{"id":4486,"date":"2021-11-10T23:42:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T23:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=4486"},"modified":"2025-11-21T05:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T05:59:02","slug":"america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/america\/","title":{"rendered":"America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon and Garfunkle<\/p>\n

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[Intro]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>   C\/B<\/span>  Am<\/span>  G<\/span>   F<\/span> Fsus4<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Mmm mmmm mmm mmm mmm        x2\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>         C\/B<\/span>          Am<\/span>        Am\/G<\/span>       F<\/span>       Fsus4<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>             C\/B<\/span>         Am<\/span>               Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I've got some real estate here in my bag\r\n<\/span><\/span>Em7<\/span>                      A7<\/span>             Em7<\/span>           A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>  So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies\r\n<\/span><\/span>    D<\/span>      C<\/span>      G<\/span>         C<\/span>  C\/B<\/span>  Am<\/span>  G<\/span>  F<\/span>  Fsus4<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And walked off to look for America\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>       C\/B<\/span>        Am<\/span>        Am\/G<\/span>         F<\/span>          Fsus4<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Cathy I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>        C\/B<\/span>          Am<\/span>              Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Michigan seems like a dream to me now\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw\r\n<\/span><\/span>D<\/span>    G<\/span>       D<\/span>        Cmaj7<\/span>    C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I've gone to look for America\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Bridge]\r\n<\/span>Bbmaj7<\/span>                          Cmaj7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>   Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces\r\n<\/span><\/span>Bbmaj7<\/span>                                       Cmaj7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy\r\n<\/span><\/span>Fmaj7<\/span>                                    C<\/span>  C\/B<\/span>  Am<\/span>  G<\/span>  Am\/F#<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>         C\/B<\/span>       Am<\/span>              Am\/G<\/span>      F<\/span>        Fsus4<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>             C\/B<\/span>         Am<\/span>        Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>We smoked the last one an hour ago\r\n<\/span><\/span>Em7<\/span>                  A7<\/span>           Em7<\/span>          A7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>  So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine\r\n<\/span><\/span>        D<\/span>    C<\/span>    G<\/span>       C<\/span> C\/B<\/span> Am<\/span>  G<\/span>  F<\/span>  Fsus4<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And the moon rose over an o-pen field\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>         C\/B<\/span>    Am<\/span>            Am\/G<\/span>         F<\/span>        Fsus4<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Cathy I'm lost I said though I knew she was sleeping\r\n<\/span><\/span>    C<\/span>         C\/B<\/span>        Am<\/span>               Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I'm empty and aching and I don't know why\r\n<\/span><\/span>G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike\r\n<\/span><\/span>        D<\/span>   G<\/span>       D<\/span>         Cmaj7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>They've all come to look for America\r\n<\/span><\/span>D<\/span>   G<\/span>       D<\/span>         Cmaj7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>All come to look for America\r\n<\/span><\/span>D<\/span>   G<\/span>       D<\/span>         Cmaj7<\/span>\r\n<\/span>All come to look for America\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Coda]\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>  C\/B<\/span>  Am<\/span>  G<\/span>  Dm<\/span> Dm\/C<\/span> G7<\/span>   (walk down pluck)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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