Three Complete American Novels Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][F]
[C][F][C][Dm][Em][F]

[Verse 1]
[C]Night, night,
he tore [F]through the jungle
[C]Dressed in khaki, pursued [F]by demons
[C]He thought of her,
he thought of [F]something awful
[C]What if the phone was
tapped [F]in [Dm]Bogota?
And he's [Em]on the ru[F]n,
[Dm]an d the g[Em]irl don't co[F]me
[Dm]An d he sm[Em]iles with a [F]hand on a pi[G]stol
[C]Say, yeah, I'm al[G]right, hey, [F]hey
I said, [C]yeah, I'm al[G]right,
hey, [F]hey[C]
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Sit[C]tin' in his mansion,
his [F]heart was burnin'
[C]Sippin' brandy while the
fire[F]place crackled
He [C]smashed his glass and yelled,
[F]saddle up midnight
To [C]hell with the humor
of a [F]simple -minded a tutor [C]an
[Dm]d he's on th[Em]e run[F]
[Dm]Pores sweat [Em]gleaming
in the [F]midnight sun
An[Dm]d much lat[Em]er with the
[F]noose around his [G]neck
He said, [C]yeah, all [G]right, hey, [F]hey
I said, [C]yeah, all [G]right, hey, [F]hey
Three complete Amer[G]ican novels
I [Bb]get a lot of hot
while [F]something still matters
Three complete Americ[G]an novels
I [Bb]get a lot of hot
while [F]something still matters
Say [C]yeah[F][C]
[F]In the[C] cafe, under[F] the table
The [C]dirty envelope is just
[F]bursting with hundreds
He said, Grin[C]go,
don't forget which [F]side you're on
I [C]said, senor, the signs are [F]all long gone
[C]So, [Dm]hint to the mad,[Em]
mad [F]days in Havana
[Dm]When we [Em]thought our
[F]youth was eternal
An[Dm]d the re[Em]bels,
were fight[F]ing in the mountains
While [Dm]the mafia's [Em]building
a [F]gambling palace
And the [Dm]only thing that [Em]mattered
was a [F]girl named [G]Maria
I [C]said, yeah, [G]hey, alright
[F]I said y[C]eah, hey h[G]ey, a[F]lright
Three complete Americ[G]an novels
[Bb]Get them while they're hot
while [F]some things still matter
Three complete Americ[G]an novels
[Bb]Get them while they're hot
while [F]some things still matter
Three complete Amer[G]ican novels
[Bb]Again, while the hot,
wild [F]stuff is still matters
Three complete Amer[G]ican novels

[Outro 1]
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