America Chords by Hamilton Camp

Tempo:
127.55 bpm
Chords used:

D

F#m

Bm

G

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hamilton Camp - America chords
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[F#m] [Bm]
[G]
[D] [A] [Bm]
[E] [G]
[D] Let us [F#m] be [Bm] lovers, we'll marry our [G] fortunes together.
[D] I got some [F#m] real [Bm] estate here in my bag.
[F#m] So we bought a pack of [B] cigarettes [F#m] and Mrs.
Wagner [B] pies.
[E] And [D] walked out [A] to look for [Bm] America.
[G]
[D] Happy I [Bm] said as we boarded a [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh.
[D] Michigan [F#m] seems [Bm] like a dream to me now.
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw.
[E] [A] I've come [E] to look [D] for America.
[C] Laughing on the bus, [F#m] playing games with the faces.
She says the man in the [C] gabardine suit was a [D] spy.
I
[G] said be careful his bow tie is really a [F#m] camera.
[Bm]
[E]
[G]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [F#m]
[D] [F#m] [Bm]
[F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#] [A]
[D] [F#m] [Bm]
[G]
[D] Toss me [F#m] a cigarette, [Bm] I think there's one in [G] my raincoat.
[D] We smoked the last [Bm] one an hour ago.
[F#m] So I looked at [B] the scenery, [F#m] she read her
[B] magazine.
And [E] the moon [A] rose.
[F#] [Bm]
[G]
[D] Kathy I'm [Bm] lost I said, though I knew she [G] was sleeping.
[D] I'm empty and [Bm] aching and I don't know why.
[A] Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.
[C#m] They've [A] all come to look [D] for America.
[A] They've all, [E] [D]
[A] they've all come to look for America.
[F#] [F#m] [D] [F#m]
[Bm] [G]
[A] [D]
[F#m] [E]
[G]
[D]
Key:  
D
1321
F#m
123111112
Bm
13421112
G
2131
A
1231
D
1321
F#m
123111112
Bm
13421112
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To learn Hamilton Camp - America chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: G, D, Bm, G, D, F#m and Bm. Begin your practice at a relaxed 63 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 128. Given the song's key of D Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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

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This song is part of Welcome To album.

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