American Eyes
By: The Lilac Time

Capo: On First fret

Intro:   C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1) GC
Here is a story of three young people
C (x32010@1)                                             F/G (303211@1)             CA (x32010@1)girl and two boys, she's got American eyes, American eyes
CThey (x32010@1)left school for fame and fortune
C (x32010@1)                                                        FBut (133211@1)she was the one, the girl with the stars in her eyes
G (320003@1)                           
Stars and stripes in her eyes

CI (x32010@1)was one of the boys, oh how I loved her
C (x32010@1)                                                        FBut (133211@1)she wouldn't see me, She shut her apple pie eyes
    G (320003@1)                    CAs (x32010@1)blue as Jamaica skies
C (x32010@1)                                    F (133211@1)          GOh (320003@1)unrequited love quite often grows, and never quite goes
C (x32010@1)                       F (133211@1)   GCho (320003@1)doh doh doh ,  Ohh Ohh (American eyes)

CHe (x32010@1)was one of the boys, he joined the army
G (320003@1)                             F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)                    CHe (x32010@1)sailed from American shores, to fight the foreigners' war

F (133211@1)                                     F (133211@1)                     GBaby (320003@1)shut your eyes up tight, I swear the world won't end tonight
         F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)                GAnd (320003@1)when we die our spirits fly, into the light above the sky
C (x32010@1)             FOhh (133211@1)ohh ohh ohh
G (320003@1)           CAmerican (x32010@1)eyes

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