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Revision as of 03:57, 5 October 2023
Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening |
First known performance: Alternate versions |
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Covers
Ross Bellenoit & The Deceptions | performed live, 2016-05-19, Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, Pennsylvania | 2016 | YouTube |
Michael Eck | performed live, 2002-08-10, Brilliant Mistakes tribute, Albany, New York | 2002 | archive.org |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Tim Timebomb | single | 2012 | Wikipedia • Amazon • YouTube |
Chords
Bb Dm Bb F C F G C G Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening G A7 D But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind G C G On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting G D G So I put on my overcoat and went down to find G C G In Revlon and Crimpelene they captured my heart G A7 D To the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess G C G She was singing that "It's Too late", I agreed with that part G D G For two English girls who had changed their address C G Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years Em Now we don't speak any English C G Just American without tears C G Just American without tears Accordion melody: G C G D G e||---------------------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------------------------------------------------------|| G||---0-2-/4-4--4-5-4--2-0--2-0---0-2-0-/4-4--4-5-4-2-0-/4-2p0-0--|| D||-2-------------------------------------------------------------|| A||---------------------------------------------------------------|| E||---------------------------------------------------------------|| G C G One had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend G A7 D They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios G C G While the boys were licking Hitler they had something to defend G D G From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose G C G By a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren G A7 D And returned into the dancehall she knew he was the one G C G Though he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her G D G "I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is Little John" C G Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years Em Now we don't speak any English C G Just American without tears C G Just American without tears G C G D G A D A At a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes A B7 E Newsreel commentators said "Cheerio G.I. brides" A D A Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies A E A New words for suspenders and young girls' backsides A D A Now I'm in America and running from you A B7 E Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York A A7 D A And I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you A E A When I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk D A Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years F#m Now we don't speak any English D A Just American without tears D A Just American without tears D A Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years F#m Now we don't speak any English D A Just American without tears D A Just American without tears Repeat accordion melody (one tone higher) and fade A D A E A