{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":63851,"song":"American Without Tears","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542639-american-without-tears-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/63851?type=chord","rating":4.79262,"votes":35,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nAmerican Without Tears\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOutside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I put on my overcoat and went down to find[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn Revlon and Crimpelene they captured my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was singing that \"It's Too Late\", I agreed with that part[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor two English girls who had changed their address[/tab]\r\n\r\n[chorus:]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow it seems we've been crying for years and for years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I don't speak any English, just American without tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust American without tears[/tab]\r\n\r\nOne had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend\r\nThey had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios\r\nWhile the boys were licking Hitler they had something to defend\r\n>From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose\r\nBy a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren\r\nAnd returned into the dancehall she knew he was the one\r\nThough he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her\r\n\"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John\"\r\n\r\n[chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNewsreel commentators said \"Cheerio, G.I. brides\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSoon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNew words for suspenders and young girls backsides[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow I'm in America and running from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow it seems we've been crying for years and for years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [barre it]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow I don't speak any English just American without tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust American without tears[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nAmerican Without Tears\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[chorus:]\n\n\n\n\nOne had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend\nThey had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios\nWhile the boys were licking Hitler they had something to defend\n>From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose\nBy a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren\nAnd returned into the dancehall she knew he was the one\nThough he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her\n\"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John\"\n\n[chorus]","chords":["G","C","A","D","Em","B","E","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}