Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
B minorBm B minorBm 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"