Intro
G
[Verse]
G A7 C D
Well, she was an American Girl, raised on promises
G A7
She couldn't help thinking that there
C D
Was a little more to life somewhere else
G
After all, it was a great big world
C Am
With lots of places to run to
D
And if she had to die tryin'
C
She had one little promise she was gonna keep
[Chorus]
D G
Oh yeah, alright
Em C
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
D G
She was an American Girl!
[Verse]
G A7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
C D
She stood alone on her balcony
G A7
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
C D
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
G
And for one desperate moment there
C Am
He crept back in her memory
D
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
Em 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 A7 C D x7