From: green@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David Green)
Subject: CHORDS: American Tune (Paul Simon)
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 20:30:27 GMT


Thanks for all the great songs that've been posted in recent weeks!

I think it's about time that I repay the favor by posting a favorite song 
by a favorite artist, Paul Simon.  It comes from his 1973 album "There 
Goes Rhymin' Simon", but I believe it appears on "Greatest Hits, Etc" and 
his latest "Concert in the Park". The chords come from the two volume 
set "Paul Simon Complete", (C) 1990 by Amsco Publications.


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        AMERICAN  TUNE
          Paul Simon

intro: C

VERSE 1:
           F    C    G    C  G  Em     
Many's the time I've been mistaken 

    Am   E7       Am
and many times confused.

C             F C   G    C   G  C  
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken, 

Bdim Am     E       Am    C9
and  certainly misused.

        F(bar) G            F(bar) C               
Oh, but I'm    alright, I'm al  -  right, 

         F   C G  G#dim  Am  A7  D7
I'm just weary to my   bones,

           G                  C      G     D G      
Still, you don't expect to be bright and bon-vivant 

C  F   C G        E     Am
so far a-way from home,

Dm C(G)  G        C
So far  away from home.


VERSE 2  (same chords as verse 1):
I don't know a soul who's not been battered, 
   I don't have a friend who feels at ease.
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered,
   or driven to it's knees.
Oh, but it's alright, it's alright,    
   for we lived so well so long.
Still, when I think of the road we're travelling on,
   I wonder what's gone wrong.
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong.


BRIDGE:
                    C 
And I dreamed I was dying,

                    G           Am       Ebdim
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly,

                 G(D)       F           C     G
And looking back down at me, smiled reassuringly

                    C
And I dreamed I was flying,

              G                  Am        Ebdim
And high up above, my eyes could clearly see

              G(D)    F         C      G
the Statue of Liberty, sailing away to sea,

                    C 
And I dreamed I was flying.


VERSE 3 (same as verse 1, except as noted):

We come on a ship they call the Mayflower,
  we come on a ship that sailed the moon.
We come in the ages most uncertain hours 
  and sing an American Tune.
                           F C           G C              
Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright,
  you can't be forever blessed.
Still, tomorrow's goin' to be another working day,
  and I'm trying to get some rest,
That's all I'm trying, to get some rest.

Outro: F C G F C G C
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CHORDS USED:

        E A D G B E
        ___________
Am      x 0 2 2 1 0
A7      x 0 2 0 2 0
Bdim    x x 0 1 0 1
C       x 3 2 0 1 0 
C(G)    3 3 2 0 1 0
C9      x 3 2 3 3 3
D7      x x 0 2 1 2
Dm      x x 0 2 3 1
Ebdim   x x 1 2 1 2 
E       0 2 2 1 0 0
E7      0 2 2 1 3 0
F       x x 3 2 1 1
F(bar)  1 3 3 2 1 1
G       3 2 0 0 0 3
G(D)    x x 0 0 0 3
G#dim   x x 0 1 0 1

-- 

David