American Girl

Intro: 0:02
D  - x8
0:19
D | E7 | G | A
D | E7 | G | A7

Verse 1: 0:36
D                    E7
  Well, she was an American girl
G             A
  Raised on promises.
D                     E7
  She couldn't help thinkin' that there
       G                   A
Was a little more to life somewhere else.

Pre-chorus 1: 0:52
A                      D
  After all it was a great big world
G                         Em
  With lots of places to run to.
 A
Yeah, and if she had to die tryin' she
A
  Had one little promise she was gonna keep.

Chorus 1: 1:10
G         A
  O yeah,   all right.
D
  Take it easy, baby,
Bm
  Make it last all night.
                   G
(Make it last all night.)
        A              D  | D
She was   an American girl.

Verse 2: 1:26
D                     E7
  Well, it was kinda cold that night.
  G                     A
She stood alone on the balcony.
D                           E7
  Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
       G         A
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach.

Pre-chorus 2: 1:43
A                        D
  And for one desperate moment there,
 G                    Em
He crept back in her memory.
 A
God, it's so painful when somethin' that's so close
A
  Is still so far out of reach.

Chorus 2: 2:00
G         A
  O yeah,   all right.
D
  Take it easy, baby,
Bm
  Make it last all night.
                   G
(Make it last all night.)
        A              D  | D
She was   an American girl.

Instrumental: 2:16
G7 | A7 D7 | G7 | A7 D7
G7 | A7 D7 | G7 | A7

Coda: 2:33
D  - x4
2:42 2:58 3:15
D | E7 | G | A  - x6