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American Girls by Counting Crows, from the Album, ‘Hard Candy’
Submitted by Dom Buxton (Dom_Buxton@hotmail.com)
Transcribed by Euan Gallivan and Dom Buxton.

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


F	F	F	C	A#
F			A#

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

Chorus
Dm		  A#				F
American girls, ………………………………………………………
		C				Dm
Playing the changes ………………………………………………
		A#			F
Holding ……………………………………………………………
		C			C	A#
Making me feel ………………………………

Verse 2
         F			A#
She comes ……………………………………………………………
				F		C
……………………………………………………… herself away
				A#
………………………………………………… everything from me
			  A#		   C
……………………………………………… anyone you see
			Gm		   A#
But nothing ………………………………………………………………………………

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

Middle Eight
F
Little shiver, ………………………………………………………

But ………………………………………………………………………

So ………………………………………

   Gm			   C
Well …………………………………………………
F
Hey, .......................

I ……………………………………………………………………

She …………………………………………………………………
	Gm		C		Dm
If its ……………………………………………………………………

				Gm			C	A#
If ……………………………………………………………………………………………

F						A#
I …………………………………………………………………………………
F				C
She ……………………………………………………
			A#			F	F	A# (accentuate these)
She ………………………………………………………………
			    F
I’m …………………………………………………………
		  A#				F	C
Trying ………………………………………………………………………
			A#		   C
I ………………………………………………………………………………
		    A#		C
I ………………………………………………
		Gm	    A#
Nothing …………………………………………………………………

Repeat Chorus loads.

Last line is:
A#			   F	     	C		F
Hey Miss American Girls