American Without Tears chords by Elvis Costello
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Outside in New Orleans
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the heat was almost frightening
But my hotel room as usual
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was freezing and unkind
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On TV they prosecute any
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one who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat
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and went down to find
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Verse 2
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In Revlon and crimpelene they
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captured my heart
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To the strain of a piano and
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a cocktail murderess
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She was singing that "It's Too Late",
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I agreed with that part
For two English girls who had
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changed their address
Verse 3
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Oh it seems we've been crying
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for years and for years
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Now I don't speak any English,
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just American without tears
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Just American without tears
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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One had been a beauty queen and
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the other was her friend
They had known rogues and rascals
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and showbiz impresarios
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While the boys were licking Hitler they
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had something to defend
From men armed with chewing
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gum and fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory as
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they sounded the siren
And returned into the dance hall
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she knew he was the one
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Though he wasn't tall or handsome
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she laughed when he told her
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham
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and this is Little John"
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Oh it
Verse 5
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seems we've been crying
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for years and for years
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Now I don't speak any English,
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just American without tears
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Just American without tears
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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At a dock in Southampton full of tearful
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goodbyes
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Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio,
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G.I. brides"
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Soon they'll be finding
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the cold facts and lies
New words for suspenders and
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young girls backsides
Verse 7
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Now I'm in America and running from you
Like my grandfather before me walked
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the streets of New York
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And I think of all the women I pre
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tend mean more than you
When I open my mouth and
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I can't seem to talk
Verse 8
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Oh it seems we've been crying
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for years and for years
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Now I don't speak any English
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just American without tears
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Just American without tears
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Oh it seems we've been crying
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for years and for years
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Now I don't speak any English
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just American without tears
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Just American without tears
Outro 1
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American Without Tears
Elvis Costello
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