'm [Em] lost, I [Am] said, though I [C] knew she was [F] sleeping

I'm [C] empty and [Em] aching and [Am] I don't know why

[G] Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike

They've [D] all [G] come to [D] look for A[Cmaj7]merica

[D] All [G] come to [D] look for A[Cmaj7]merica

[D] All [G] come to [D] look for A[Cmaj7]merica

OUTRO

[C] [Em] [Am] [C] - [Dm] [F] [G] [G] (x4)

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