American Eyes chords by The Lilac Time

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

American Eyes
By: The Lilac Time

Capo: On First fret

Intro:  C majorC     FF  G+G
C majorC
Here is a story of three young people
C majorC                        F/GF/G        C majorC
A augmentedA girl and two boys, she's got American eyes, American eyes
C majorC
They left school for fame and fortune
C majorC                             FF
But she was the one, the girl with the stars in her eyes
G+G
Stars and stripes in her eyes

C majorC
I was one of the boys, oh how I loved her
C majorC                             FF
But she wouldn't see me, She shut her apple pie eyes
  G+G           C majorC
As blue as Jamaica skies
C majorC                   FF      G+G
Oh unrequited love quite often grows, and never quite goes
C majorC             FF   G+G
Cho doh doh doh , Ohh Ohh (American eyes)

C majorC
He was one of the boys, he joined the army
G+G                FF      G+G           C majorC
He sailed from American shores, to fight the foreigners' war

FF                    FF            G+G
Baby shut your eyes up tight, I swear the world won't end tonight
     FF          G+G     FF         G+G
And when we die our spirits fly, into the light above the sky
C majorC        FF
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
G+G       C majorC
American eyes

the end