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American Tune

Paul Simon
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D-DU-UDU
 Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm
let  us be lovers  well marry  our fortunes  together
I've  got some real estate  here  in my bag
So  we bought a pack of cigarettes  and  mrs. wagner pies
 And  we walked off  to look  for america
kathy,  I said  as we boarded  a greyhound  in pittsburgh
michigan  seems  like a dream  to me now
It  took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw
Ive  gone  to look  for america
Laughing  on the bus Playing  games with the faces
She  said the man in the gabardine suit was  a spy
I  said be careful his bowtie is really a camera
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,  Im lost,  I said,  though I  knew she was sleeping
Im  empty and aching  and I  dont know why
Counting  the cars on the new jersey turnpike
They've  all  gone to look  for america
All  gone  to look  for america
All  gone  to look  for america

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Readable chord sheet for American Tune by Paul Simon

[D]           [Dm7]          [Bm]           [D]     [G]     [C]    [G]

Mm mm mm  mm mm mm mm mm mm

[D]let us be love[Dm7]rs well ma[Bm]rry our fortunes[D] together[G]

[D]I've got some real es[Dm7]tate here[Bm] in my bag

[F#m7]So we bought a pack of [B7]cigarettes a[F#m]nd mrs. wagner pi[B7]es

And[E] we walked [D]off to loo[A]k for ame[D]ri[Dm7]ca   [Bm]      [Bm7]          [G]

[D]kathy, I sai[Dm7]d as we boa[Bm]rded a [D]greyhound in pittsbu[G]rgh   [C]        [G]

[D]michigan se[Dm7]ems like a [Bm]dream to me now

[A]It took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw

[E]Ive gon[A]e to lo[E]ok for ameri[Dm7]ca    [D]

[Cm7]Laughing on the bus Pla[D]ying games with the faces

[Cm7]She said the man in the gabardine suit wa[D]s  a spy

[G]I said be careful his bowtie is really a c[D]ame[Dm7]ra   [Bm]       [D6]          [Bm6]               [Gm7]

[D]toss me a cigaret[Dm7]te, I think th[Bm]ere's one in my[D] raincoat    [G]           [C]                [G]

[D]we smoked the [Dm7]last one a[Bm]n hour ago

[F#m7]So I looked at the s[B7]cenery, she[F#m] read her magazine[B7]

[E]And the[D] moon ro[A]se over an o[D]pen fiel[Bm7]d

[D]kathy, Im [Dm7]lost, I said,[Bm] though [D]I knew she was sleep[G]ing   [C]        [G]

[D]Im empty and a[Dm7]ching and I[Bm] dont know why

[A]Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike

[E]They've a[A]ll gone to l[E]ook for amer[Dm7]ica

[E]All g[A]one to lo[E]ok for a[Dm7]merica

[E]All g[A]one to l[E]ook for [Dm7]america

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