America
Paul Simon

Simon & Garfunkel
Bookends
1968

America is one of my all-time favorites by S&G,
and it's really easy.  Make sure you read the
instructions on how to play the chords before you start.
Lyrics by Rich Kent.

Capo 3rd

To play all the chords shown in this song (except those notated by tabs),
you use the following pattern.  Hit the bass note, then scratch the high
strings four times.  It should make sense once you try it.
This is not part of the song!

   C             D             G             Am
   +   +   +     +   +   +     +   +   +     +   +   +
e:-----0-0-0-0-|-----2-2-2-2-|-----3-3-3-3-|-----0-0-0-0-|
B:-----1-1-1-1-|-----3-3-3-3-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----1-1-1-1-|
G:-----0-0-0-0-|-----2-2-2-2-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----2-2-2-2-|
D:-------------|-0-----------|-----0-0-0-0-|-------------|
A:-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
E:-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|

INTRO:
This part is the intro and the beginning of the verses.

   C             C/B           Am7           Am7/G
   +   +   +     +   +   +     +   +   +     +   +   +
e:-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|
B:-----1-1-1-1-|-----1-1-1-1-|-----1-1-1-1-|-----1-1-1-1-|
G:-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-|
D:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A:-3-----------|-2-----------|-0-----------|-------------|
E:-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|


   F
   +   +   +     +   +   +     +   +   +     +   +   +
e:-----1-1-1-1-|-----1-1-1-1-|-1--1--1---1-|-1--1--1-----|
B:-----1-1-1-1-|-----1-1-1-1-|-1--3--1---1-|-1--3--1-----|
G:-----2-2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2---2-|-2--2--2-----|
D:-----3-3-3-3-|-----3-3-3-3-|-3--3--3---3-|-3--3--3-----|
A:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E:-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|

The verses begin with the intro figure.

C         C/B          Am7       Am7/G      F
Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together
C             C/B         Am               Am7
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         C      C/B    Am7
And we walked off to look for America

Am7/G      F

C       C/B        Am7       Am7/G        F
Kathy I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C        C/B          Am                Am7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
D    G       D         Cmaj7  C
I've come to look for Ameri - ca

BRIDGE

Bbmaj7
Laughing on the bus
        C
Playing games with the faces
Bbmaj7                                       C
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
F                     Fmaj7              C
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera

C/G	Am/F#	Fmaj7

Now, the chords from the first two verses repeat.

Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

Kathy I'm lost I said though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
D   G       D        Cmaj7   C
All come to look for Ameri - ca
D   G       D        Cmaj7   C
All come to look for Ameri - ca

repeat and fade

CHORDS:
C/B	x2x010			Cmaj7	x32000
C/G	3x2010			Bbmaj7	x13231
Am7	x02010			Fmaj7	1x3210
Am7/G	3x2010
Am/F#	2x2210