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America - First Aid kit
Capo on 9.
[Verse 1]
COoo AmOoo OCoo OGoo OFmaj7oooooh   Ooo COoo AmOoo COoo GOoooFmaj7ooh
CLet us be loAmvers, we'll mCarry our fGortunes tFmaj7ogether
CI've got some real-estate Amhere in my bag ooooo
EmSo we bought a pack of Acigarettes, and EmMrs. Wagner Apies
And Dwalked Goff to Dlook for CAmeriFmaj7ca
[Verse 2]
CCathy I said as we Amboarded the GGreyhound in Fmaj7Pittsburg
CMichigan seems like a Amdream to me now
GIt took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
And DI've Gcome to Dlook for ACmerica
Fmaj7Laughing on the bus, playing gCames with the faces
Fmaj7She said the man in the gabardine suit was a Cspy
Fmaj7I said be careful his bowtie is really a caCmeraAm  C  G  Fmaj7  
[Verse 3]
CToss me a ciAmgarette CI think there's Gone in my rFmaj7aincoat
CWe smoked the last one an Amhour ago
EmSo I looked at the Ascenery, Emshe read her Amagazine
And the Dmoon Grose Dover an oCpen Fmaj7field
[Verse 4]
CCathy I'm lAmost, I sCaid, though I kGnew she was sFmaj7leeping
CI'm empty and aching anAmd I don't know why
GCounting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've Dall Gcome to Dlook for ACmerica
They've Dall Gcome to Dlook for ACmerica
They've Dall Gcome to Dlook for ACmerica
They've Dall Gcome to Dlook for ACmerica
[Outro]
COoo AmOoo COoo GOoo Fmaj7Ooooooh Gooooooo

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America

by First Aid Kit

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 9 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

America - First Aid kit

Capo on 9.

[Verse 1]

C Am C G Fmaj7 C Am C G Fmaj7

Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh

C Am C G Fmaj7

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

C Am

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

Em A Em A

So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs. Wagner pies

D G D C Fmaj7

And walked off to look for America

[Verse 2]

C Am G Fmaj7

Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg

C Am

Michigan seems like a dream to me now

It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw

D G D C

And I've come to look for America

Fmaj7 C

Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces

Fmaj7 C

She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy

Fmaj7 C Am C G Fmaj7

I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera

[Verse 3]

C Am C G Fmaj7

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

C Am

We smoked the last one an hour ago

Em A Em A

So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine

D G D C Fmaj7

And the moon rose over an open field

[Verse 4]

C Am C G Fmaj7

Cathy I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping

C Am

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

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike

D G D C

They've all come to look for America

D G D C

They've all come to look for America

D G D C

They've all come to look for America

D G D C

They've all come to look for America

[Outro]

C Am C G Fmaj7 G

Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh ooooooo

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