Biography:
The Lilac Time is a band from Birmingham, UK (though based in Malvern, England), formed by Stephen Duffy and his brother Nick Duffy in 1987. The name is taken from a line in the Nick Drake song River Man: "Gonna see the River Man/Gonna tell him all I can/About the plan/For Lilac Time".
The initial line-up for the debut album, entitled The Lilac Time, released in November 1987 was the two Duffys and keyboardist Michael Weston. Subsequent line-ups have revolved around the two brothers and included drummer Michael Giri
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American Eyes
By: The Lilac Time
Capo: On First fret
Intro: C F G
C
Here is a story of three young people
C F/G C
A girl and two boys, she's got American eyes, American eyes
C
They left school for fame and fortune
C F
But she was the one, the girl with the stars in her eyes
G
Stars and stripes in her eyes
C
I was one of the boys, oh how I loved her
C F
But she wouldn't see me, She shut her apple pie eyes
G C
As blue as Jamaica skies
C F G
Oh unrequited love quite often grows, and never quite goes
C F G
Cho doh doh doh , Ohh Ohh (American eyes)
C
He was one of the boys, he joined the army
G F G C
He sailed from American shores, to fight the foreigners' war
F F G
Baby shut your eyes up tight, I swear the world won't end tonight
F G F G
And when we die our spirits fly, into the light above the sky
C F
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
G C
American eyes
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By: The Lilac Time
Capo: On First fret
Intro: C F G
C
Here is a story of three young people
C F/G C
A girl and two boys, she's got American eyes, American eyes
C
They left school for fame and fortune
C F
But she was the one, the girl with the stars in her eyes
G
Stars and stripes in her eyes
C
I was one of the boys, oh how I loved her
C F
But she wouldn't see me, She shut her apple pie eyes
G C
As blue as Jamaica skies
C F G
Oh unrequited love quite often grows, and never quite goes
C F G
Cho doh doh doh , Ohh Ohh (American eyes)
C
He was one of the boys, he joined the army
G F G C
He sailed from American shores, to fight the foreigners' war
F F G
Baby shut your eyes up tight, I swear the world won't end tonight
F G F G
And when we die our spirits fly, into the light above the sky
C F
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
G C
American eyes
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