American girl
D E
1. Well she was an American
girl,
G
A
raised on promises
D E
She couldn't help thinking
that there was
G A
a little
more to life somewhere else.
D
After all it was a great big
world,
G Em
with lots of places to run to,
A
and if she had to die tryin'
A7
she had one little promise she
was gonna keep.
G
- A - D - Bm
Oh yeah, alright, take it easy, baby, make it last all night,
G
- A D
she was an American girl.
D E
2. Well it was kinda cold that
night,
G A
she stood alone on the
balcony.
D E
Yeah, she could hear the cars
roll by,
G A
out on Four-forty-one like
waves crashing on the beach.
D
And for one desperate moment
there
G Em
he crept back in her memory.
A
God it's so painful when
something that's so close,
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is still so
far to reach.
G
- A - D - Bm
Oh yeah, alright, take it easy, baby, make it last all night,
G
- A D
she was an American girl. G - A - D (2x) ……
(Tom Petty)