Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

Song: America Artist: Simon and Garfunkel Composer: Paul Simon Album: Bookends Tabbed by DJ ['DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com] 2nd Feb 2020 Original album track at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo2ZsAOlvEM TIME SIGNATURE: 3/4 [Waltz time] CAPO: 2nd fret [Will then sound in the original recorded key of D] NOTE: 'The Concert in the Park' live version is a semi-tone higher so Capo 3rd fret for that one. Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: C = x32010 A4 = x02230 G4 = 320013 C/B = x2x010 Em = 022000 Cmaj7 = x32000 Am = x02210 Em7 = 022030 Bbmaj7 = x13231 Am/G = 302210 A7 = x02020 Fmaj7b5 = xx3200 F = 133211 or xx3211 D = xx0232 Dm = xx0231

F4 = 133311 or xx3311 ^G/A = x0xxxx Dm/C = x30231 Fmaj7 = 133210 ^G/B = x2xxxx G/B = x20003 G = 320003 G7/B = x20001

FOR TABLATURE OF OPTIONAL RIFFS IN BRACKETS - SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ========================================================================== [Intro] C C/B Am Am/G F [F riff 1] Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm -mmm -mmm! C C/B Am Am/G F [F riff 2] Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm -mmm -mmm! [Verse 1]

^CLet us be ^C/Blovers, we'll ^Ammarry our ^Am/Gfortunes to - ^Fgether, F F4 F F F4 F C C/B Am [Am riff] | /_/ / / | /_/ / / | I've got some real-estate here in my bag,

Am A4 Am Em Em7 A7 [A7 riff] [Mmm- mm - mmm - mmm!] So we bought a pack of cigarettes,

...and ^EmMrs. ^Em7Wagner ^A7pies, and ^Dwalked ^Coff to ^Glook for A - me------ri - ca ^C ^C/B ^Am Am/G F F F4 F F | / / / | / / / | / / / | /_/ / / | / / / |

[Verse 2]

"^CKathy,"I ^C/Bsaid, as we ^Amboarded the ^Am/GGreyhound in ^FPittsburg, F F4 F F C C/B Am [Am riff] | /_/ / / | / / / | Michigan seems like a dream to me now, ^GIt took me four days to hitch-hike from ^GSag - in - aw, ^DI've ^Gcome to ^Dlook for A - ^Cmaj7merica

[Bridge] Bbmaj7 Cmaj7 [Cmaj7 riff] Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces,

^Bbmaj7She said the man in the gabardine suit was a ^Cmaj7spy, F Fmaj7b5 C C/B Am I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera-------------

Am/G D9/F# Fmaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | [Verse 3]

"^CToss me a ^C/Bcigarette, ^AmI think there's ^Am/Gone in my ^Fraincoat!" F F4 F F C C/B Am [Am riff] | /_/ / / | / / / | "We smoked the last one an hour ago!"

Am A4 Am Em Em7 A7 [A7 riff] [Mmm - mm - mmm - mmm!] So I looked at the scenery,

^Em She read ^Em7her maga -^A7zine, and the ^Dmoon ^Crose ^Gov- er an o-----pen field ^C ^C/B ^Am Am/G F F F4 F F | / / / | / / / | / / / | /_/ / / | / / / |

[Verse 4]

"^CKathy, I'm ^C/Blost", I ^Amsaid, though I ^Am/Gknew she was ^Fsleeping, | ^F/_^F4/ / ^F/ | ^F/ / / | "I'm ^Cempty and ^C/Baching and ^AmI don't know why!"

^GCounting the cars on the New Jersey ^GTurn - ^G/Apike, ^G/BThey've ^Dall ^Gcome to ^Dlook for A - ^Cmaj7merica, ^DAll ^Gcome to ^Dlook for A - ^Cmaj7merica, ^Dall ^Gcome to ^Dlook for A - ^Cmaj7merica-------!

[Coda] C G/B Am Am/G ||: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Dm Dm/C G7/B [G7 riff] | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / :|| [Repeat- End on C] ============================================================================== 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] [F Riff 2] e |---------------|---------| e |---------------|----------------| B |------------1--|--b3--1--| B |------------1--|--/3--p5-3------| G |------0-h2-----|---------| G |------0-h2-----|------------5---| D |--0-h3---------|---------| D |--0-h3---------|----------------| A |---------------|---------| A |---------------|----------------| E |---------------|---------| E |---------------|----------------| [G Riff] G G/A G/B C C/B Am Am/G ...look for A - me---------------------ri - ca! e |--3----------|----0-0--0-0--|----0-0--0-0--|----0-0--0-0--|----0-0--0-0--| B |--0----------|----1-1--1-1--|----1-1--1-1--|----1-1--1-1--|----1-1--1-1--| G |--0----------|----0-0--0-0--|----0-0--0-0--|----0-0--0-0--|----0-0--0-0--| D |--0----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| A |--2---0---2--|--3-----------|--2-----------|--0-----------|--------------| E |--3----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--3-----------| [A7 Riff] [Am Riff] [Cmaj7 Riff] [G7 Coda Riff] e |---------------| e |---------------| e |--------------| e |-----------| B |---------------| B |------------1--| B |--------------| B |-----------| G |---------------| G |-------0-h2----| G |--p2-0-----0--| G |-----0-----| D |------------0--| D |--0-h2---------| D |--------2-----| D |--------3--| A |-------0-h2----| A |---------------| A |--------------| A |-----------| E |--0-h2---------| E |---------------| E |--------------| E |--3--------|