{title: Breakfast in America}
{artist: Supertramp}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 73}
{key: Cm}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Cm]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Cm] Take a look at my [Gm/Bb]girlfriend, [AbM7]she's the only one I got
[Cm] Not much of a [Gm/Bb]girlfriend, I [AbM7]never seem to get a lot
[G7] Take a jumbo across the water, [Cm]like to see America
[G7] See the girls in California
I'm [Fm7]hoping it's going to come [Bb]true
But there's [Fm7]not a lot I can [Bb]do
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Cm]Could we have kippers for [Gm/Bb]breakfast, [AbM7]mummy dear, mummy dear?
[Cm] They got to have 'em in [Gm/Bb]Texas, 'cause [AbM7]everyone's a millionaire
[G7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner, [Cm]do you want my autograph?
[G7] I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm [Fm7]playing my jokes upon [Bb]you
While there's [Fm7]nothing better to [Bb]do
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{start_of_part: Solo}
(ad lib.)
[G7] [Cm]
[G7] [Cm]
[Cm] [-] [Bb] [-] [Ab]
[Ab] [-] [Cm/G] [-] [Fm7] [Bb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[Cm]Don't you look at my [Gm/Bb]girlfriend (girlfriend), [AbM7]she's the only one I got
[Cm] Not much of a [Gm/Bb]girlfriend (girlfriend), I [AbM7]never seem to get a lot (what she got, not a lot)
[G7] Take a jumbo across the water, [Cm]like to see America
[G7] See the girls in California
I'm [Fm7]hoping it's going to come [Bb]true
But there's [Fm7]not a lot I can [Bb]do
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{start_of_part: Outtro}
(ad lib.)
[G7] [Cm]
[G7] [Cm]
[G7] [Cm]
[G7] [Cm]
[Cm] [-] [Bb] [-] [Ab]
[Ab] [-] [Cm/G] [-] [Fm7] [Bb]
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