More songs by Simon And Garfunkel
This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"AMERICA" by Simon & Garfunkel www.simonandgarfunkel.com
From their 1968 album Bookends
Written by Paul Simon
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Capo 2nd fret
C C/B C/A C/G F % F4 F
C C/B C/A C/G F F4 F
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
C C/B Am % % %
I've got some real estate here in my bag
Em % A7 % Em % A7 %
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
D C G /A /B
And walked off to look for
C C/B C/A C/G F % F4 F
Ame - rica
C C/B C/A C/G F F4 F
Kathy, I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C C/B Am % % %
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G % % %
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
D G D Cmaj7 % % %
I've come to look for Ame - rica
Bbmaj7 % % % Cmaj7 % % %
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Bbmaj7 % % % Cmaj7 % % %
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
F % Fmaj7 %
I said, be careful, his bowtie is really a
C C/B C/A C/G D7/F# % F %
Camera
C C/B C/A C/G F F4 F
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
C C/B Am % % %
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Em % A7 % Em % A7 %
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
D C G /A /B
And the moon rose o - ver an
C C/B C/A C/G F % F4 F
O - pen field
C C/B C/A C/G F F4 F
Kathy, I'm lost, I said though I knew she was sleeping
C 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 come to look for America
D G D Cmaj7 % % %
All come to look for America
D G D Cmaj7 % % %
All come to look for America
C C/B C/A C/G Dm Dm/C G7/B G7
Transcribed 2019-08-05 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
x32010 C
x2x010 C/B
x0x010 C/A
3xx010 C/G
133211 F
1x3311 F4
x02210 Am
022000 Em
x02020 A7
xx0232 D
320003 G
x32000 Cmaj7
x13231 Bbmaj7
133210 Fmaj7
200212 D7/F#
xx0231 Dm
x3x231 Dm7/C
x20031 G7/B
3x0031 G7
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"AMERICA" by Simon & Garfunkel www.simonandgarfunkel.com
From their 1968 album Bookends
Written by Paul Simon
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
No capo
D D/C# D/B D/A G % G4 G
D D/C# D/B D/A G G4 G
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
D D/C# Bm % % %
I've got some real estate here in my bag
F#m % B7 % F#m % B7 %
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
E D A /B /C#
And walked off to look for
D D/C# D/B D/A G % G4 G
Ame - rica
D D/C# D/B D/A G G4 G
Kathy, I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburgh
D D/C# Bm % % %
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
A % % %
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
E A E Dmaj7 % % %
I've come to look for Ame - rica
Cmaj7 % % % Dmaj7 % % %
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Cmaj7 % % % Dmaj7 % % %
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
G % Gmaj7 %
I said, be careful, his bowtie is really a
D D/C# D/B D/A E7/G# % G %
Camera
D D/C# D/B D/A G G4 G
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
D D/C# Bm % % %
We smoked the last one an hour ago
F#m % B7 % F#m % B7 %
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
E D A /B /C#
And the moon rose o - ver an
D D/C# D/B D/A G % G4 G
O - pen field
D D/C# D/B D/A G G4 G
Kathy, I'm lost, I said though I knew she was sleeping
D D/C# Bm % % %
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
A % % %
Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike
E A E Dmaj7 % % %
They've all come to look for America
E A E Dmaj7 % % %
All come to look for America
E A E Dmaj7 % % %
All come to look for America
D D/C# D/B D/A Em Em/D A7/C# A7
Transcribed 2019-08-05 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net
xx0232 D
x4x232 D/C#
x2xx32 D/B
x0x232 D/A
320003 G
320013 G4
x24432 Bm
244222 F#m
x24242 B7
022100 E
x02220 A
xx0222 Dmaj7
x32000 Cmaj7
320002 Gmaj7
420400 E7/G#
xx2000 Em
xx0000 Em7/D
x42020 A7/C#
x02020 A7
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