Intro
C
[Verse]
C D7 F G
Well, she was an American Girl, raised on promises
C D7
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 Dm
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
Am F
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
G C
She was an American Girl!
[Verse]
C D7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
F G
She stood alone on her balcony
C D7
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 Dm
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
Am 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 D7 F G x7