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Americans In Corduroys by Jeffrey Foucault
Americans In Corduroys
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:4th fret
The song is recorded/sounds in the key of E. Capo on the 4th fret. All chord
shapes below are relative to
the capo. The song is finger picked in a pattern similar to a travis pick. Note
that where I've indicated
Fadd9 in the lyrics below, the chord actually played varies slightly between F,
Fadd9, Fsus2, Fsus2(add9),
Fmaj7 and Fmaj7sus2. I've tabbed out each of these chords immediately below.
F Fadd9 Fsus2 Fsus2(add9) Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 Gsus4
e|------------3----------------3-----------0----------0-------------------------
B|----1-------1-------1--------1-----------1----------1--------------1----------
G|----2-------2-------0--------0-----------2----------0--------------0----------
D|----3-------3-------3--------3-----------3----------3--------------0----------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------2----------
E|----1--------------------------------------------------------------3----------
[Intro]
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
[Verse 1]
Am Gsus4
We pushed back at JFK
Fadd9
And watched our country fall away
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Two lovers chasing hours into the dark
Am
Who blacked their boots
Gsus4
And locked the doors
Fadd9
Now for richer and for poorer
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Go vagabond and wild as a spark
[Instrumental]
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
[Verse 2]
Am Gsus4
It was a civilized affair
Fadd9
You wore flowers in your hair
Am
Your mother's dress
Gsus4 Fadd9
So white against your skin
Am Gsus4
The stars of pale blue
Fadd9
Above the morning found a new
Am
And nameless country
Gsus4 Fadd9
Where no one had ever been
[Chorus]
F Gsus4
We raced the valleys down
C C/B Am Am/G
Through the sleepy little towns
F Gsus4 C
As blind as any traveler you could meet
F Gsus4
They took us as we came
C C/B D7
No one even asked our names
C C/B Am Am/G
Two Americans in corduroys
F G C C/B Am Am/G Fadd9 G
Kissing in the middle of the street
C C/B Am Am/G Fadd9
C C/B Am Am/G Fadd9
[Instrumental]
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
[Verse 3]
Am Gsus4
Back home behind closed doors
Fadd9
Where the bread and circus roars
Am
They turn the volume up
Gsus4 Fadd9
And pull the shade
Am Gsus4
But on the cobbles in the square
Fadd9
People laugh and smoke and stare
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
And no one looks to me like they're afraid
[Chorus]
F Gsus4
At home the trees are turning
C C/B Am Am/G
Red and gold the leaves are burning
F
Ruined apples fall
Gsus4 C
Too heavy and too sweet
F Gsus4
But right here the birds are calling
C C/B D7
The early stars are falling
C C/B Am Am/G
For Americans in corduroys
F G C C/B Am Am/G Fadd9 G
Kissing in the middle of the street
C C/B Am Am/G Fadd9
C C/B Am Am/G Fadd9
[Instrumental]
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
[Verse 4]
Am Gsus4
Trading evening for midday
Fadd9
We touched down at JFK
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
And our country rose to meet us in the air
Am Gsus4
With all its beauty and its lust
Fadd9
Its diamond teeth and heart of dust
Am
That beats inside us
Gsus4 Fadd9
Though we travel anywhere
[Outro]
Am Gsus4 Fadd9
(Repeat until fade out)
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