American Girls chords by Counting Crows

Chords with lyrics

American Girls by Counting Crows, from the Album, ‘Hard Candy’
Submitted by Dom Buxton ([email protected])
Transcribed by Euan Gallivan and Dom Buxton.

This file is the work of Dom Buxton and Euan Gallivan, and no-one else.


FF	F	FF	C majorC	A#A#
FF			A#A#

Verse 1
FF				A#A#
She ……………………………………………… every time
     FF			C majorC
Stands out in a line
A#A#					FF			A#A# (let ring)
I ………………………………………………………………………… seen
FF					A#A#
She …………………………………………………………………………… apart
				 FF			C majorC
…………………………………………………………………… day
		 A#A#		C majorC
………………………………… anyone but me,
		 A#A#			C majorC
……………………………… been anyone you see
			G minorGm		  A#A#
…………………………………………… breakable just under her skin

Chorus
DmDm		 A#A#				FF
American girls, ………………………………………………………
		C majorC				DmDm
Playing the changes ………………………………………………
		A#A#			FF
Holding ……………………………………………………………
		C majorC			C majorC	A#A#
Making me feel ………………………………

Verse 2
     FF			A#A#
She comes ……………………………………………………………
				FF		C majorC
……………………………………………………… herself away
				A#A#
………………………………………………… everything from me
			 A#A#		  C majorC
……………………………………………… anyone you see
			G minorGm		  A#A#
But nothing ………………………………………………………………………………

Repeat Chorus but instead of finishing with C majorC to A#, just go straight into
middle eight.

Middle Eight
FF
Little shiver, ………………………………………………………

But ………………………………………………………………………

So ………………………………………

  G minorGm			  C majorC
Well …………………………………………………
FF
Hey, .......................

I ……………………………………………………………………

She …………………………………………………………………
	G minorGm		C majorC		DmDm
If its ……………………………………………………………………

				G minorGm			C majorC	A#A#
If ……………………………………………………………………………………………

FF						A#A#
I …………………………………………………………………………………
FF				C majorC
She ……………………………………………………
			A#A#			FF	F	A#A# (accentuate these)
She ………………………………………………………………
			  FF
I’m …………………………………………………………
		 A#A#				FF	C majorC
Trying ………………………………………………………………………
			A#A#		  C majorC
I ………………………………………………………………………………
		  A#A#		C majorC
I ………………………………………………
		G minorGm	  A#A#
Nothing …………………………………………………………………

Repeat Chorus loads.

Last line is:
A#A#			  FF	   	C majorC		FF
Hey Miss American Girls