Intro
Am Am Am/B
[Verse 1]
(Okay)
Am Am/B
Too little to do for too long and
C C/E F F/E
Too little of you for my songs to be anything but lonely
Dm E
In a couple weeks, you'll own me
Am Am/B
Too tired to sleep, good morning
C C/E
And I'm too wired to heed the warnin'
F F/E
That there's danger in the summer
Dm E
The calm before the thunder
[Chorus]
Am
I'm an American cliché
Cmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
Fmaj7 F F/E
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
Dm E
You blush and duck out of frame
Am
I'm an American cliché
Cmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
Fmaj7 E
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
Am
And you say, "Same"
[Verse 2]
Am Am/C Am Am/B
Am Am/B
Graveyard, Jim Morrison, Forever
C C/E
In my arms, they'll have to bury us together
F F/E
'Cause I'm never gonna let you go
Dm E
Uh-oh, uh-oh
Am Am/B C
Missed my flight, makin' love in the morning
C/E
While everybody else was boarding
F F/E
They love to say they told you so
Dm E
I know, I know, I know
[Chorus]
Am Am/B
I'm an American cliché
C
Missin' a girl in a French café
Fmaj7 F F/E
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
Dm E
You blush and duck out of frame
Am Am/B
I'm an American cliché
Cmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
Cmaj7/E Fmaj7 E
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
Am
And you say, "Same"
[Bridge]
Am Am/B Am Am/B
Am Am/B
Come on over now, you're one layover down?
Am
No one that we know around
Am/B F
Don't want the city without you
E
I want you
Am
We'll go all over town
Am Am/B
No one that we know around
Am
Can't say I'm sober now
Am/B F
Do something I'm not allowed to
E
I want you
[Chorus]
Am
I'm an American cliché
Cmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
Fmaj7 F F/E
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
Dm E
You blush and duck out of frame
Am Am/B
I'm an American cliché
Cmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
Cmaj7/E Fmaj7 E
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
Am
And you say, "Same"