Intro
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[Verse]
C# D#7 F# G#
Well, she was an American Girl, raised on promises
C# D#7
She couldn't help thinking that there
F# G#
Was a little more to life somewhere else
C#
After all, it was a great big world
F# D#m
With lots of places to run to
G#
And if she had to die tryin'
F#
She had one little promise she was gonna keep
[Chorus]
G# C#
Oh yeah, alright
A#m F#
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
G# C#
She was an American Girl!
[Verse]
C# D#7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
F# G#
She stood alone on her balcony
C# D#7
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
F# G#
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
C#
And for one desperate moment there
F# D#m
He crept back in her memory
G#
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
F#
Is still so far out of reach!
[Chorus]
G# C#
Oh yeah, alright
A#m F#
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
G# C#
She was an American Girl!
[Outro]
F# G# C# x3
F# G#
C#
C# D#7 F# G# x7