Chords
American Cliché

Key: B

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 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/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             G7M                                           F# 
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
                               Bm 
And you say, "same"
 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             G7M                                     F# 
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
                                     Bm 
And you say, "same"