American Without Tears Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bb][Dm][Bb][F][C][F]

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

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

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

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
[G]One had been a beauty queen and
the [C]other was her [G]friend
They had known rogues and rascals
[A]and [D]showbiz impresarios
While the [G]boys were licking Hitler they
had [C]something to de[G]fend
From men armed with chewing
gum and [D]fine nylon [G]hose
By a bicycle factory as
[C]they sounded [G]the siren
And returned into the dance hall
she [A]knew he [D]was the one
Though he [G]wasn't tall or handsome
she [C]laughed when [G]he told her
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham
and [D]this is Little [G]John"
[D]Oh it[G]

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

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][G][D][G]

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

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

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

[Outro 1]
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