America - Simon & Garfunkel
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: D, E A D G B E
Song: America
Artist: Simon and Garfunkel
Composer: Paul Simon
Album: Bookends
Tabbed by DJ 2nd Feb 2020
TIME SIGNATURE: 3/4 (Waltz time)
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the original recorded key of D)
LIVE VERSION
'The Concert in the Park' version is a semi-tone
higher than the original and is in the Key of Eb.
Put your Capo at the 3rd fret for that version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAoWwUwknc
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo:
C = x32010 (G/A) = x0xxxx
C/B = x2x010 (G/B) = x2xxxx
Am = x02210 G = 320003
Am/G = 302210 G4 = 3x0013
F = 133211 or xx3211 Cmaj7 = x32000
F4 = 133311 or xx3311 Bbmaj7 = x13231
Fmaj7 = 133210 Fmaj7b5 = xx3200
A4 = x02230 D9/F# = 200210
Em = 022000 Dm = xx0231
Em7 = 022030 Dm/C = x30231
A7 = x02020 G/B = x20003
D = xx0232 G7/B = x20001
(Chords in brackets are intended to be played as
passing bass notes only)
FOR TABLATURE OF OPTIONAL RIFFS SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE
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[Intro]
Mmm, mmm, mmm,
mmm, mmm, mmm
[
, mmm-mmm-mmm!
Mmm, mmm, mmm,
mmm, mmm, mmm
[
, mmm-mmm-mmm!
[Verse 1]
Let us be love
rs, we'll marr
y our fortunes
to- gether
| /_/ / /
| /_/ / /
|
I've got some
real-estate he
[
re in my bag!"
(Mmm - mm - mm
m - mmm!)
So we bought a
pack of cigar
[
ettes,
...And Mrs. Wa
gner pies,
And walked off
(
to look for
A - me------r
i - ca
| / / / | /
/ / | / /
/ | /_/ / /
| / / / |
[Verse 2]
"Kathy...", I
said,
As we boarded
the Greyhound
in Pittsburg,
| /_/ / /
| / / / |
"...Michigan s
/
eems like a dr
eam to me now!
[
"
It took me fou
r days to hitc
h-hike from Sa
(
g-in - aw,
I've come to l
ook for A - me
rica
[Bridge]
Laughi
ng on the bus,
Playing games
with the faces
[
,
She said the m
an in the gaba
rdine suit was
a spy,
I said, "Be ca
reful,
His bowtie is
really a camer
a-----------!"
| / / / | /
/ / | / /
/ | / / / |
/ / / |
[Verse 3]
"Toss me a cig
arette,
I think there'
s one in my ra
incoat!"
| /_/ / / |
/ / / |
"We smoked the
last one an h
[
our ago!"
(Mmm- mm- mmm-
mmm!) So I lo
oked at the sc
[
enery,
She read he
r maga - zine,
And the moon r
(
ose ov - er
an o-----pen
field
| / / / | /
/ / | / /
/ | /_/ / /
| / / / |
[Verse 4]
"Kathy, I'm lo
st...", I said
,
Though I knew
she was sleepi
ng | /_/ / /
| / / / |
"...I'm empty
and aching and
I don't know
why!"
Counting the c
ars on the New
Jersey Turn -
(
pike,
(
They've all co
me to look for
A - merica,
All come to lo
ok for A - mer
ica,
All come to lo
ok for A - mer
ica-------!
[Coda - Repeats then End on C]
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/
/ / |
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[
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/ / :||
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h = Hammer-on note p = Pull-off note
/ = Slide note up
b = Bend note up a semi-tone and release back again
[F Riff 1]
e|------------
B|------------
G|------0-h2--
D|--0-h3------
A|------------
E|------------
---|----------
1--|--b3--1---
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
[F Riff 2]
e|------------
B|------------
G|------0-h2--
D|--0-h3------
A|------------
E|------------
---|----------
1--|--/3--p5-3
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
-----|
-----|
--5--|
-----|
-----|
-----|
[G Riff]
G (G/A)(G
...look for A
e|--3---------
B|--0---------
G|--0---------
D|--0---------
A|--2----0---2
E|--3---------
/B) C
- me--------
--|----0-0--0-
--|----1-1--1-
--|----0-0--0-
--|-----------
--|--3--------
--|-----------
C/B
-------------r
0--|----0-0--0
1--|----1-1--1
0--|----0-0--0
---|----------
---|--2-------
---|----------
i -
-0--|
-1--|
-0--|
----|
----|
----|
Am
- ca!
e|----0-0--0-0
B|----1-1--1-1
G|----0-0--0-0
D|------------
A|--0---------
E|------------
Am/G
--|----0-0--0-
--|----1-1--1-
--|----0-0--0-
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|--3--------
0--|
1--|
0--|
---|
---|
---|
[A7 Riff[
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|-------0-h2-
E|--0-h2------
---| e|----
---| B|----
---| G|----
0--| D|--0-
---| A|----
---| E|----
[Am Riff]
-----------|
--------1--|
---0-h2----|
h2---------|
-----------|
-----------|
[Cmaj7 Riff
e|------------
B|------------
G|--p2-0-----0
D|--------2---
A|------------
E|------------
] [G7 C
--| e|----
--| B|----
--| G|----
--| D|----
--| A|----
--| E|--3-
oda Riff]
-----------|
-----------|
-0---------|
----3------|
-----------|
-----------|
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For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below five of the diagrams
C/B F4 A4 Em7 Fmaj7b5
<12 of 15> <8 of 15> <2 of 21> <6 of 49> <7 of 19>
All the other chord boxes should be the default
first option and don't need any reselecting