American Tune chords by Paul Simon (Official Version)
Skip chords and lyricsGet now
Intro 1
(C major) (C major)
Verse 1
Many's the (F major) time (C major) I've been (G major) (C major) mistaken (G major) (E major)
(E/Ab) And many (A minor) times (E7) confused (A minor)
(C major) Yes, and (F major) of (C major) ten felt (G major) (C major) forsaken (G major) (C major)
(E major) And cer (A minor) tainly (E7) misused (A minor) (C9)
Oh, but I'm (F major) all (G major) right, I'm (F major) all right (C major)
I'm just (F major) we ary (C major) (G major) to (A flatdim7) my bones (A minor) (A7) (D7)
Still, you (G7) don't expect to be
(C major) Bright (G major) and bon (D major) vivant (G major)
(C major) So far (F major) (C/E) a way (G major) from home, (E major) (E/Ab) (A minor)
(D minor) so (C/G) far a (G major) way from (C major) home
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Verse 2
I don't know a (F major) soul
(C major) who's not (G major) (C major) been bat_- (G major) tered (E major)
I (E/Ab) don't have a (A minor) friend who feels (E7) at ease (A minor)
I (C major) don't know a (F major) dream
(C major) that's not (G major) (C major) been shat (G major) tered (C major)
(E major) or driv (A minor) en (E7) to its knees (A minor) (C9)
Oh, but it's (F major) all right, (G major) it's (F major) all right (C major)
For we've (F major) lived so (C major) well (G major) (A flatdim7) so long
(A minor) (A7) (D7)
Still, (G7) when I think of the (C major) road
(G major) we're trav (D major) eling on, (G major) (C major) I (F major) won (C/E) der
what's (G major) gone wrong, (E major) (E/Ab) (A minor) I can't (D minor) help it,
I (C/G) wonder (G major) what's gone (C major) wrong
Bridge 1
And I dreamed I was (C major) dying
I dreamed that my soul (G major)
rose unex (A minor) pectedly (E flatdim7)
And looking back (G major) down at me (F major)
Smiled reas (C major) suringly (G major)
And I dreamed I was (C major) flying
And high up above (G major)
my eyes could (A minor) clearly see (E flatdim7)
The Statue of (G major) Liberty (F major)
Sailing away (C major) to (G major) sea
And I dreamed I (C major) was flying
Verse 3
We come on the (F major) ship
(C major) they call (G major) (C major) the May (G major) flower (E major)
We (E/Ab) come on the (A minor) ship
that sailed (E7) the moon (A minor)
We (C major) come in the (F major) a (C major) ge's
most (G major) (C major) uncer_- (G major) tain hour (C major)
(E major) and sing (A minor) an Ameri (E7) can tune (A minor)
(C9) Ooh, and it's (F major) all right, (G major)
it's (F major) all right, it's all (C major) right
You can't (F major) be for_- (C major) ever (G major) (A flatdim7) blessed (A minor)
(A7) (D7)
Still, to (G7) morrow's going to be
an (C major) (G major) other working (D major) day (G major)
And (C major) I'm (F major) trying (C/E) to get (G major) some rest (E major) (E/Ab)
(A minor) That's (D minor) all I'm (C/G) trying, (G major) to get some
Outro 1
(C major) (rest) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
American Tune
Paul Simon
Save song
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Paul Simon
Discover chords for more songs to play
5.0Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
Featured in collections
Browse collections that include this song
