GONE TO SEE AMERICA
As recorded by Jessie Ritter
(2023 release)
Capo 3rd fret
Intro
[D] [C] [G]
Verse 1
[G]
Got a little fridge and a king size bed
[Em7]
A microwave and a window seat
[G]
A full tank of gas and a fold out map
[Em7]
All you need in twenty-two feet
[C]
Let’s pack it down
[D]
And get out of town
Chorus
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Hold the mail till who knows when
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Don’t know when we’ll be back again
[D]
Hit the road in a minibus
[C]
Hang a sign says the two of us
[G]
Have gone to see America
Verse 2
[G]
The leaves are turning in upper New York
[Em7]
And the mountains already have snow
[G]
Niagara Falls is pouring down
[Em7]
Into Lake Ontario
[C]
I wanna feel the mist
[D]
It’s on my bucket list
Chorus
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Hold the mail till who knows when
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Don’t know when we’ll be back again
[D]
Hit the road in a minibus
[C]
Hang a sign says the two of us
[G]
Have gone to see America
Interlude
[G] [D] [C] [G]
Verse 3
[G]
How bout next we head out west
[Em7]
See the big Montana sky
[G]
Take 101 up to Washington
[Em] [D]
Watch those Eagles fly
[C]
Wild and free
[D]
Like you and me
Chorus
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Hold the mail till who knows when
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Don’t know when we’ll be back again
[D]
Hit the road in a minibus
[C]
Hang a sign says the two of us
[G]
Have gone to see America
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Hold the mail till who knows when (who knows when)
[Em7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Don’t know when we’ll be back again (back again)
[D]
Hit the road in a minibus
[C]
Hang a sign says the two of us
[G]
Have gone to see America
[D]
Hit the road in a minibus
[C] [D] [C]
Hang a sign says the three of us
[G]
Have gone to see America
Outro
[G] [D] [C] [G]
