Verse 1
(Okay)
[F#m]
Too little to do for too long and
[G]
Too little of you for my songs to be anything but lonely
In a couple weeks, you'll own me
[Em] [F#7]
Too tired to sleep, good morning
[F#m] [G]
And I'm too wired to heed the warnin'
That there's danger in the summer
[Em] [F#7]
The calm before the thunder
Chorus
[Bm]
I'm an American cliché
[D] [F#]
Missin' a girl in a French café
[G]
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
[Gmaj7] [Em] [F#7]
You're blushin', duck out of frame
[Bm]
I'm an American cliché
[D]
Missin' a girl in a French café
[F#] [Gmaj7] [G] [F#7]
I say, "how'd I get along, so long without you"
[Bm]
And you say, "Same"
Verse 2
[F#m] [G]
Graveyard, Jim Morrison, Forever
In my arms, they'll have to bury us together
[Em] [F#7]
'Cause I'm never gonna let you go
Uh-oh, uh-oh
[F#m] [G]
Miss my flight, makin' love in the morning
While everybody else is bored and they love to say they told you so
[Em] [F#7]
I know, I know, I know
Chorus
[Bm]
I'm an American cliché
[Dmaj] [D]
Missin' a girl in a French café
[F#] [G]
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
[Em] [F#7]
You're blushin', out of frame
[Bm] [A#m]
I'm an American cliché
[D]
Missin' a girl in a French café
[F#] [G] [F#7]
I say, "I don't get along, so alone without you"
[Em]
And you say, "Same"
[Bridge] (Quiet Interlude Mostly Kick Drum)
Come on over now, you wanna lay over now?
No one that we know around
Don't want the city without you
I want you
We'll go all over town
No one that we know around
Can't say I'm sober now
Do something I'm not allowed to
I want you
Chorus
[Bm]
I'm an American cliché
[Dmaj] [D]
Missin' a girl in a French café
[F#] [G]
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
[Em] [F#7]
You're blushin', out of frame
[Bm]
I'm an American cliché
[D] [Dmaj7]
Missin' a girl in a French café
[G7] [F#7]
I say, "I don't get along, so alone without you"
[Bm]
And you say, "Same"
