American Without Tears chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

American Without Tears


G+G             C majorC       G+G
Outside in New Orleans the ....
    G+G            A augmentedA       D MajorD
But my hotel room as usual ...
  G+G          C majorC      G+G
On TV they prosecute anyone ...
   G+G           D MajorD      G+G
So I put on my overcoat ...
  G+G             C majorC      G+G
In Revlon and Crimpelene ...
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To the strain of a piano ...
    G+G                C majorC        G+G
She was singing that "It's Too Late...
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For two English girls who ..

[chorus:]
    C majorC              G+G
Now it seems we've been ....
   E minorEm              C majorC        G+G
Now I don't speak any ...
   C majorC        G+G
Just American ...

One had been a beauty queen and the ...."

[chorus]
   A augmentedA              D MajorD    A augmentedA
At a dock in Southampton ...
  A augmentedA               BB    E MajorE
Newsreel commentators said "...
A augmentedA              D MajorD       A augmentedA
Soon they'll be finding ...
  A augmentedA               E MajorE     A augmentedA
New words for ...
  A augmentedA         D MajorD      A augmentedA
Now I'm in America and ...
    A augmentedA                BB       E MajorE
Like my grandfather before me ...
   A augmentedA              D MajorD          A augmentedA
And I think of all the ...
    A augmentedA          E MajorE       A augmentedA
When I open my mouth ...

    D MajorD              A augmentedA
Now it seems we've been ...
   F# minorF#m [barre it]        D MajorD        A augmentedA
Now I don't speak any ...

   D MajorD        A augmentedA
Just American ...