Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - America (Audio)

Tempo:
119.9 bpm
Chords used:

D

Bm

A

F#m

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Simon & Garfunkel - America (Audio) chords
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[G] [F#m] [Bm]
[G]
[D] [C#m] [Bm]
[A] [G]
[D] Let us [F#m] be [Bm] lovers, we'll marry our [G] fortunes together.
[D] I've got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my bag.
So we bought a pack [B] of cigarettes, [F#m]
and a shoe's worth [B] no pies.
100%  ➙  120BPM
D
1321
Bm
13421112
A
1231
F#m
123111112
G
2131
D
1321
Bm
13421112
A
1231
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To learn Simon & Garfunkel - America chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - D, Bm, G, D, F#m, D, E, A and E in sequence. Kick off your practice at a gentle 59 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 120 BPM. With D# Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[G] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Let us [F#m] be [Bm] lovers, we'll marry our [G] fortunes together. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I've got [F#m] some real [Bm] estate here in my _ bag.
_ _ [F#m] _
So we bought a pack [B] of cigarettes, [F#m]
and a shoe's worth [B] no pies.
[E] And [D] walked [A] off to look [D] for _
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] America.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Caffeine acid [Bm] as we [D] boarded a [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Michigan [Bm] seems like a dream to me now.
_ _ _ [A] It 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. _ _
_ [C] She said the man in the gavadin suit was [D] a spy. _ _ _ _
_ [G] I said be careful, his bowtie is really [D] a camera. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Toss me a cigarette, [Bm] I think there's one in [G] my raincoat. _ _ _
_ [D] We smoked [A] the last one [Bm] an hour ago.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
So I looked [B] at the scenery, _ [F#m] _ _
she read her [B] magazine.
_ _ [E] And the moon [D] _ [A] rose over [D] that _ [Bm] open field.
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Kathy I'm [F#m] lost, I [Bm] said, though I knew she [G] was sleeping. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I'm empty [F#m] and aching, and [Bm] I don't know _ why.
_ _ [A] Counting the calls on the new jersey [E] turnpike.
They've all [A] come [E] to look for [D] _ _ _ America. _ _ _
[E] [A] All come [E] to look [D] for America.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] All [A]
come [E] to _ [D] America. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _

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It's Paul Simon who authored this song.

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