Key: C
Introduction: C C/B Am G F F4 F
C C/B Am Am/G F F4 F
Let us be lovers we' ll marry our fortunes together
C C/B Am
I' ve got some real estate here in my bag
Em7 A7 Em7 A7
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner' s pies
D C G C C/B Am G F F4 F
And walked off to look for America
C C/B Am Am/G F F4 F
Cathy I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
C C/B Am
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
G
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
D G D C7+ C
I' ve gone to look for America
Bb7+ C7+
Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
Bb7+ C7+
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
F7+ C C/B Am G Am/F# F
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera
C C/B Am Am/G F F4 F
Toss me a cigarette I think there' s one in my raincoat
C C/B Am
We smoked the last one an hour ago
Em7 A7 Em7 A7
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
D C G C C/B Am G F F4 F
And the moon rose over an o-pen field
C C/B Am Am/G F F4 F
Cathy I' m lost I said though I knew she was sleeping
C C/B Am
I' m empty and aching and I don' t know why
G
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
D G D C7+
They' ve all come to look for America
D G D C7+
All come to look for America
D G D C7+
All come to look for America
C C/B Am G Dm Dm/C G7