Chords for America - Paul Simon (live 2017)
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[N]
[G] [G#]
[C#]
[N]
[G#]
[F#m]
[D]
[C#] [Bm]
[G] [G#]
[C#]
[N]
[G#]
[F#m]
[D]
[C#] [Bm]
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D
G
A
Bm
F#m
D
G
A
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] [G] Let _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] us be lovers, [Bm] we'll [G] marry [A] our fortunes [G] together. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my _ bag. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] So we bought a [B] pack of cigarettes _ _ _
[F#m] _ and Mrs.
Wagner [B] _ pies.
_ [E] And we _ [D] walked off to [A] look _ [D] for _ [F#] _
America.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Kathy, I [F#m] said as [Bm] we boarded a Greyhound [G] in Pittsburgh. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Michigan [F#] seems [Bm] like a dream to me now.
_ _ _ _ It [A] took me four days to hitchhike from _ Saginaw.
[E] And [A] I've come to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Laughing on the bus, _ playing games with the [D] faces. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ She said the man in the gabardine suit was a [D] spy. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I said be careful his bow tie is really a [D]
camera.
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Toss me [C#] a cigarette, I think there's one [G] in my raincoat. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Now we smoked the last one [Bm] an hour ago.
So _ _ I _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ looked at [B] the scenery, _ _ _ [F#m] _
she read her _ [B] magazine. _
[E] And the moon _ [D] _ rose over an _ open [Bm] field.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Kathy, [F#] I'm lost [F#m] I said, [Bm] though I knew [G] she was sleeping. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] I'm empty and I'm aching and I [Bm] don't know why.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Counting the cars on the New Jersey _ turnpike.
And [E] they've all [A] come [E] to look for [D] _ _ _ _ America.
_ _ _ _ [E] All _ _
[A] come [E] to look [F#m] for _ _ _ _ [D] America. _ _ _
All [E] _ _ _ [A] come [Em] to look _ [A] _ _ [D] for America. _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] [G] Let _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] us be lovers, [Bm] we'll [G] marry [A] our fortunes [G] together. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my _ bag. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] So we bought a [B] pack of cigarettes _ _ _
[F#m] _ and Mrs.
Wagner [B] _ pies.
_ [E] And we _ [D] walked off to [A] look _ [D] for _ [F#] _
America.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Kathy, I [F#m] said as [Bm] we boarded a Greyhound [G] in Pittsburgh. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Michigan [F#] seems [Bm] like a dream to me now.
_ _ _ _ It [A] took me four days to hitchhike from _ Saginaw.
[E] And [A] I've come to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Laughing on the bus, _ playing games with the [D] faces. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ She said the man in the gabardine suit was a [D] spy. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I said be careful his bow tie is really a [D]
camera.
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Toss me [C#] a cigarette, I think there's one [G] in my raincoat. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Now we smoked the last one [Bm] an hour ago.
So _ _ I _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ looked at [B] the scenery, _ _ _ [F#m] _
she read her _ [B] magazine. _
[E] And the moon _ [D] _ rose over an _ open [Bm] field.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Kathy, [F#] I'm lost [F#m] I said, [Bm] though I knew [G] she was sleeping. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] I'm empty and I'm aching and I [Bm] don't know why.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Counting the cars on the New Jersey _ turnpike.
And [E] they've all [A] come [E] to look for [D] _ _ _ _ America.
_ _ _ _ [E] All _ _
[A] come [E] to look [F#m] for _ _ _ _ [D] America. _ _ _
All [E] _ _ _ [A] come [Em] to look _ [A] _ _ [D] for America. _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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