American Without Tears Elvis Costello
American Without Tears<br/> <br/> <br/> G C G<br/> Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening<br/> G A D<br/> But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind<br/> G C G<br/> On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting<br/> G D G<br/> So I put on my overcoat and went down to find<br/> G C G<br/> In Revlon and Crimpelene they captured my heart<br/> G A D<br/> To the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess<br/> G C G<br/> She was singing that "It's Too Late", I agreed with that part<br/> G D G<br/> For two English girls who had changed their address<br/> <br/> [chorus:]<br/> C G<br/> Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years<br/> Em C G<br/> Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears<br/> C G<br/> Just American without tears<br/> <br/> One had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend<br/> They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios<br/> While the boys were licking Hitler they had something to defend<br/> >From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose<br/> By a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren<br/> And returned into the dancehall she knew he was the one<br/> Though he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her<br/> "I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John"<br/> <br/> [chorus]<br/> A D A<br/> At a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes<br/> A B E<br/> Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio, G.I. brides"<br/> A D A<br/> Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies<br/> A E A<br/> New words for suspenders and young girls backsides<br/> A D A<br/> Now I'm in America and running from you<br/> A B E<br/> Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York<br/> A D A<br/> And I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you<br/> A E A<br/> When I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk<br/> <br/> D A<br/> Now it seems we've been crying for years and for years<br/> F#m [barre it] D A<br/> Now I don't speak any English just American without tears<br/> <br/> D A<br/> Just American without tears<br/> <br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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