Simon & Garfunkel - America: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "America" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn America Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Simon & Garfunkel
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "America" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
D A/C# Bm Bm/A G Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together D A/C# Bm I've got some real estate here in my bag F#m7 B7 F#m7 So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. B7 Wagner's pies E D A D A/C# Bm A G Gsus4 G And 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 I've 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, 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 All come to look for America All come to look for America You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  C#  D  E  F#m  F#m7  G  Gsus4  Bm  B7  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "America" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "America" by Simon & Garfunkel.