Gone To America Chords
Gone To America by Steeleye Span is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, F, G, G/A and G/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
Verse
G7 C
Married him in April, lost him in July
F G C
Listen to my story and I'll tell you why
F
They said that he'd been poaching and stealing wine
G G/A G/B
They said I wouldn't see him for a long, long time
G C F G C
They said he's gone to America
F G C G
To work the land that some called Virginia
C F G
They said he's gone to America
Verse
G7 C
Married him in April, lost him in July
F G C
They took him as their prisoner, then told me why
F
They said they had sent him where poachers go
G G/A G/B
I asked if I could see him, but they said no
G C F G C
They said he's gone to America
F G C G
To work the land that some called Virginia
C F G
They said he's gone to America
G7 C
Married him in April, lost him in July
Instrumental
C G C G
C G C G
Verse
G7 C
Married him in April, lost him in July
F G C
Curse the men who took him, curse their wicked lies
F
The night they saw him poaching and stealing wine
G G/A G/B
Was the night that he took comfort in these arms of mine
G C F G C
But now he's gone to America
F G C G
To work the land that some called Virginia
C F G
They said he's gone to America
G7 C
Married him in April, lost him in July
Outro
C G C G
C G C G
C G C G
C G C G
C G C G