American Tune Chords by Paul Simon
Tempo:
89.275 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
C
G
F
Am
A
C
G
F
[C] Many [F] is the time I've [G] been [C] [G].
mistaken, [E] and [Am] many [Em] times [A] confused.
[Am] [C] Yes, [Fm] and I've [C] often felt [B].
[C] forsaken, [Ab] [A] and [Am] [E] certainly [A].
[Am] misused.
[C] [F] Ah, but [G] I'm all right, [F] I'm all [C] right, [F] I'm just [C] weary [G] to my [A] bones.
[Am] [A] [D] Still, you [Bm] don't [C] expect to be [G] bright and bon [C] vivant, so [G] far away from [E] home.
[Am] [Gm] [C].
So far [G] away from [C] home.
.
And I don't [F] know a [C] soul who's [G] not [C] been [G] [E] battered.
I don't [Am] have a friend who feels [E].
[Am] at ease.
[C] I don't [F] know a [C] dream that's not been [B] [C] shattered, [G] or [Am] driven [E] to [A] its [C] knees.
[F] Ah, but it's [G] all right, [F] it's all [C] right, [Fm] for we've [C] lived so [G] well, [B].
[A] so long.
[D] [G] Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on, [C] I wonder [G] what's gone [E] wrong.
[Ab] [A] I [G] can't [C] help but wonder [G] what's [C] gone wrong.
.
And I dreamed I was dying.
.
[G] I dreamed that my soul rose [Am] unexpectedly.
[A] And [G] looking back down at [Dm] me, [C].
smiled [G] reassuringly.
And [C] I dreamed I was flying.
[G] And high [Am] up [G] above my [A] eyes could clearly see.
the [G] Statue of [F] Liberty [C] sailing away [G] to sea.
And I [C] dreamed I was flying.
.
We'd come [F] on the ship [C] they [G] [C] called the [G] Mayflower.
[E].
[Ab] We'd come [Am] on the ship that [E] sailed the moon.
[A] [Am] .
[C] We'd come in [F] the [C] ages [G] [C] most uncertain hours, [E] and [A] sing an [E] American tune.
[A] [Am] [C] Oh, [F] and it's all right, [G] [C] it's all right, it's all right.
You [F] can't [C] be [Ab] forever [A] blessed.
.
[D] Still, [B] tomorrow's gonna [G] be another [D] [G] working day, [C] and I'm trying to [G] get some [Ab] rest.
[Dm] That's [C] all I'm [G] trying to [C] get some rest.
[G] [C] [G] [F] [G] [C] [G] .
[C] [N] .
mistaken, [E] and [Am] many [Em] times [A] confused.
[Am] [C] Yes, [Fm] and I've [C] often felt [B].
[C] forsaken, [Ab] [A] and [Am] [E] certainly [A].
[Am] misused.
[C] [F] Ah, but [G] I'm all right, [F] I'm all [C] right, [F] I'm just [C] weary [G] to my [A] bones.
[Am] [A] [D] Still, you [Bm] don't [C] expect to be [G] bright and bon [C] vivant, so [G] far away from [E] home.
[Am] [Gm] [C].
So far [G] away from [C] home.
.
And I don't [F] know a [C] soul who's [G] not [C] been [G] [E] battered.
I don't [Am] have a friend who feels [E].
[Am] at ease.
[C] I don't [F] know a [C] dream that's not been [B] [C] shattered, [G] or [Am] driven [E] to [A] its [C] knees.
[F] Ah, but it's [G] all right, [F] it's all [C] right, [Fm] for we've [C] lived so [G] well, [B].
[A] so long.
[D] [G] Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on, [C] I wonder [G] what's gone [E] wrong.
[Ab] [A] I [G] can't [C] help but wonder [G] what's [C] gone wrong.
.
And I dreamed I was dying.
.
[G] I dreamed that my soul rose [Am] unexpectedly.
[A] And [G] looking back down at [Dm] me, [C].
smiled [G] reassuringly.
And [C] I dreamed I was flying.
[G] And high [Am] up [G] above my [A] eyes could clearly see.
the [G] Statue of [F] Liberty [C] sailing away [G] to sea.
And I [C] dreamed I was flying.
.
We'd come [F] on the ship [C] they [G] [C] called the [G] Mayflower.
[E].
[Ab] We'd come [Am] on the ship that [E] sailed the moon.
[A] [Am] .
[C] We'd come in [F] the [C] ages [G] [C] most uncertain hours, [E] and [A] sing an [E] American tune.
[A] [Am] [C] Oh, [F] and it's all right, [G] [C] it's all right, it's all right.
You [F] can't [C] be [Ab] forever [A] blessed.
.
[D] Still, [B] tomorrow's gonna [G] be another [D] [G] working day, [C] and I'm trying to [G] get some [Ab] rest.
[Dm] That's [C] all I'm [G] trying to [C] get some rest.
[G] [C] [G] [F] [G] [C] [G] .
[C] [N] .