American Without Tears Chords by Elvis Costello

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[G] _ _ Outside in [C] Uvaline's heat was almost [G] frightening
But my hotel room as usual [A] was freezing and [D] _ _
unkind
_ _ [G] On TV they prosecute [C] anyone [G] who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat [D] and went down [G] to find
In Revlon in Kremlin [C] they captured [G] my heart
Through the strain of a piano [A] and a cocktail [D] _ _ murderess
She [G] was singing that it's too late, [C] I agreed with [G] that _ part
_ The two English girls who had [D] changed their [G] dress
Oh, [C] it seems we've been quiet [G] for years and for years
_ [Em] Now I don't speak any English, [C] just American [G] without tears
[C] Just [G] American without _ tears _ _
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_ _ _ One had been a beauty queen [C] and the other [G] was a friend
They had known rogues and rascals [A] and showbiz [D] _ empresarios
[G] While the boys were licking Hitler [C] they had something to [G] _ defend
From man armed with chewing gum [D] and fine [G] nylon hose
By a bicycle _ factory [C] as they sounded [G] the siren
And returned into the dance hall [A] she knew he [D] was the one _
[G] Though he wasn't all our answer [C] she laughed [G] when he told her
I'm the sheriff of [D] Nottingham and this [G] is little John
[C] Oh, it seems we've been quiet [G] for years and _ for _ years
[Em] Now I don't speak any English, [C] just American [G] without tears
[C] Just [E] American [G] without _ tears _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [A] Had a duck in _ Southampton [D] who did tearful [A] _ goodbyes
_ Newsreel commentators said, [B] cheerio, [E] jihad _ _ brides _
[A] Soon they'll be finding [D] the cold [A] facts and lies
_ New words for suspenders and [E] young girls' [A] _ _ backsides _
Now I'm in _ America [D] and running [A] from you
Like my grandfather before me walked [B] the streets [E] of New York
_ [A] And I think of all the women [D] I've met and me [A] more than you _
And I open my mouth and I [E] can't seem [A] to talk
Oh, [D] it seems we've been quiet [A] for _ years _ and for years
_ Now [F#m] I don't speak any [D] English, just American [A] without tears
Just [D] [A] American without tears
Oh, it seems we've been quiet [A] for years _ _ and for _ years
_ [F#m] Now I don't speak any English, [D] just American without tears
Just American without tears
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[D] Tears
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Tears
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