Chords for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl
Tempo:
114.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Well, she was an [E] American [G] girl, [A] raised on promises.
[E] couldn't help thinking that there [G] was a little more to life [A] somewhere else.
[D] was a great big world [G] with lots of places [Em] to run to.
time to try and cheat.
promise she was gonna [G] keep.
[A] yeah.
[Bm] baby, make it [G] last all night.
Well, she was an [E] American [G] girl, [A] raised on promises.
[E] couldn't help thinking that there [G] was a little more to life [A] somewhere else.
[D] was a great big world [G] with lots of places [Em] to run to.
time to try and cheat.
promise she was gonna [G] keep.
[A] yeah.
[Bm] baby, make it [G] last all night.
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, she was an [E] American [G] girl, _ _ [A] raised on promises.
_ [D] _ She [E] couldn't help thinking that there [G] was a little more to life [A] somewhere else.
_ _ It [D] was a great big world [G] with lots of places [Em] to run to.
[A] Yeah, I think she had the time to try and cheat.
One little promise she was gonna _ [G] keep.
Oh [A] yeah.
_ _ _ [D] _ Take it easy [Bm] baby, make it [G] last all night.
She [A] was an [D] American girl. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, it was [E] kinda cold that night.
[G] She stood alone [A] on a balcony.
_ _ [D] Yeah, she put [E] in a car's rollback [G] at her home in Hollywood.
[A] Black waves crashing down the beach.
That fool was [D] desperate and on Monday, _ [G] he clipped back in [E] her memory.
_ [A] God, it's so painful, something that is so close, still so far away.
[G] _ _ Oh yeah.
[A] _ _ Alright, [D] _ take it [Bm] easy baby, make it last all [G] night.
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, she was an [E] American [G] girl, _ _ [A] raised on promises.
_ [D] _ She [E] couldn't help thinking that there [G] was a little more to life [A] somewhere else.
_ _ It [D] was a great big world [G] with lots of places [Em] to run to.
[A] Yeah, I think she had the time to try and cheat.
One little promise she was gonna _ [G] keep.
Oh [A] yeah.
_ _ _ [D] _ Take it easy [Bm] baby, make it [G] last all night.
She [A] was an [D] American girl. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, it was [E] kinda cold that night.
[G] She stood alone [A] on a balcony.
_ _ [D] Yeah, she put [E] in a car's rollback [G] at her home in Hollywood.
[A] Black waves crashing down the beach.
That fool was [D] desperate and on Monday, _ [G] he clipped back in [E] her memory.
_ [A] God, it's so painful, something that is so close, still so far away.
[G] _ _ Oh yeah.
[A] _ _ Alright, [D] _ take it [Bm] easy baby, make it last all [G] night.
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