Chords for Sting - America (Paul Simon) Philly 3-7-14
Tempo:
88.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Db
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
First of all, I'd like to say what an extraordinary honor it is to [N] share the stage with you.
His songs are both humbling and inspiring for me.
He has been, whether he knows it or not, one of my teachers and mentors for many, many years.
Like I said, there are certain songs of Paul which will conjure up a time and a place instantly.
As soon as you hear them, you remember the first time you fell in love, or you fell out of love,
or you're setting off on a great adventure.
This next song, even though it was written a decade before this period,
always reminds me of a certain point in my life.
I was in my mid-twenties.
I came to this country for [Ab] the first time.
[B] [F] Me and the band, we [Ab] rented a station wagon,
[Bbm] and we traveled [Eb] right across [C] this country, staying in [B] shitty motels and playing to largely empty [D] clubs.
We were [N] going to Philadelphia, and we played on a club called [C] Franky's [Bb] Manor.
[G] We continued, [N] and there was one guy there.
Luckily, it was a guy called Ed Schalke, a very important teacher.
[F] We started to play our records, and we owed him [Eb] a lot.
But, you know, we never knew [Bb] what was going to happen to us.
There was a certain anxiety.
This [Eb] song conjures up [Ab] that sense of wonder and that sensation.
[E]
[A]
[E] [Dbm]
[Ab] [Db]
[Abm]
[Db] [Gb] [E]
[A]
[Eb] [B] We'd humble pitch [A] the deck.
[E] Shook him, seems like a [Dbm] dream to me.
Took [B] me four days to hitchhike from [Gb] Saginaw
[B] to look for a man
[E] [Bm]
[D] laughing on the bus,
playing [E] games with the faces.
[D] She said the man in the gaffer's dais was [E] a spy.
[A] I said, be careful, [A] this boom tie is really a camera.
[E] [Ebm] [E]
[Bb] [A]
[B] Toss me a cigarette, [Db] I [B] think there's one in my [A] room.
[E] You smoked the last one, and [Dbm] I will go.
[Abm] So I looked at the [Db] ceiling.
[Abm]
She read a [Db] magazine.
[Gb] And the [E] moon [B] was over her head.
[Abm]
[E]
[A] [Db] Gaffey, I must have [Dbm] said,
[B] though I knew she [A] was sleeping.
[E]
Jenny came in, I don't know why.
[B] Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike.
They all come to look for [E]
a man.
[Gb] All come to look for [B] a man.
[E] [B] All come [Gb] to look for [E] a man.
[B] All come [Gb] to look for a [E] man.
[N]
His songs are both humbling and inspiring for me.
He has been, whether he knows it or not, one of my teachers and mentors for many, many years.
Like I said, there are certain songs of Paul which will conjure up a time and a place instantly.
As soon as you hear them, you remember the first time you fell in love, or you fell out of love,
or you're setting off on a great adventure.
This next song, even though it was written a decade before this period,
always reminds me of a certain point in my life.
I was in my mid-twenties.
I came to this country for [Ab] the first time.
[B] [F] Me and the band, we [Ab] rented a station wagon,
[Bbm] and we traveled [Eb] right across [C] this country, staying in [B] shitty motels and playing to largely empty [D] clubs.
We were [N] going to Philadelphia, and we played on a club called [C] Franky's [Bb] Manor.
[G] We continued, [N] and there was one guy there.
Luckily, it was a guy called Ed Schalke, a very important teacher.
[F] We started to play our records, and we owed him [Eb] a lot.
But, you know, we never knew [Bb] what was going to happen to us.
There was a certain anxiety.
This [Eb] song conjures up [Ab] that sense of wonder and that sensation.
[E]
[A]
[E] [Dbm]
[Ab] [Db]
[Abm]
[Db] [Gb] [E]
[A]
[Eb] [B] We'd humble pitch [A] the deck.
[E] Shook him, seems like a [Dbm] dream to me.
Took [B] me four days to hitchhike from [Gb] Saginaw
[B] to look for a man
[E] [Bm]
[D] laughing on the bus,
playing [E] games with the faces.
[D] She said the man in the gaffer's dais was [E] a spy.
[A] I said, be careful, [A] this boom tie is really a camera.
[E] [Ebm] [E]
[Bb] [A]
[B] Toss me a cigarette, [Db] I [B] think there's one in my [A] room.
[E] You smoked the last one, and [Dbm] I will go.
[Abm] So I looked at the [Db] ceiling.
[Abm]
She read a [Db] magazine.
[Gb] And the [E] moon [B] was over her head.
[Abm]
[E]
[A] [Db] Gaffey, I must have [Dbm] said,
[B] though I knew she [A] was sleeping.
[E]
Jenny came in, I don't know why.
[B] Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike.
They all come to look for [E]
a man.
[Gb] All come to look for [B] a man.
[E] [B] All come [Gb] to look for [E] a man.
[B] All come [Gb] to look for a [E] man.
[N]
Key:
E
B
A
Db
Gb
E
B
A
_ _ First of all, I'd like to say what an extraordinary honor it is to [N] share the stage with you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
His songs are both humbling and inspiring for me.
He has been, whether he knows it or not, one of my teachers and mentors for many, many years.
_ _ Like I said, there are certain songs of Paul which will conjure up a time and a place instantly.
As soon as you hear them, you remember the first time you fell in love, or you fell out of love,
or you're setting off on a great adventure.
This next song, even though it was written a decade before this period,
always reminds me of a certain point in my life.
I was in my mid-twenties.
I came to this country for [Ab] the first time.
[B] _ _ [F] Me and the band, we [Ab] rented a station wagon,
[Bbm] and we traveled [Eb] right across [C] this country, staying in [B] shitty motels and playing to largely empty [D] clubs.
We were [N] _ going to Philadelphia, _ and we played on a club called [C] Franky's [Bb] Manor.
[G] We continued, [N] and there was one guy there.
_ _ Luckily, it was a guy called Ed Schalke, a very important teacher. _ _ _
[F] We started to play our records, and we owed him [Eb] a lot.
But, you know, we never knew [Bb] what was going to happen to us.
There was a certain anxiety.
This [Eb] song conjures up [Ab] that sense of wonder and that sensation. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [B] _ _ We'd humble pitch [A] the deck. _ _ _ _
_ [E] Shook him, seems like a [Dbm] dream to me.
Took [B] me four days to hitchhike from [Gb] Saginaw
[B] to look for a man
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ laughing on the bus,
playing [E] games with the faces. _ _ _
[D] She said the man in the gaffer's dais was [E] a spy. _ _ _ _
[A] I said, be careful, [A] this boom tie is really a camera.
[E] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Toss me a cigarette, [Db] I [B] think there's one in my [A] room. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You smoked the last one, and [Dbm] I will go. _ _
[Abm] So I looked at the [Db] ceiling.
_ [Abm]
She read a [Db] magazine.
_ [Gb] And the [E] moon [B] was over her head.
[Abm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Db] Gaffey, I must have [Dbm] said,
[B] though I knew she [A] was sleeping.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
Jenny came in, I don't know why. _
[B] Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike.
They all come to look for [E]
a man.
_ _ _ [Gb] All come to look for [B] a man. _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ All come [Gb] to look for [E] a man. _ _ _
_ _ [B] All come [Gb] to look for a [E] man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
His songs are both humbling and inspiring for me.
He has been, whether he knows it or not, one of my teachers and mentors for many, many years.
_ _ Like I said, there are certain songs of Paul which will conjure up a time and a place instantly.
As soon as you hear them, you remember the first time you fell in love, or you fell out of love,
or you're setting off on a great adventure.
This next song, even though it was written a decade before this period,
always reminds me of a certain point in my life.
I was in my mid-twenties.
I came to this country for [Ab] the first time.
[B] _ _ [F] Me and the band, we [Ab] rented a station wagon,
[Bbm] and we traveled [Eb] right across [C] this country, staying in [B] shitty motels and playing to largely empty [D] clubs.
We were [N] _ going to Philadelphia, _ and we played on a club called [C] Franky's [Bb] Manor.
[G] We continued, [N] and there was one guy there.
_ _ Luckily, it was a guy called Ed Schalke, a very important teacher. _ _ _
[F] We started to play our records, and we owed him [Eb] a lot.
But, you know, we never knew [Bb] what was going to happen to us.
There was a certain anxiety.
This [Eb] song conjures up [Ab] that sense of wonder and that sensation. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [B] _ _ We'd humble pitch [A] the deck. _ _ _ _
_ [E] Shook him, seems like a [Dbm] dream to me.
Took [B] me four days to hitchhike from [Gb] Saginaw
[B] to look for a man
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ laughing on the bus,
playing [E] games with the faces. _ _ _
[D] She said the man in the gaffer's dais was [E] a spy. _ _ _ _
[A] I said, be careful, [A] this boom tie is really a camera.
[E] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Toss me a cigarette, [Db] I [B] think there's one in my [A] room. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You smoked the last one, and [Dbm] I will go. _ _
[Abm] So I looked at the [Db] ceiling.
_ [Abm]
She read a [Db] magazine.
_ [Gb] And the [E] moon [B] was over her head.
[Abm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Db] Gaffey, I must have [Dbm] said,
[B] though I knew she [A] was sleeping.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
Jenny came in, I don't know why. _
[B] Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike.
They all come to look for [E]
a man.
_ _ _ [Gb] All come to look for [B] a man. _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ All come [Gb] to look for [E] a man. _ _ _
_ _ [B] All come [Gb] to look for a [E] man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _