Intro
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[Verse]
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Well, she was an American Girl, raised on promises
G# A#7
She couldn't help thinking that there
C# D#
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]
D# G#
Oh yeah, alright
Fm C#
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
D# G#
She was an American Girl!
[Verse]
G# A#7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
C# D#
She stood alone on her balcony
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Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
C# D#
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
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And for one desperate moment there
C# A#m
He crept back in her memory
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God, it's so painful when something that's so close
C#
Is still so far out of reach!
[Chorus]
D# G#
Oh yeah, alright
Fm C#
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
D# G#
She was an American Girl!
[Outro]
C# D# G# x3
C# D#
G#
G# A#7 C# D# x7