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American Without Tears Chords by Elvis Costello

American Without Tears chords by Elvis Costello

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American Without Tears


G                          C              G
Outside in New Orleans the ....
       G                       A              D
But my hotel room as usual ...
   G                    C           G
On TV they prosecute anyone ...
     G                      D            G
So I put on my overcoat ...
   G                          C           G
In Revlon and Crimpelene ...
       G                       A            D
To the strain of a piano ...
        G                               C                G
She was singing that "It's Too Late...
    G                         D               G
For two English girls who ..
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[chorus:]
       C                           G
Now it seems we've been ....
      Em                            C                G
Now I don't speak any ...
     C                G
Just American ...

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

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

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

      D               A
Just American ...

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