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America

Simon and Garfunkel

Composer: Simon and Garfunkel
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel
Year: 1968
Album: Bookends
Key (original): C
Key (transposed): C
Capo 2nd fret
Verse 1
 
L
C 
et us be l
Cmaj7 
overs, we’ll m
Am7 
arry our f
Am7/G 
ortunes 
 
tog
F 
ether
C 
I’ve got some r
Cmaj7 
eal-estate 
 
h
Am7 
ere in my bag  
Em7 
 
So we bought a pack of  
A7 
cigaretts, and  
Em7 
Mrs. Wagner p
A7 
ies
 
And w
D 
alked 
 
 
C 
off to l
G 
ook for Am
C 
e—
Cmaj7 
—ric
Am7 
a 
 
 
.. 
Am7/G 
.. 
F 
.. 
Verse 2
 
K
C 
athy I s
Cmaj7 
aid as we b
Am7 
oarded the Gr
Am7/G 
eyhound in P
F 
ittsburg
 
M
C 
ichigan 
 
s
Cmaj7 
eems like a  
Am7 
dream to me now
G 
It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
D 
I’ve 
 
c
G 
ome to l
D 
ook for Am
Cmaj7 
e–ric
C 
a
Bridge
Amaj7 
Laughing on the bus, playing g
F7 
ames with the f
C 
aces
Amaj7 
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a sp
C 
y
F 
I said be careful his bowtie is really a c
C 
amera 
 
 
Cmaj7 
.. 
Am7 
.. 
Am7/G 
.. 
D6/A 
.. 
F 
 
T
C 
oss me a c
Cmaj7 
igarette 
 
 
Am7 
I think there’s  
Am7/G 
one in my  
F 
raincoat
 
W
C 
e smoked the l
Cmaj7 
ast one an h
Am7 
our ago  
Em7 
 
So I looked at the  
A7 
scenery, and sh
Em7 
e read her magaz
A7 
ine
 
And the m
D 
oon 
 
r
C 
ose 
 
 
G 
over an  
C 
o..
Cmaj7 
..pen 
 
f
Am7 
ield 
 
 
.. 
Am7/G 
.. 
F 
A#8230; 
 
K
C 
athy I’m l
Cmaj7 
ost, I said  
Am7 
though I kn
Am7/G 
ew she was sl
F 
eeping
 
I’m  
C 
empty and  
Cmaj7 
aching and  
Am7 
I don’t know why  
Em7 
G 
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
 
They’ve  
D 
all 
 
c
G 
ome to l
D 
ook for Am
Cmaj7 
erica
D 
all 
 
c
G 
ome to l
D 
ook for Am
Cmaj7 
erica
D 
all 
 
c
G 
ome to l
D 
ook for Am
Cmaj7 
erica
C 
.. 
Cmaj7 
.. 
Am7 
.. 
Am7/G 
.. 
Dm 
.. 
Dm/C 
.. 
Dm/A# 
A#8230;.. 

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