Biography:
Bert Sommer (February 7, 1949 – July 23, 1990) was a folk singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had a hit with the song "We're All Playing In The Same Band." He was briefly a member of baroque-pop group the Left Banke, co-writing and singing lead on the "Ivy Ivy"/"And Suddenly" single.
Sommer also played Woof in the original Broadway production of Hair and "Flatbush" of Kaptain Kool and the Kongs on The Krofft Supershow in 1976. He did not reprise the role in the second season.
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SONG: AMERICA
ARTIST: BERT SOMMER
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
AMERICA
BERT SOMMERS
INTRO: NONE
VERSE:
D F#m Bm D G G
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
D Bm Bm7
I've got some real-estate here in my bag
F#m B
So we bought a pack of cigarettes,
F#m B
And Mrs. Wagners pies
A D A D D Bm7 D G
And we walked off to look for America
VERSE:
D F#m Bm D G G
Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg
D Bm Bm7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
A
It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
E A E Dmaj7 G
I've come to look for America
VERSE:
D F#m Bm D G G
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
D Dmaj7 Bm Bm7
We smoked the last one an hour ago
F#m B7
So I looked at the scenery,
F#m7 B
She read the magazines
A D A D A Bm7 D G
And the moon rose over an open field
VERSE:
D A Bm7
Cathy I'm lost, Oh,I said,
D G G
though I knew she was sleeping
D F#m Bm Bm7
I'm empty I'm aching and I don't know why
A
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
E A E Dmaj7
They've all come to look for America
E A E Dmaj7
All come to look for America
E A E Dmaj7
They've all come to look for America
OUTRO:
D A Bm7 D G G D
ARTIST: BERT SOMMER
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
AMERICA
BERT SOMMERS
INTRO: NONE
VERSE:
D F#m Bm D G G
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
D Bm Bm7
I've got some real-estate here in my bag
F#m B
So we bought a pack of cigarettes,
F#m B
And Mrs. Wagners pies
A D A D D Bm7 D G
And we walked off to look for America
VERSE:
D F#m Bm D G G
Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg
D Bm Bm7
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
A
It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw
E A E Dmaj7 G
I've come to look for America
VERSE:
D F#m Bm D G G
Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat
D Dmaj7 Bm Bm7
We smoked the last one an hour ago
F#m B7
So I looked at the scenery,
F#m7 B
She read the magazines
A D A D A Bm7 D G
And the moon rose over an open field
VERSE:
D A Bm7
Cathy I'm lost, Oh,I said,
D G G
though I knew she was sleeping
D F#m Bm Bm7
I'm empty I'm aching and I don't know why
A
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
E A E Dmaj7
They've all come to look for America
E A E Dmaj7
All come to look for America
E A E Dmaj7
They've all come to look for America
OUTRO:
D A Bm7 D G G D
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