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