The Sound of North America
The Sound of North America

The Sound of North America easy guitar chords by The Beautiful South

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

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Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
    • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    Ginger 
    Elvis 
    Presley 
    looked 
    a fraction 
    sad 

    Roaming 
    the whole 
    town 
    from 
    bin 
    to bin 

    Well 
    liv
    ing 
    on 
    the street
    s wasn't 

    all 
    that 
    bad 

    Where no-one 
    seemed 
    seemed 

    to know 
    that 
    he 
    was King 

    Verse 2
    The sound 
    of 
    New 
    York City 

    Isn't 
    po
    lice 
    sirens 
    wailing 

    It's the sound 
    of 
    Wall 
    Street 
    tills 

    Whilst 
    everyone 
    is 
    failing 

    Verse 3
    Sometimes 
    you feel 
    expensive 

    Sometimes 
    you feels 
    so 
    cheap 

    You can 
    roam 
    the streets 
    a 
    King 

    Whilst 
    everyone's 
    asleep 

    You can 
    mime 
    to 
    any 
    re
    cord 

    With 
    a hair
    brush 
    or 
    a spoon 

    But 
    God 
    help 
    the singer 
    out 
    of 

    tun
    e 

    Verse 4

    A 
    crippled 
    Mohammad 
    Ali 

    Looked 
    at 
    bad 
    luck 
    in 
    the mir
    ror 

    Bad 
    luck 
    looked 
    back 
    at him 
    and 
    sighed 

    He 
    looked 
    a good 
    foot 
    smal
    ler 

    And 
    a couple 
    of stone 
    thin
    ner 

    And if 
    anyone 
    came 
    to
    ward 
    him 

    He 
    would hide 

    Verse 5
    The sound 
    of 
    North 
    America 

    Isn't 
    Chris
    tians 
    quietly 
    praying 

    It's the 
    sound 
    of 
    shuffling 
    feet 

    That don't 
    know 
    where 

    they're 
    going 

    Verse 6
    Sometimes 
    you feel 
    expensive 

    Sometimes 
    you 
    feels 
    so 
    cheap 

    You can 
    roam 
    the streets 
    a King 

    Whilst 
    everyone's 
    asleep 

    You can 
    fight 
    with 
    any
    body 

    With 
    a glim
    mer 
    of 
    a chance 

    But 
    God 
    help 
    the boxer 
    with 
    no 

    hands 

    Verse 7

    A 
    homeless 
    Greta 
    Garbo 

    Moves 
    across 
    the 
    street 

    The 
    moonlight 
    shining 
    clearly 

    Through 
    her 
    skirt 

    A 
    real 
    life 
    living 
    le
    gend 

    That no-one 
    wants 
    wants 
    to meet 

    And 
    that's 
    when 
    being 
    Garbo 

    Really 
    hurts 

    The lyr
    ics 
    of 
    "New 
    Verse 8
    York" 

    May 
    have 
    Frank 
    Sinatra 
    singing 

    But the 
    rhythm 
    and 
    the melody 

    Were 
    dead 
    black 
    men swinging 

    Verse 9
    Sometimes 
    you feel 
    expensive 

    Sometimes 
    you feels 
    so 
    cheap 

    You can 
    roam 
    the streets 
    a 
    Queen 

    Whilst 
    everyone's 
    asleep 

    You can 
    act 
    with 
    any
    body 

    From 
    the cradle 
    to 
    the crypt 

    But 
    God 
    help 
    the actress 

    Outro 1
    Who 
    doesn't 
    know 
    the script 





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