Chords for Simon & Garfunkel - America / Homeward Bound - 11/6/1993 - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Official)
Tempo:
153.35 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Bm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[C#] [Bm] [D]
[Bm]
[Em] [G]
[D]
[F#] [Bm]
[G]
[D] Let us be lovers, [G] we'll marry our fortunes together.
[Dm] I've got some real [Bm] estate here in my bag.
[F#m] So we bought [B] a pack of cigarettes [F#m] and Mrs.
[B] Wagner pies,
and we [D] walked off [B] to look [D] for
[C#] [Bm] America.
[G]
[D] Cathy, I said as [Bm] we boarded a [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh,
[D] Michigan seems [Bm] like a dream to me now.
[A] It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw,
[E] and
[A] I've come [E] to look [D] for America.
[G] Laughing on the bus, playing games [D] with the faces,
[G] she said the man in the Aberdeen suit [D] was a spy.
[F#m]
[G] I said be careful, his bow tie is really a [D] camera.
[Bm] [A] [G#]
[G]
[D] Toss me a [Bm] cigarette, I [A] think there's one in my [G] raincoat.
[D] We smoked the last one an [Bm] hour ago.
[F#m] So I looked [B] at the scenery, [F#m] [D] she read [B] her magazines,
[E] and the moon [D] rose over an [Bm] open field.
[G]
[A] [D] Cathy, [A] I'm lost, [Bm] I said, though I knew she [G] was sleeping.
[D] I ripped a tee [A]
I'm making [Bm] and I don't know why.
[A]
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike,
[E] they've [A] all come [E]
to look [D] for America.
[E]
All [A] come [E] to look [D] for America.
[E] [A] All come [E] to look [D] for America.
[A]
[G]
[G#m] [B]
[A] [G] [D]
[A]
I'm sitting on the railway [G#] station,
got a ticket for my destination.
[Em] [Am]
[F#] [F#m]
[Bm] On a tour of one night [G] stands my suitcase and guitar in hand,
[A] and every stop is neatly planned for a [E] poet and a one man [A] band.
[B]
[D] Homeward bound, I wish [A] I was [B]
[D] homeward bound.
[A]
[E] Home where my thoughts [D] are [A] escaping,
home [E] where my [G] music's [A] playing,
home [E] where my love [C#m] lies [E] waiting silently for [A] me.
Every day's an endless [C#m] stream of [E] cigarettes and [Am] magazines.
[F#m]
[Bm] Each town looks the same to me, [G] the movies and the factories,
[A] and every stranger's face I see [E] reminds me that I long to [A] be
Homeward bound, [D] oh I [A] wish I was
[D] homeward bound.
[A] Home [E] where my [Bm] thoughts are [A] escaping,
home where [E] my [Bm] music's [A] playing,
home where [E] my love [A] lies waiting [E] silently [A] for me.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and [Am] pretend.
[F#m]
But [Bm] all my words come back to me [G] in shades of mediocrity,
[A] like emptiness in harmony, [E] I need someone to comfort [A] me.
[D] Homeward bound, [A]
[D]
homeward bound.
[A]
Home [E] where my thoughts are [A] escaping,
home [E] where my [G] [Bm] music's playing,
[A]
home where [E] my love [B] lies waiting.
[A] Home.
[N]
[C#] [Bm] [D]
[Bm]
[Em] [G]
[D]
[F#] [Bm]
[G]
[D] Let us be lovers, [G] we'll marry our fortunes together.
[Dm] I've got some real [Bm] estate here in my bag.
[F#m] So we bought [B] a pack of cigarettes [F#m] and Mrs.
[B] Wagner pies,
and we [D] walked off [B] to look [D] for
[C#] [Bm] America.
[G]
[D] Cathy, I said as [Bm] we boarded a [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh,
[D] Michigan seems [Bm] like a dream to me now.
[A] It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw,
[E] and
[A] I've come [E] to look [D] for America.
[G] Laughing on the bus, playing games [D] with the faces,
[G] she said the man in the Aberdeen suit [D] was a spy.
[F#m]
[G] I said be careful, his bow tie is really a [D] camera.
[Bm] [A] [G#]
[G]
[D] Toss me a [Bm] cigarette, I [A] think there's one in my [G] raincoat.
[D] We smoked the last one an [Bm] hour ago.
[F#m] So I looked [B] at the scenery, [F#m] [D] she read [B] her magazines,
[E] and the moon [D] rose over an [Bm] open field.
[G]
[A] [D] Cathy, [A] I'm lost, [Bm] I said, though I knew she [G] was sleeping.
[D] I ripped a tee [A]
I'm making [Bm] and I don't know why.
[A]
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike,
[E] they've [A] all come [E]
to look [D] for America.
[E]
All [A] come [E] to look [D] for America.
[E] [A] All come [E] to look [D] for America.
[A]
[G]
[G#m] [B]
[A] [G] [D]
[A]
I'm sitting on the railway [G#] station,
got a ticket for my destination.
[Em] [Am]
[F#] [F#m]
[Bm] On a tour of one night [G] stands my suitcase and guitar in hand,
[A] and every stop is neatly planned for a [E] poet and a one man [A] band.
[B]
[D] Homeward bound, I wish [A] I was [B]
[D] homeward bound.
[A]
[E] Home where my thoughts [D] are [A] escaping,
home [E] where my [G] music's [A] playing,
home [E] where my love [C#m] lies [E] waiting silently for [A] me.
Every day's an endless [C#m] stream of [E] cigarettes and [Am] magazines.
[F#m]
[Bm] Each town looks the same to me, [G] the movies and the factories,
[A] and every stranger's face I see [E] reminds me that I long to [A] be
Homeward bound, [D] oh I [A] wish I was
[D] homeward bound.
[A] Home [E] where my [Bm] thoughts are [A] escaping,
home where [E] my [Bm] music's [A] playing,
home where [E] my love [A] lies waiting [E] silently [A] for me.
Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and [Am] pretend.
[F#m]
But [Bm] all my words come back to me [G] in shades of mediocrity,
[A] like emptiness in harmony, [E] I need someone to comfort [A] me.
[D] Homeward bound, [A]
[D]
homeward bound.
[A]
Home [E] where my thoughts are [A] escaping,
home [E] where my [G] [Bm] music's playing,
[A]
home where [E] my love [B] lies waiting.
[A] Home.
[N]
Key:
A
D
E
Bm
G
A
D
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Let us be lovers, [G] we'll marry our fortunes together. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] I've got some real [Bm] estate here in my bag. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ So we bought [B] a pack of cigarettes _ [F#m] and _ Mrs.
[B] Wagner _ pies,
and we [D] walked off [B] to look [D] for _
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] America. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Cathy, I said as [Bm] we boarded a [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Michigan seems [Bm] like a dream to me now. _ _
_ _ [A] It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw,
[E] and _
[A] I've come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ _ America. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Laughing on the _ bus, playing games [D] with the faces, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] she said the man in the _ Aberdeen suit [D] was a spy.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [G] I said be careful, his bow tie is really a [D] camera. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Toss me a [Bm] cigarette, I [A] think there's one in my [G] raincoat. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] We smoked the last one an [Bm] hour _ ago. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ So I looked [B] at the scenery, _ [F#m] _ _ [D] she read [B] her _ magazines,
_ [E] and the moon [D] _ _ rose _ over an _ _ _ [Bm] open _ field.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] Cathy, [A] I'm lost, [Bm] I said, though I knew she [G] was sleeping. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I ripped a tee [A]
I'm making [Bm] and I don't know _ _ _ why.
_ [A] _ _
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike,
[E] they've [A] all come [E]
to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
All [A] _ come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America. _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] All come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm sitting on the railway [G#] station,
got a ticket for my destination.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] On a tour of one night [G] stands my suitcase and guitar in hand,
[A] and every stop is neatly planned for a [E] poet and a one man [A] _ band.
_ [B] _ _
_ [D] Homeward bound, _ I wish [A] I was _ _ [B] _ _
[D] homeward _ _ bound.
_ [A] _
_ [E] Home where my thoughts [D] are [A] escaping, _
home [E] where my [G] music's [A] playing, _
home [E] where my love [C#m] lies [E] waiting _ silently for [A] me. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Every day's an endless [C#m] stream of [E] cigarettes and [Am] magazines. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] Each town looks the same to me, [G] the movies and the factories,
[A] and every stranger's face I see [E] reminds me that I long to [A] be
Homeward _ bound, _ [D] _ _ _ _ oh I [A] wish I _ _ _ was _
[D] homeward _ _ _ bound. _
[A] _ Home [E] where my [Bm] thoughts are [A] escaping,
_ home where [E] my _ [Bm] music's [A] playing,
_ home where [E] my love [A] lies waiting _ [E] silently [A] for _ me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and [Am] pretend. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
But _ [Bm] all my words come back to me [G] in shades of _ mediocrity,
_ [A] like emptiness in harmony, [E] I need someone to comfort _ [A] _ me. _ _ _
[D] Homeward bound, _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
homeward bound.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Home [E] where my thoughts are [A] escaping, _
home [E] where my _ [G] [Bm] music's playing,
[A] _ _
home where [E] my love [B] lies waiting.
[A] _ _ _ Home. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Let us be lovers, [G] we'll marry our fortunes together. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] I've got some real [Bm] estate here in my bag. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ So we bought [B] a pack of cigarettes _ [F#m] and _ Mrs.
[B] Wagner _ pies,
and we [D] walked off [B] to look [D] for _
_ [C#] _ _ [Bm] America. _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Cathy, I said as [Bm] we boarded a [G] Greyhound in Pittsburgh, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Michigan seems [Bm] like a dream to me now. _ _
_ _ [A] It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw,
[E] and _
[A] I've come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ _ America. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Laughing on the _ bus, playing games [D] with the faces, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] she said the man in the _ Aberdeen suit [D] was a spy.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [G] I said be careful, his bow tie is really a [D] camera. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Toss me a [Bm] cigarette, I [A] think there's one in my [G] raincoat. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] We smoked the last one an [Bm] hour _ ago. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ So I looked [B] at the scenery, _ [F#m] _ _ [D] she read [B] her _ magazines,
_ [E] and the moon [D] _ _ rose _ over an _ _ _ [Bm] open _ field.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] Cathy, [A] I'm lost, [Bm] I said, though I knew she [G] was sleeping. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I ripped a tee [A]
I'm making [Bm] and I don't know _ _ _ why.
_ [A] _ _
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike,
[E] they've [A] all come [E]
to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
All [A] _ come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America. _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] All come [E] to look [D] for _ _ _ _ America. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm sitting on the railway [G#] station,
got a ticket for my destination.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] On a tour of one night [G] stands my suitcase and guitar in hand,
[A] and every stop is neatly planned for a [E] poet and a one man [A] _ band.
_ [B] _ _
_ [D] Homeward bound, _ I wish [A] I was _ _ [B] _ _
[D] homeward _ _ bound.
_ [A] _
_ [E] Home where my thoughts [D] are [A] escaping, _
home [E] where my [G] music's [A] playing, _
home [E] where my love [C#m] lies [E] waiting _ silently for [A] me. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Every day's an endless [C#m] stream of [E] cigarettes and [Am] magazines. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] Each town looks the same to me, [G] the movies and the factories,
[A] and every stranger's face I see [E] reminds me that I long to [A] be
Homeward _ bound, _ [D] _ _ _ _ oh I [A] wish I _ _ _ was _
[D] homeward _ _ _ bound. _
[A] _ Home [E] where my [Bm] thoughts are [A] escaping,
_ home where [E] my _ [Bm] music's [A] playing,
_ home where [E] my love [A] lies waiting _ [E] silently [A] for _ me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and [Am] pretend. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
But _ [Bm] all my words come back to me [G] in shades of _ mediocrity,
_ [A] like emptiness in harmony, [E] I need someone to comfort _ [A] _ me. _ _ _
[D] Homeward bound, _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
homeward bound.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
Home [E] where my thoughts are [A] escaping, _
home [E] where my _ [G] [Bm] music's playing,
[A] _ _
home where [E] my love [B] lies waiting.
[A] _ _ _ Home. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _