American tune (Live version) (intro) (Listen to midi) (sample)

C F C G C G E Am E Am

1. Many´s the time I´ve been mistaken and many times confused,

C F C G C G C E Am E Am - C7

yes and I´ve often felt forsaken and certainly misused.

F G F C F G Am - A7

Oh, but I´m alright, I´m alright, I´m just weary to my bones.

D7 G C Em D G

Still, you don´t expect to bright and bon vivant,

C F G E - F C G C

so far away from home, so far away from home.

C F C G C G E

2. And I don´t know a soul who´s not been battered,

Am E Am

I don´t have a friend who feels at ease.

C F C G C G C

I don´t know a dream that´s not been shattered,

E Am E Am - C7

or driven to its knees.

FG F C F G Am - A7

Oh, but it´s alright, it´s alright, for we lived so well so long.

D7 G C Em D G

Still, when I think of the road we´re travelin´ on,

C F G E - F

I wonder what´s gone wrong,

C - G C

I can´t help but wonder what´s gone wrong.

C

And I dreamed I was dying,

G Am - B7

I dreamed and my soul rose unexpectedly,

G - F C G

and looking back down on me smiled reassuringly.

C

And I dreamed I was flying,

G Am - B7

and high up above my eyes could clearly see

G - F C G

the Statue of Liberty, sailing away to sea.

C

And I dreamed I was flying.

C F C G C G - E

3. For we come on a ship they call "Mayflower",

Am E Am

we come on a ship that sailed the moon.

C F C G C

We come in the ages most uncertain hours,

E Am E Am C7

and sing an American tune, oh,

F - G F C F G Am - A7

and it´s alright, it´s alright, you can´t be forever blessed.

D7 G C Em D G

Still, tomorrow´s gonna be another working day,

F G E - F

and I´m trying to get some rest,

C - G C

that´s all, I´m trying to get some rest.

- F - C - G - F - C - G - C

(orig + midi = no capo, live = capo 2nd) (Paul Simon)