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                     AMERICA
INTRO: NONE
VERSE:
LDet us be lF#movers, we'll mBmarry our fDortunes togGetherG  
ID've got some real-estate Bmhere in my Bm7bag
   F#mSo we bought a pack of cBigarettes, 
   F#mAnd Mrs. Wagners pBies
And we wAalked oDff to lAook for AmDericaD  Bm7  D  G  
VERSE:  
CDathy I sF#maid as we bBmoarded the GDreyhound in PGittsburgG  
MDichigan seems like a dBmream to me nBm7ow
AIt took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
IE've cAome to lEook for AmDmaj7ericaG  
VERSE:
DToss me a cF#migarette BmI think there's oDne in my rGaincoatG  
DWe smoked the Dmaj7last one an hBmour Bm7ago
   F#mSo I looked at the scB7enery, 
   F#m7She read the mBagazines
And the moAon rDose oAver an oDpen fieldA  Bm7  D  G  
VERSE:
DCathy I'm lAost, Oh,I sBm7aid, 
though I kDnew she was slGeepingG  
I'm Dempty I'm F#maching and BmI don't know Bm7why
CoAunting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've aEll cAome to lEook for AmDmaj7erica
AEll cAome to lEook for AmDmaj7erica
They've aEll cAome to lEook for AmDmaj7erica
OUTRO:
D  A  Bm7  D  G  G  D

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America

by Bert Sommer

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Bm7

Dmaj7

F#m7

AMERICA

INTRO: NONE

VERSE:

D F#m Bm D G G

Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together

D Bm Bm7

I've got some real-estate here in my bag

F#m B

So we bought a pack of cigarettes,

F#m B

And Mrs. Wagners pies

A D A D D Bm7 D G

And we walked off to look for America

VERSE:

D F#m Bm D G G

Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg

D Bm Bm7

Michigan seems like a dream to me now

It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw

E A E Dmaj7 G

I've come to look for America

VERSE:

D F#m Bm D G G

Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat

D Dmaj7 Bm Bm7

We smoked the last one an hour ago

F#m B7

So I looked at the scenery,

F#m7 B

She read the magazines

A D A D A Bm7 D G

And the moon rose over an open field

VERSE:

D A Bm7

Cathy I'm lost, Oh,I said,

D G G

though I knew she was sleeping

D F#m Bm Bm7

I'm empty I'm aching and I don't know why

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

They've all come to look for America

OUTRO:

D A Bm7 D G G D

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