American Without Tears chords by
Elvis Costello

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
 
Outside in New Orleans
C C 
 
G G 
 
the heat was almost frightening
But my hotel room as usual
A A 
 
D D 
 
was freezing and unkind
G G 
 
On TV they prosecute any
C C 
 
G G 
 
one who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat
D D 
 
G G 
 
and went down to find

Verse 2
G G 
 
In Revlon and crimpelene they
C C 
 
G G 
 
captured my heart
Em Em 
 
To the strain of a piano and
A A 
 
D D 
 
a cocktail murderess
G G 
 
She was singing that "It's Too Late",
C C 
 
G G 
 
I agreed with that part
For two English girls who had
D D 
 
G G 
 
changed their address

Verse 3
C C 
 
Oh it seems we've been crying
G G 
 
for years and for years
Em Em 
 
Now I don't speak any English,
C C 
 
G G 
 
just American without tears
C C 
 
G G 
 
Just American without tears

Interlude 1

Verse 4
G G 
 
One had been a beauty queen and
C C 
 
G G 
 
the other was her friend
They had known rogues and rascals
A A 
 
D D 
 
and showbiz impresarios
G G 
 
While the boys were licking Hitler they
C C 
 
G G 
 
had something to defend
From men armed with chewing
D D 
 
G G 
 
gum and fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory as
C C 
 
G G 
 
they sounded the siren
And returned into the dance hall
A A 
 
D D 
 
she knew he was the one
G G 
 
Though he wasn't tall or handsome
C C 
 
G G 
 
she laughed when he told her
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham
D D 
 
G G 
 
and this is Little John"
D D 
 
G G 
 
Oh it

Verse 5
C C 
 
seems we've been crying
G G 
 
for years and for years
Em Em 
 
Now I don't speak any English,
C C 
 
G G 
 
just American without tears
C C 
 
G G 
 
Just American without tears

Interlude 2

Verse 6
A A 
 
D D 
 
At a dock in Southampton full of tearful
A A 
 
goodbyes
B B 
 
Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio,
E E 
 
G.I. brides"
A A 
 
Soon they'll be finding
D D 
 
A A 
 
the cold facts and lies
New words for suspenders and
E E 
 
A A 
 
young girls backsides

Verse 7
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Now I'm in America and running from you
Like my grandfather before me walked
B B 
 
E E 
 
the streets of New York
A A 
 
And I think of all the women I pre
D D 
 
A A 
 
tend mean more than you
When I open my mouth and
E E 
 
A A 
 
I can't seem to talk

Verse 8
D D 
 
Oh it seems we've been crying
A A 
 
for years and for years
F#m F#m 
 
Now I don't speak any English
D D 
 
A A 
 
just American without tears
D D 
 
A A 
 
Just American without tears
D D 
 
Oh it seems we've been crying
A A 
 
for years and for years
F#m F#m 
 
Now I don't speak any English
D D 
 
A A 
 
just American without tears
D D 
 
A A 
 
Just American without tears

Outro 1

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