Intro
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[Verse]
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Well, she was an American Girl, raised on promises
A# C7
She couldn't help thinking that there
D# F
Was a little more to life somewhere else
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After all, it was a great big world
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With lots of places to run to
F
And if she had to die tryin'
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She had one little promise she was gonna keep
[Chorus]
F A#
Oh yeah, alright
Gm D#
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
F A#
She was an American Girl!
[Verse]
A# C7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
D# F
She stood alone on her balcony
A# C7
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
D# F
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
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And for one desperate moment there
D# Cm
He crept back in her memory
F
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
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Is still so far out of reach!
[Chorus]
F A#
Oh yeah, alright
Gm D#
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
F A#
She was an American Girl!
[Outro]
D# F A# x3
D# F
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A# C7 D# F x7