american girl

Tom : D
D

[Verse]
D E7 G A
Well, she was an American Girl, raised on promises
D E7
She couldn't help thinking that there
G A
Was a little more to life somewhere else
D
After all, it was a great big world
G Em
With lots of places to run to
A
And if she had to die tryin'
G
She had one little promise she was gonna keep

[Chorus]
A D
Oh yeah, alright
Bm G
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
A D
She was an American Girl!

[Verse]
D E7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
G A
She stood alone on her balcony
D E7
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
G A
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
D
And for one desperate moment there
G Em
He crept back in her memory
A
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
G
Is still so far out of reach!

[Chorus]
[Outro]
G
A D (2x)
  G  A   D  E7
G A (2x)