| C | Bm | Am | G | F | |
| Let us be | lovers, we'll | marry our | fortunes to | gether |
| C | Bm | Am | |
| I've got some | real-estate | here in my bag |
| Em | A | Em | A | |
| So we bought a pack of | cigaretts, and | Mrs. Wagner | pies |
| G | C | G | A | B | C | B | Am | |
| And | walked | off to | look | for | A | me | ri | ca |
| C | B | Am | G | F | |
| Cathy I | said as we | boarded the | Greyhound in | Pittsburg |
| C | B | Am | |
| Michigan | seems like a | dream to me now |
| G | |
| It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saganaw |
| D | G | D | Cmaj7 | |
| I've | gone to | look for A | merica |
| Cmaj7 | D | |
| Laughing on the bus, playing | games with the faces |
| Cmaj7 | D | |
| She said the man in the gaberdine suit was a | spy |
| G | F# | Em | A | D | Fmaj7 | |
| I said be | careful his | bowtie is | really a | camera |
| C | B | Am | G | F | |
| Toss me a | cigarette | I think there's | one in my | raincoat |
| C | B | Am | |
| We smoked the l | ast one an | hour ago |
| G | A | Em | A | |
| So I looked at the | scenery, | and she read her maga | zine |
| G | D | G | A | B | CB | Am | |
| An the | moon | rose | ov | er | an | ope | n field |
| C | B | Am | G | F | |
| Cathy I'm | lost, I | said, though I | knew she was | sleeping |
| C | B | Am | |
| I'm | empty and | aching and | I don't know why |
| G | |
| Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike |
| D | G | D | Cmaj7 | |
| They've | all | gone to | look for | America |
| D | G | D | Cmaj7 | |
| They've | all | gone to | look for | America |
| D | G | D | Cmaj7 | |
| They've | all | gone to | look for | America |
| From: Harlan L Thompson |
| AMERICA- Simon & Garfunkel |
| C | C/B | Am | C/G | F | C | C/B | Am | C/G | F | |
| Ooh o | oh o | oh | a o | oh a ooh, | ooh | ooh | ooh | a | ooh a ooh |
| C | C/B | Am | C/G | F | |
| Let us be | lovers, we'll m | arry our f | ortunes tog | ether |
| C | C/B | Am | Am7 | |
| I've got some | real-estate h | ere in my bag |
| Em7 | A7 | Em7 | A7 | |
| So we bought a pack of c | igarettes, and M | rs. Wagner pi | es |
| Em7 | D | C | G | C | C/B | Am | Am7/6 | F | |
| And wa | lked o | ff to l | ook for A | mer | ica |
| C | C/B | Am | C/G | F | |
| Cathy I | said as we b | oarded the G | reyhound in Pit | tsburg |
| C | C/B | Am | Am7 | |
| Michigan | seems like a dr | eam to me now |
| G | |
| It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw |
| Em7 | D | G | D | Cmaj7 | C | |
| And I' | ve co | me to lo | ok for Ame | rica |
| Bbmaj7 | Bb | C | |
| Laughing on the b | us, playing gam | es with the faces |
| Bbmaj7 | C | C/B | Am | C/G | |
| She said the man in the gabardine suit was | a | spy |
| F | Fmaj7 | C | C/B | Am | C/G | Am6 | Fmaj7 | |
| I said be careful his b | owtie is really a ca | me | ra |
| C | C/B | Am | C/G | F | |
| Toss me a | cigarette I | think there's on | e in my rain | coat |
| C | C/B | Am | Am7 | |
| We smoked the l | ast one an ho | ur ago |
| Em7 | A7 | Em7 | A7 | |
| So I looked at the sc | enery, | she read her mag | azine |
| Em7 | D | C | G | C | C/B | Am | C/G | F | |
| And the mo | on r | ose | over an op | en | field |
| C | C/B | Am | C/G | F | |
| Cathy I'm | lost, I sa | id, though I kn | ew she was slee | ping |
| C | C/B | Am | Am7 | |
| I'm | empty and a | ching and I d | on't know why |
| G | |
| Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike |
| D | G | D | Cmaj7 | |
| They've | all | come to | look for | America |
| D | G | D | Cmaj7 | |
| They've | all | come to | look for | America |
| D | G | D | Cmaj7 | C | |
| They've | all | come to | look for | America |
| C | C/B | Am | C/G | Dm | F | G | G7 | |
| Do d | o do d | o-da | -do, | do d | o | do | do-da-do (repeat and fade) |
| C/B: x 2 2 0 1 0 C/G: 3 3 2 0 1 0 |
| Am7: x 0 2 0 1 0 Cmaj7: x 3 2 0 0 0 |
| Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 0 Bbmaj7: 1 1 3 2 3 1 |
| Fmaj7: x x 3 2 1 0 Am6: x 0 2 2 0 2 |
| NOTE: At the end of each C C/B Am C/G F chord progression, there |
| is a small but important extra note. While fingering the F chord |
| (1 3 3 2 1 1), quickly hammer on and then pull off the sus note |
| (1 3 3 3 1 1). Do this twice each time. Listen to the record to |
| get a better idea of what I mean. |
| (from Bookends, 1967) |
| (sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu) |
