Tom Petty - American Girl

0Verse:
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1Well she was an American girl.
G2         A3
2Raised on promises
D4                 E75
3She couldn't help thinking that there was
  G6                   A7
4a little more to life somewhere else
                   D8
5After all it was a great big world
G9                      Em10
6with lots of places to run to
A11
7And if she had to die tryin' she had one little promise she was gonna keep
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9Chorus:
G12        A13         D14                 Bm15                     G16
10Oh yeah, allright, take it easy baby make it last all night
        A17             D18
11She was   an American girl
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13Verse:
D19                      E720
14Well it was kinda cold    that night
G21                      A22
15She stood alone on the   balcony
D23                       E724
16Yeh, she could hear the cars roll by,
       G25                   A26
17out on  four-fortyone like waves crashing on the beach
                     D27
18And for one des'rate moment there
G28                    Em29
19he crept back in her memory
A30
20God it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far to reach.
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22Chorus:
G31        A32         D33                 Bm34                     G35
23Oh yeah, allright, take it easy baby make it last all night
        A36             D37
24She was   an American girl
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