American Girl

Intro: 18 bars D 
Two bars E7, two G, A A , D D, E7 E7, G G, A7 A7 
 
Verse 1 
 
{D}Well she was an {E7}American girl. 
{G}Raised on {A}promises 
{D}She couldn‘t help {E7}thinking that there was 
a {G}little more to life {A}somewhere else 
After all it was a {D}great big world 
{G}with lots of places to {Em}run to 
{A}And if she had to die tryin‘ she had one little promise she was gonna keep 
 
Chorus 
{G}Oh yeah,{A} allright, {D}take it easy baby {Bm}make it last all night{G} 
She was {A} an American {D}girl 
 
Verse 2 
 
Well it was kinda cold that night 
She stood alone on the balcony 
Yeh, she could hear the cars roll by, 
out on four-fortyone like waves crashing on the beach 
And for one des‘rate moment there 
he crept back in her memory 
God it‘s so painful when something that‘s so close is still so far to reach. ×× 
 
(Chorus) 
 
 
 
Outro D, G7 G7, A D,D,D, lots of D‘s, G7, G7,A,A, D, D ,D, D,E7 ,G ,D 
(not really sure here as you see..) 
 
last piece 
 
D E7 
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b--------------------------|---------|----------------------------------| 
 
G D 
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and fade out