American Girl Chords

[Intro]
(Guitar 1:  18 bars)
D
 
(Guitar 2:)
E     G   A   D   E     G   A
 
[Verse]
D                E
Well, she was an American girl
G         A
Raised on promises
D                 E
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a
G                   A
little more to life somewhere else
 
[Pre-Chorus]
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                   
O yeah, all right, take it easy, baby, 
Bm
make it last all night
G       A           D
She was an American girl
 
[Verse]
D                  E
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 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
 
[Pre-Chorus]
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                   
O yeah, all right, take it easy, baby, 
Bm
make it last all night
G       A           D
She was an American girl
 
[Outro]
G       G# A D
G       G# A D
G       G# A D
G     A
 
D E  G A
(Repeat to end)