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