Chords with lyrics
Intro:
D MajorD
Verse:
D MajorD E7E7 G+G A augmentedA
Well, she was an American Girl, raised on promises
D MajorD E7E7
She couldn't help thinking that there
G+G A augmentedA
Was a little more to life somewhere else
D MajorD
After all, it was a great big world
G+G E minorEm
With lots of places to run to
A augmentedA
And if she had to die tryin'
G+G
She had one little promise she was gonna keep
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh yeah, alright
B minorBm G+G
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
A augmentedA D MajorD
She was an American Girl!
Verse:
D MajorD E7E7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
G+G A augmentedA
She stood alone on her balcony
D MajorD E7E7
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
G+G A augmentedA
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
D MajorD
And for one desperate moment there
G+G E minorEm
He crept back in her memory
A augmentedA
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
G+G
Is still so far out of reach!
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh yeah, alright
B minorBm G+G
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
A augmentedA D MajorD
She was an American Girl!
Outro:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD x3
G+G A augmentedA
D MajorD
D MajorD E7E7 G+G A augmentedA x7