American Girl

Intro Intro - guitar 1 : 18 bars D Intro - guitar 2 : E7 E7 G G A A D D E7 E7 G G A7 A7 Verse 1 D E7 well , she was an american girl G A raised on promises D E7 she couldn’t help thinkin’ that there was A G A little more to life somewhere else A 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’ she had one little promise she was gonna keep Chorus G A D Bm o yeah , all right , take it easy , baby , make it last all night G A D she was an american girl Verse 2 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 A 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 is still so far out of reach Chorus G A D Bm o yeah , all right , take it easy , baby , make it last all night G A D she was an american girl Outro : G G G G G# A D G G G G G# A D G G G G G# A D G G G A A A repeat to end D E7 G A