Intro: Bm Bm Bmadd9
 
Verse 1:
 
(Okay)
Bm                             Bmadd9
Too little to do for too long and
D                                D       G               Gmaj7
Too little of you for my songs to be anything but lonely
      Em                       Gb
In a couple weeks, you'll own me
Bm                             Bmadd9
Too tired to sleep, good morning
D                                D   
And I'm too wired to heed the warnin'
 G               Gmaj7
That there's danger in the summer
     Em                     Gb
The calm before the thunder
 
Chorus:
        Bm
I'm an American cliché
           Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
             Gmaj7                G Gmaj7
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
      Em                    Gb
You blush and duck out of frame
        Bm
I'm an American cliché
           Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
             Gmaj7                           Gb
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
               Bm
And you say, "Same"
 
Interlude: Bm Bm Bm Bmadd9

Verse 2:
Bm                          Bmadd9
Graveyard, Jim Morrison, Forever
D                                       D   
In my arms, they'll have to bury us together
G                               Gmaj7
'Cause I'm never gonna let you go
Em          Gb
Uh-oh, uh-oh
Bm                                  Bmadd9  D
Missed my flight, makin' love in the morning
                           D   
While everybody else was boarding
      G                          Gmaj7
They love to say they told you so
Em                Gb
I know, I know, I know
 
Chorus:
        Bm          Bmadd9
I'm an American cliché
           D
Missin' a girl in a French café
             Gmaj7                G Gmaj7
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
      Em                    Gb
You blush and duck out of frame
        Bm          Bmadd9
I'm an American cliché
           Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
        Dmaj7        Gmaj7                        Gb
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
               Bm
And you say, "Same"
 
Interlude: Bm Bmadd9 Bm Bmadd9

Bridge:
Bm                                    Bmadd9
Come on over now, you're one layover down?
Bm
No one that we know around
                  Bmadd9        G
Don't want the city without you
       Gb
I want you
Bm
We'll go all over town
Bm                    Bmadd9
No one that we know around
Bm
Can't say I'm sober now
                   Bmadd9    G
Do something I'm not allowed to
        Gb
I want you
 
Chorus:
        Bm
I'm an American cliché
           Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
             Gmaj7                G Gmaj7
I say, "God damn, you're beautiful"
      Em                    Gb
You blush and duck out of frame
        Bm          Bmadd9
I'm an American cliché
           Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
        Dmaj7        Gmaj7                 Gb
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
                  Bm
And you say, "Same"
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