Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - America (from The Concert in Central Park)

Tempo:
102.45 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Cm

Bb

Gm

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Simon & Garfunkel - America (from The Concert in Central Park) chords
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[Eb] [Gm] [Cm]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Ab]
[Eb] Let us be lovers, [Cm] we'll marry our fortunes [Ab] together.
[Eb] I've got some real estate [Cm]
here in my bag.
[Gm]
So we bought [C] a pack of cigarettes, [Gm]
and Mrs.
[C] Wagner pies.
[F] And we [Eb] walked [Bb] off to look [Eb] for [Gm]
[Cm] America.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gm] Cathy, I [Cm] said, has [Eb] boarded a [Ab] Greyhound in Pittsburgh.
[Eb] Michigan seems [Cm] like a dream to me now.
[Bb] It took me four days to hitchhike from [F] Saginaw.
And [Bb] I've [F] come to look [Eb] for America.
[Ab]
Laughing on the bus, playing [Eb] games with their faces.
[Gm] [Ab] She said the man in the Gabberdy [Eb] suit was his father.
[Bb] [Ab] I said, be careful, his bow tie is really [Eb] a camera.
[Bb] [Cm]
[A] [Ab]
[Eb] Toss me a [Cm] cigarette, I [Eb] think there's one [Ab] in my raincoat.
[Eb] We smoked the last [Cm] one and now we're cold.
[Gm] So I [C] looked at the scenery, [Gm] she read [C] her magazine.
[F] And the [Eb] moon [Bb] rose [Eb] over an [Gm] old [Cm] field.
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] Cathy, [Gm] I'm lost, [Cm] I said, [Eb] though I knew [Ab] she was sleeping.
[Eb] I'm [Gm] empty and I'm [Cm] achy and I don't know why.
[Bb] Counting the cars on the New Jersey [F] Turnpike.
And they've [Bb] all [F] come to look [Eb] for America.
[Bb] [F] [Bb] All [F] come to look [Eb] for America.
[Bb] [Eb] [Gm] [Cm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gm] [Cm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Gm] [Cm]
[Bb]
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.
[F] And they've all [Bb] come [F] to look [Eb] for America.
[Bb] [F] All [Bb]
come [F] to look [Eb] for America.
[F] All [Bb] come [F] to look [Eb] for America.
[Gm] [Cm]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Cm] [Gm] [Eb]
[N]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
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Learn the basic chords of Simon & Garfunkel - (Live at Central Park, New York, NY - September 19, 1981) America chords, with this master sequence: Ab, Eb, Gm, Cm, Eb, Bb, F and Bb. Begin your practice at a relaxed 51 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 102. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: Eb Major.

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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] Let us be lovers, [Cm] we'll marry our fortunes [Ab] together. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] I've got some real estate [Cm]
here in my bag.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
So we bought [C] a pack of cigarettes, [Gm]
and Mrs.
_ [C] Wagner pies.
_ [F] And we [Eb] walked [Bb] off to look [Eb] for _ [Gm] _
[Cm] America.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] Cathy, I [Cm] said, has [Eb] boarded a [Ab] Greyhound in Pittsburgh.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Michigan seems [Cm] like a dream to me now. _ _ _
_ [Bb] It took me four days to hitchhike from [F] Saginaw.
And [Bb] I've [F] come to look [Eb] for America.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ Laughing on the bus, _ playing [Eb] games with their faces. _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Ab] She said the man in the Gabberdy [Eb] suit was his father. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Ab] I said, be careful, his bow tie is really [Eb] a camera.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Toss me a [Cm] cigarette, I [Eb] think there's one [Ab] in my raincoat. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] We smoked the last [Cm] one and now we're cold.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ So I [C] looked at the scenery, _ _ [Gm] _ she read [C] her magazine.
_ [F] And the [Eb] moon _ [Bb] rose [Eb] over an [Gm] old [Cm] field.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Cathy, [Gm] I'm lost, [Cm] I said, [Eb] though I knew [Ab] she was sleeping. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] I'm [Gm] empty and I'm [Cm] achy and I don't know why. _ _ _
[Bb] Counting the cars on the New Jersey [F] Turnpike.
And they've [Bb] all [F] come to look [Eb] for _ _ America.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] All [F] come to look [Eb] for _ America. _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.
[F] And they've all [Bb] come [F] to look [Eb] for _ America.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] All [Bb]
come [F] to look [Eb] for _ _ America.
_ _ [F] All [Bb] _ come [F] to look [Eb] for America. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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This song was written by Paul Simon.

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