American Girl
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Key: D
Tempo: 115 BPM
Time: 4/4

Intro:
(guitar and drums)
D       Dsus4
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D       Dsus2
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D       Dsus4
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D       Dsus2
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(bass in)
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E
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A
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Verse 1:
D               E
Well she was an American girl
G         A
Raised on promises
D                 E
She couldn't help thinking that there
      G                   A
Was 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
Yeah, and if she had to die tryin'
She had one little promise she was gonna keep

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

Verse 2:
D                 E
Well it was kinda cold that night
G                      A
She stood alone on her balcony
(ooh hoo)
D                        E
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, something that's so close
And still so far out of reach

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

Bridge:
G	G	G
G	G#	A	A	D
(C	C#	D)
G	G	G
G	G#	A	A	D
(C	C#	D)
G	G	G
G	G#	A	A	D
(C	C#	D)
G	G	G
G	G#	A	A	A

Outro:

(guitar and drums
D       Dsus4
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D       Dsus4
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D       Dsus4
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D       Dsus4
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(solo)
DEGA
			
(6x and cue ending)

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