Kunci Gitar American Without Tears 
Elvis Costello 
N/A•4 dilihat•
Key: G major•
Intro 1
Bb
Dm
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 1
G
Outside in New Orleans
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G
the heat was almost fright_ ening
But my hotel room as usual
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D
was freez_ ing and unkind
G
On TV they prosecute any_
C
G
one who's excit_ ing
So I put on my overcoat
D
G
and went down to find_
Verse 2
G
In Revlon and crimpelene they
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G
captured my heart
Em
To the strain of a piano and
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D
a cocktail murderess
G
She was singing that "It's Too Late",
C
G
I agreed with that part
For two English girls who had
D
G
changed their ad_ dress
Verse 3
C
Oh it seems we've been crying
G
for years and for years
Em
Now I don't speak any English,
C
G
just American without tears
C
G
Just American without tears
Interlude 1
G
C
G
D
G
Verse 4
G
One had been a beauty queen and
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G
the other was her friend
They had known rogues and rascals
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D
and showbiz im_ presarios
G
While the boys were licking Hitler they
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G
had something to de_ fend
From men armed with chewing
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G
gum and fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory as
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G
they sounded the siren
And returned into the dance hall
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D
she knew he was the one
G
Though he wasn't tall or handsome
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G
she laughed when he told her
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham
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G
and this is Little John"
D
G
Oh it
Verse 5
C
seems we've been crying
G
for years and for years
Em
Now I don't speak any English,
C
G
just American without tears
C
G
Just American without tears
Interlude 2
G
C
G
D
G
Verse 6
A
D
At a dock in Southampton full of tearful
A
good_ byes
B
Newsreel commentators said "Cheeri_ o,
E
G.I. brides"
A
Soon they'll be finding
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A
the cold facts and lies
New words for suspenders and
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A
young girls back_ sides
Verse 7
A
D
A
Now I'm in America and running from you
Like my grandfather before me walked
B
E
the streets of New York
A
And I think of all the women I pre_
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A
tend mean more than you
When I open my mouth and
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A
I can't seem to talk
Verse 8
D
Oh it seems we've been crying
A
for years and for years
F#m
Now I don't speak any English
D
A
just American without tears
D
A
Just American without tears
D
Oh it seems we've been crying
A
for years and for years
F#m
Now I don't speak any English
D
A
just American without tears
D
A
Just American without tears
Outro 1
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D
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E
F#m
A
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
A
F#m
D
A
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