Biography:
America is a soft rock band, most popular in the early and mid 1970s and now best known for their #1 hits "A Horse With No Name" and "Sister Golden Hair." Comprised of Gerry Beckley (September 12, 1952 - ), Dewey Bunnell (January 19,1952 - ), and Dan Peek (November 1, 1950 - July 24, 2011), they were seldom a favorite with critics, but were exceptionally successful commercially selling both singles and albums. Despite the presence of other heavyweight acts like James Taylor and Rod Stewart on their roster
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Other songs:
- A Horse With No Name
- All My Life
- Another Try
- Daisy Jane
- Don't Cross The River
- Horse With No Name
- I Need You
- Last Unicorn
- Lonely People
- Only In Your Heart
- Sandman
- Sister Golden Hair
- Tin Man
- Ventura Highway
- Don’t Cross The River
- 1
- 1960
- All Around
- Amber Cascades
- And Forever
- Cast The Spirit
- Chasing The Rainbow
- Children
- Christmas In California
- Clarice
- Cornwall Blank
- Cornwall Blank Hollywood
- Crying In My Sleep
- Donkey Jaw
- Dont Cross The River
- Dont Cry Baby
- Everyone I Meet Is From California
- Glad To See You
- Hat Trick
- Head And Heart
- Here
- In The Sea
- Inspector Mills
- Its Life
- Loves Worn Out Again
- Mad Dog
- Mans Road
- Molten Love
- Muskrat Love
- Never Found The Time
- Only Game In Town
- Pages
- Paradise
- Pigeon Song
- Rainbow Song
- Rainy Day
- Right Back To Me
- Right Before Your Eyes
- Riverside
- Rudolph Valentino
- Saturn Nights
- Shes Gonna Let You Down
- Someday Well Know
- Sometimes Lovers
- Survival
- Thats All Ive Got To Say
- The Border
- The Last Unicorn
- Three Roses
- Till The Sun Comes Up Again
- To Each His Own
- Todays The Day
- Walk In The Woods
- Willow Tree Lullaby
- Wind Wave
- You Can Do Magic
- You Girl
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[Intro]
e|-12--------10--------7~~~--|-7p5------5----------------|
B|----12--8-----10--7--------|-----8--5---8-5----5/8--5--|
G|---------------------------|----------------7----------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
e|-15p12---10/12~~~--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Chords:
Em 022000
Dmaj x00232
Cmaj 332010
Am x02210
Bm 224432
[Verse 1]
Em Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
"I never believed in things that I couldn't see
Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
I said if I can't feel it then how can it be
Dmaj Em Dmaj Em Dmaj
No, no magic could happen to me
Em Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
And then I saw you, I couldn't believe it,
Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
You took my heart, I couldn't retrieve it,
Dmaj Em Dmaj
Said to myself, what's it all about
Cmaj Dmaj
Now I know there can be no doubt"
[Chorus]
(Em and Dmaj chords with the same rhythm as verse parts):
"You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire"
[Post-Chorus]
(Same chords and rythm):
"You know darn well
When you cast your spell
~~~~~~~~
e|-------------------19p15--------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
you will get your way
When you hypnotize
~~~~~~~~~~~
e|----------------15p12-----------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
with your eyes
A heart of stone can turn to clay".
~~~~~~~~~
e|------------------------------5h7-----------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
(And then, this is heard during the "doo-doos" part; each note
is for every "doo")
e|-7--5--0--2--3--|--7--5--0--2--3--2---0--|
B|----------------|-------------------3----|
B|----------------|------------------------|
G|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|------------------------|
A|----------------|------------------------|
E|----------------|------------------------|
[Verse 2]
"And when the rain is beatin' upon the window pane
And when the night it gets so cold,
When I can't sleep
e|----------------15p12---10h12~~~--|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Again you come to me
I hold you tight, the rain disappears
Who would believe it
With a word you dry my tears"
[Chorus]
(Em and Dmaj chords with the same rhythm as verse parts):
"You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire"
[Post-Chorus 2]
"You know darn well
When you cast your spell
~~~~~~~
e|----------------------15h19-------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
you will get your way
When you hypnotize
~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-----------------15p12------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
with your eyes
A heart of stone can turn to clay"
~~~~~~~~~
e|--------------------------------5h7-----------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
(Repeat "doo-doos" part)
Cmaj
"And If I wanted to
Bm Em
I could never be free
Am Bm
I never believed it was true
Cmaj Dmaj
But now it's so clear to me"
[Chorus]
(Em and Dmaj chords with the same rhythm as verse parts):
"You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire"
[Post-Chorus 3]
"You know darn well
When you cast your spell
~~~~~~~~~
e|----------------------15h19-----------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
you will get your way
When you hypnotize
~~~~~~~~~~
e|-----------------5h7----------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
with your eyes
A heart of stone can turn to clay"
~~~~~~~~~
e|--------------------------------15p12-----------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
(Repeat "doo-doos" part)
************************************
| H hammer-on
| p pull-off
| / slide-up
| ~ left hand vibrato
| ~~~~~ Trill
************************************
e|-12--------10--------7~~~--|-7p5------5----------------|
B|----12--8-----10--7--------|-----8--5---8-5----5/8--5--|
G|---------------------------|----------------7----------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
e|-15p12---10/12~~~--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Chords:
Em 022000
Dmaj x00232
Cmaj 332010
Am x02210
Bm 224432
[Verse 1]
Em Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
"I never believed in things that I couldn't see
Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
I said if I can't feel it then how can it be
Dmaj Em Dmaj Em Dmaj
No, no magic could happen to me
Em Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
And then I saw you, I couldn't believe it,
Dmaj Em Dmaj Em
You took my heart, I couldn't retrieve it,
Dmaj Em Dmaj
Said to myself, what's it all about
Cmaj Dmaj
Now I know there can be no doubt"
[Chorus]
(Em and Dmaj chords with the same rhythm as verse parts):
"You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire"
[Post-Chorus]
(Same chords and rythm):
"You know darn well
When you cast your spell
~~~~~~~~
e|-------------------19p15--------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
you will get your way
When you hypnotize
~~~~~~~~~~~
e|----------------15p12-----------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
with your eyes
A heart of stone can turn to clay".
~~~~~~~~~
e|------------------------------5h7-----------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
(And then, this is heard during the "doo-doos" part; each note
is for every "doo")
e|-7--5--0--2--3--|--7--5--0--2--3--2---0--|
B|----------------|-------------------3----|
B|----------------|------------------------|
G|----------------|------------------------|
D|----------------|------------------------|
A|----------------|------------------------|
E|----------------|------------------------|
[Verse 2]
"And when the rain is beatin' upon the window pane
And when the night it gets so cold,
When I can't sleep
e|----------------15p12---10h12~~~--|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Again you come to me
I hold you tight, the rain disappears
Who would believe it
With a word you dry my tears"
[Chorus]
(Em and Dmaj chords with the same rhythm as verse parts):
"You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire"
[Post-Chorus 2]
"You know darn well
When you cast your spell
~~~~~~~
e|----------------------15h19-------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
you will get your way
When you hypnotize
~~~~~~~~~~~~
e|-----------------15p12------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
with your eyes
A heart of stone can turn to clay"
~~~~~~~~~
e|--------------------------------5h7-----------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
(Repeat "doo-doos" part)
Cmaj
"And If I wanted to
Bm Em
I could never be free
Am Bm
I never believed it was true
Cmaj Dmaj
But now it's so clear to me"
[Chorus]
(Em and Dmaj chords with the same rhythm as verse parts):
"You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire"
[Post-Chorus 3]
"You know darn well
When you cast your spell
~~~~~~~~~
e|----------------------15h19-----------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
you will get your way
When you hypnotize
~~~~~~~~~~
e|-----------------5h7----------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
with your eyes
A heart of stone can turn to clay"
~~~~~~~~~
e|--------------------------------15p12-----------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
(Repeat "doo-doos" part)
************************************
| H hammer-on
| p pull-off
| / slide-up
| ~ left hand vibrato
| ~~~~~ Trill
************************************
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