America
Simon & Garfunkel
C Cmaj7 Am C F
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
C Cmaj7 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's pies
G C G C Am
And walked off to look for America
C Am G F
Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg
C Cmaj7 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 America
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 Cmaj7 Am G F
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
C Cmaj7 Am
We smoked the last one an hour ago
G A Em A
So I looked at the scenery, and she read her magazine
G C G C Am
And the moon rose over an open field
C Cmaj7 Am G F
Cathy I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
C Cmaj7 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
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.
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