{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2902064,"song":"West Side Story - America","artist":"Misc Musicals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2902064-west-side-story-america-chords-by-misc-musicals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2902064?type=chord","rating":4.43847,"votes":29,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPuerto Rico[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMy heart's devotion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLet it sink back in the ocean[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAlways the hurricanes blowing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAlways the population growing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the money owing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the sunlight streaming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the natives steaming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI like the island Manhattan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSmoke on your pipe, and put that in[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI like to be in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOkay by me in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEverything free in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a small fee in America[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBuying on credit is so nice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne look at us and they charge twice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI have my own washing machine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhat will you have though to keep clean?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSkyscrapers bloom in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCadillacs zoom in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIndustry boom in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwelve in a room in America[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Abm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLots of new housing with more space[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLots of doors slamming in our face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'll get a terrace apartment[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBetter get rid of your accent[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLife can be bright in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you can fight in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLife is all right in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you're all white in America[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere you are free and you have pride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLong as you stay on your own side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFree to be anything you choose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFree to wait tables and shine shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEverywhere grime in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOrganized crime in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTerrible time in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou forget I'm in America[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Abm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think I'll go back to San Juan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know a boat you can get on (bye bye)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nEveryone there will give big cheer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nEveryone there will have moved here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCLAP CLAP, CLAP CLAP,  Oh oh oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCLAP CLAP CLAP, Oh oh oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCLAP CLAP CLAP, Oh oh oh[/tab]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI like to be in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOkay by me in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLife is all right in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you're all white in America[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAb Bb\nG Bb\nAb Abm\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAb Bb\nG Bb\nAb Abm\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\nAb G\n\n\n[Chorus 5]","chords":["Cm","Bb","Fm","Gm","C","F","G","Eb","Ab","Dm","Abm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}