America - Lyrics - Simon & Garfunkel Chords
Tempo:
186.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
A
F#m
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Bm]
[G]
[D] [F#m] [Bm]
[A] [G]
[D] Let us be [Bm] lovers, we'll marry our [G] fortunes together I've
[D] got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack [B] of cigarettes, [F#m] and his shoes were [B] in the past
[E] And [D] walked off [A]
[G]
[D] [F#m] [Bm]
[A] [G]
[D] Let us be [Bm] lovers, we'll marry our [G] fortunes together I've
[D] got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack [B] of cigarettes, [F#m] and his shoes were [B] in the past
[E] And [D] walked off [A]
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D
Bm
A
F#m
G
D
Bm
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Let us be _ [Bm] lovers, we'll marry our _ [G] fortunes together _ _ I've _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my _ _ bag
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
So we bought a pack [B] of _ cigarettes, _ [F#m] and his shoes were [B] in the _ past _
[E] _ _ And [D] walked off [A]
to look for [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] America
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G]
Happy _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I said as [Bm] we boarded [D] the _ [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh _ _ _
Michigan _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ seems [Bm] like a dream to me _ now _ _ _
It [A] _ took me four days to hitchhike from _ [E] Saginaw _
[A] I've come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Laughing _ _ on the bus, _ _ [D] playing games with the _ faces _
_ She _ [C] _ said the man in the _ gabardine suit was [D] a spy _ _ _
I _ _ _ _ [G] _ said be careful his [Bm] bowtie is really a [D] _ camera _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ She's been a [F#m] _
[Bm] cigarette, I think there's one in [G] my _ wrinkle
_ We _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ smoked [F#m] the last one [Bm] an hour _ _ ago
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
So I looked at [B] the scenery, _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ she read her _ [B] magazine _ _ _
[E] And the [D] moon _ _ [F#m] rose over an _ _ open [Bm] _ field
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Kathy [F#m] I'm lost, [Bm] I said, [D] oh I wish [G] you were sleeping
_ _ _ I'm _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ 18 [F#m] and aching [Bm] and I don't know _ _ _ _ why _
[A] _ Counting the crawls on the luge as you turn back
[E] They've [A] all come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ _ America _ _ _
_ _ [E] All _ [A] _ come [E] to look [D] for _ America _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
All [A] _ come [E] to look [D]
for _ _ _ America _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Let us be _ [Bm] lovers, we'll marry our _ [G] fortunes together _ _ I've _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my _ _ bag
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
So we bought a pack [B] of _ cigarettes, _ [F#m] and his shoes were [B] in the _ past _
[E] _ _ And [D] walked off [A]
to look for [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] America
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G]
Happy _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I said as [Bm] we boarded [D] the _ [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh _ _ _
Michigan _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ seems [Bm] like a dream to me _ now _ _ _
It [A] _ took me four days to hitchhike from _ [E] Saginaw _
[A] I've come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Laughing _ _ on the bus, _ _ [D] playing games with the _ faces _
_ She _ [C] _ said the man in the _ gabardine suit was [D] a spy _ _ _
I _ _ _ _ [G] _ said be careful his [Bm] bowtie is really a [D] _ camera _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ She's been a [F#m] _
[Bm] cigarette, I think there's one in [G] my _ wrinkle
_ We _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ smoked [F#m] the last one [Bm] an hour _ _ ago
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
So I looked at [B] the scenery, _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ she read her _ [B] magazine _ _ _
[E] And the [D] moon _ _ [F#m] rose over an _ _ open [Bm] _ field
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Kathy [F#m] I'm lost, [Bm] I said, [D] oh I wish [G] you were sleeping
_ _ _ I'm _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ 18 [F#m] and aching [Bm] and I don't know _ _ _ _ why _
[A] _ Counting the crawls on the luge as you turn back
[E] They've [A] all come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ _ America _ _ _
_ _ [E] All _ [A] _ come [E] to look [D] for _ America _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
All [A] _ come [E] to look [D]
for _ _ _ America _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _