American Cliché chords by Finneas

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
B minorBm Bm Bm/C#

Verse 1:

(Okay)
B minorBm               Bm/C#
Too little to do for too long and
D MajorD                D/F#D/F#  G+G        G/F#
Too little of you for my songs to be anything but lonely
   E minorEm            F#F#
In a couple weeks, you'll own me
B minorBm               Bm/C#
Too tired to sleep, good morning
D MajorD                D/F#D/F#
And I'm too wired to heed the warnin'
 G+G        G/F#
That there's danger in the summer
   E minorEm           F#F#
The calm before the thunder

Chorus:
    B minorBm
I'm an American cliché
      Dmaj7Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7Gmaj7        G+G G/F#
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
   E minorEm          F#F#
You blush and duck out of frame
    B minorBm
I'm an American cliché
      Dmaj7Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7Gmaj7              F#F#
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
        B minorBm
And you say, "Same"


Verse 2:
B minorBm Bm/D B minorBm Bm/C#

B minorBm             Bm/C#
Graveyard, Jim Morrison, Forever
D MajorD                    D/F#D/F#
In my arms, they'll have to bury us together
G+G                G/F#
'Cause I'm never gonna let you go
E minorEm     F#F#
Uh-oh, uh-oh
B minorBm                 Bm/C# D MajorD
Missed my flight, makin' love in the morning
              D/F#D/F#
While everybody else was boarding
   G+G             G/F#
They love to say they told you so
E minorEm        F#F#
I know, I know, I know

Chorus:
    B minorBm     Bm/C#
I'm an American cliché
      D MajorD
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7Gmaj7        G+G G/F#
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
   E minorEm          F#F#
You blush and duck out of frame
    B minorBm     Bm/C#
I'm an American cliché
      Dmaj7Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
    Dmaj7/F#   Gmaj7Gmaj7            F#F#
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
        B minorBm
And you say, "Same"

Bridge:
B minorBm Bm/C# B minorBm Bm/C#

B minorBm                  Bm/C#
Come on over now, you're one layover down?
B minorBm
No one that we know around
         Bm/C#    G+G
Don't want the city without you
    F#F#
I want you
B minorBm
We'll go all over town
B minorBm          Bm/C#
No one that we know around
B minorBm
Can't say I'm sober now
          Bm/C#  G+G
Do something I'm not allowed to
    F#F#
I want you


Chorus:
    B minorBm
I'm an American cliché
      Dmaj7Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7Gmaj7        G+G G/F#
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
   E minorEm          F#F#
You blush and duck out of frame
    B minorBm     Bm/C#
I'm an American cliché
      Dmaj7Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
    Dmaj7/F#   Gmaj7Gmaj7         F#F#
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
         B minorBm
And you say, "Same"