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: DF#mBmDGG Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together DBmBm7 I've got some real-estate here in my bag F#mB So we bought a pack of cigarettes, F#mB And Mrs. Wagners pies ADADDBm7DG And we walked off to look for America
VERSE: DF#mBmDGG Cathy I said as we boarded the Greyhound in Pittsburg DBmBm7 Michigan seems like a dream to me now A It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw EAEDmaj7G I've come to look for America
VERSE: DF#mBmDGG Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat DDmaj7BmBm7 We smoked the last one an hour ago F#mB7 So I looked at the scenery, F#m7B She read the magazines ADADABm7DG And the moon rose over an open field
VERSE: DABm7 Cathy I'm lost, Oh,I said, DGG though I knew she was sleeping DF#mBmBm7 I'm empty I'm aching and I don't know why A Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike EAEDmaj7 They've all come to look for America EAEDmaj7 All come to look for America EAEDmaj7 They've all come to look for America