American Girls
Counting Crows
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Tom : F
Standard Tuning
Intro riff:
F Bb F Bb
E- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
B- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
G-|--2p0h2-p0-2-2p0-2p0h2p0--|--2p0h2-p0-2-2p0-2b3r2p0--|- Call these two bars
D- |--------------------------|--------------------------|- "Riff 1"
A- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
E- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
F Bb C Bb
E- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
B- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
G-|--2p0h2-p0-2-2p0-2p0h2----|--------------------------|-
D- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
A- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
E- |--------------------------|--------------------------|-
Intro (with riff) - the bars provide a timing reference
F Bb F Bb F Bb C Bb F Bb F Bb
Verse 1:
F Bb
She comes out on Fridays every time
F
Stands out in a line
C Bb F F Bb F Bb Bb
I could have been anyone she'd seen (Riff 1)
F Bb
She waits another week to fall apart
F
She couldn't make another day
C Bb C
I wish it was anyone but me
Bb C
I could have been anyone you see
Gm Bb
She had something breakable just under her skin
Chorus 1:
Dm Bb F
American girls all weather and noise
C Dm
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Bb F
Holding a candle up to my hand
C
Making me feel so incredible
Verse 2:
Bb F Bb
She comes out of closets every night
F
But then she locks herself away
C Bb C
Where she could keep anything from me
Bb C
I could have been anyone you see
Gm Bb
She's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin
Chorus 2: (same chords as chorus 1)
American girls all weather and noise Playing the changes for all of
the boys
Holding a candle right up to my hand Making me feel so incredible
Interlude: (play intro riff with vocals)
F Bb
Little shivers shaking me everyday
F Bb
But I could get the same thing anywhere
F Bb
So if she goes away
Gm C
Well, it's alright and I'm okay
F Bb
"Hey", she said, "Come back again tonight."
F Bb
And I said "I might, I might, I might."
F Bb
She said "Well, that's alright.
Gm Am Dm
If it's alright, it's alright with you
Gm C Bb
then it's alright if it's alright with me
Verse 3:
F Bb
I waited for an hour last Friday night
F
She never came around
C Bb F F Bb
She took almost everything from me
F
I'm going through my closets
Bb F
Trying on her clothes, almost everyday
C Bb
I could've been anyone you see
C Bb C
I wish it was anyone but me
Gm Bb
There's nothing but pills and ashes under my skin
Chorus 3:
American girls all weather and noise
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Holding a candle right up to my hand
Making me feel so incredible
Outro:
And now with the chorus chords, play Riff 2:
Riff 2:
Dm Bb F C
E- |-------------------|-------------------|-
B- |-------------------|-------------------|-
G- |-------------------|-------------------|-
D- |-0--2--3------2--3-|----2--3---5--3--2-|-
A- |-----------1-------|-0-----------------|-
E- |-------------------|-------------------|-
If I made you cry, please tell me why
Cause I'll try again if you let me try
American girls, all feathers and cream
Come into bed so edible
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