America Chords
America by First Aid Kit is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, C, Em7, Bm, E7, A, D, Gmaj7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G Em G C G G Em G C G
Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh
G Em G C
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
G Em Em7
I've got some real-estate here in my bag ooooo
Bm E7 Bm E7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs. Wagner pies
A G D G Em
And walked off to look for America
G Em G C
Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg
G Em Em7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
D Bm
It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
A D A Gmaj7 G
And I've come to look for America
F G
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
F G
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
C G Em C
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera
G Em G C
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
G Em Em7
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Bm E7 Bm E7
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
A G D G Em
And the moon rose over an open field
G Em G C
Cathy I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
G Em Em7
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
D Bm
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
A D A Gmaj7
They've all come to look for America
A D A Gmaj7
They've all come to look for America
A D A Gmaj7
They've all come to look for America
A D A Gmaj7 G C
They've all come to look for America
G Em G C G C
Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh ooooooo