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