American Without Tears chords by
Elvis Costello

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Key: G major•

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

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

F#m

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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

F#m

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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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F#m

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