American Cliché chords by Finneas

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Bm Bm Bm/C#

Verse 1:

(Okay)
Bm               Bm/C#
Too little to do for too long and
D                D/F#  G        G/F#
Too little of you for my songs 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

Chorus:
    Bm
I'm an American cliché
      Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7        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
      Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7              F#
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
        Bm
And you say, "Same"


Verse 2:
Bm Bm/D Bm Bm/C#

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


Chorus:
    Bm     Bm/C#
I'm an American cliché
      D
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7        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
      Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
    Dmaj7/F#   Gmaj7            F#
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
        Bm
And you say, "Same"

Bridge:
Bm Bm/C# Bm Bm/C#

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


Chorus:
    Bm
I'm an American cliché
      Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
       Gmaj7        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
      Dmaj7
Missin' a girl in a French café
    Dmaj7/F#   Gmaj7         F#
I say, "How'd I get along so long without you"
         Bm
And you say, "Same"