American Tune - Paul Simon
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Many's the tim
e I've been mi
staken
and many times
confused
Yes and I've o
ften felt for-
sa-ken
and certainly
misused
Oh, but I'm al
right, I'm alr
ight,
I'm just weary
to my bones
Still you don'
t expect to be
bright and bo
n vivant
So far away fr
om home,
so far away f
rom home
[Verse 2]
And I don't kn
ow a soul who'
s not been bat
tered
I don't have a
friend who fe
els at ease
I don't know a
dream that's
not been sha-a
-ttered
or driven to i
t's knees
Oh, but it's a
lright, it's a
lright
for we lived s
o well so lo
ng
Still when I t
hink of the ro
ad we're trave
ling on
I wonder what'
s gone wrong,
I can't help i
t, I wonder wh
at's gone wron
g
[Bridge]
And I dreamed
I was dying
I dreamed that
my soul rose
unexpectedly
And looking ba
ck down at me,
smiled reassu
ringly
And I dreamed
I was flying
And high up ab
ove my eyes co
uld clearly se
e
The Statue of
Liberty, saili
ng away to sea
And I dreamed
I was flying
[Verse 3]
For we come on
the ship they
call the "May
flower"
We come on the
ship that sai
led the moon
We come in the
ages most unc
ertain hours
and sing an Am
erican Tune
Oh, and it's a
lright, it's a
lright
you can't be f
or - e - ver b
lessed
Still tomorrow
's gonna be an
other working
day
And I'm trying
to get some r
est,
that's all I'm
trying to get
some rest
[Outro]