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Intro Bm Bm Bm/C#
Verse 1:
(Okay)
Bm Bm/C#
Too little to do for too long and
D
Too little of you for my songs
D/F# G G/F#
To be anything but lonely
Em F#
In a couple weeks, you'll own me
Bm Bm/C#
Too tired to sleep, good morning
D D/F#
And I'm too wired to heed the warnin'
G G/F#
That there's danger in the summer
Em F#
The calm before the thunder
Bm
I'm an American cliché
D7M
Missin' a girl in a French café
G7M G G/F#
I say, 'God damn, you're beautiful'
Em F#
You blush and duck out of frame
Bm
I'm an American cliché
D7M
Missin' a girl in a French café
G7M F#
I say, 'How'd I get along so long without you'
Bm
And you say, 'same'
( Bm Bm/D Bm Bm/C# )
Verse 2:
Bm Bm/C#
Graveyard, Jim Morrison, forever
D D/F#
In my arms, they'll have to bury us together
G G/F#
'Cause I'm never gonna let you go
Em F#
Uh-oh, uh-oh
Bm Bm/C# D
Missed my flight, makin' love in the morning
D/F#
While everybody else was boarding
G G/F#
They love to say they told you so
Em F#
I know, I know, I know
Bm Bm/C#
I'm an American cliché
D
Missin' a girl in a French café
G7M G G/F#
I say, 'God damn, you're beautiful'
Em F#
You blush and duck out of frame
Bm Bm/C#
I'm an American cliché
D7M
Missin' a girl in a French café
D7M/F# G7M F#
I say, 'How'd I get along so long without you'
Bm
And you say, 'same'
( Bm Bm/C# Bm Bm/C# )
Bridge:
Bm Bm/C#
Come on over now, you're one layover down?
Bm
No one that we know around
Bm/C# G
Don't want the city without you
F#
I want you
Bm
We'll go all over town
Bm Bm/C#
No one that we know around
Bm
Can't say I'm sober now
Bm/C# G
Do something I'm not allowed to
F#
I want you
Bm
I'm an American cliché
D7M
Missin' a girl in a French café
G7M G G/F#
I say, 'God damn, you're beautiful'
Em F#
You blush and duck out of frame
Bm Bm/C#
I'm an American cliché
D7M
Missin' a girl in a French café
D7M/F# G7M F#
I say, 'How'd I get along so long without you'
Bm
And you say, 'same'