American Girls Chords by Counting Crows
Tempo:
105 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
C
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [F] [Bb] .
[F] She comes out on Fridays every [Bb] time, stands [F] out in line.
[C] I could have [Bb] been anyone [F] she'd seen.
[Dm] .
[Bb] [F] She waits another week to fall [Bb] apart.
She couldn't make another [F] day.
[C] I wish it [Bb] was anyone [C] but me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She had [Gm] something breakable just [Bb] under her .
[Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
Rain [C] changes for all of [Dm] us.
Hold that [Bb] candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
She [Bb] comes [F] out of closets every [Bb] night, but [F] then she locks herself away.
[C] Wish she could [Bb] keep everything from [C] me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She's nothing [Gm] but porcelain beneath her [Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
[C] Rain changes for all of [Dm] us.
[Gm] [Bb] Hold that candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
[F] [A] Let my shell be [E] shaking in me [F] every day, but I could give you the same thing anywhere.
[A] So if she goes away, [Gm] well, it's all [C] right and I'm okay.
[F] She said, [Bb] I'm not gonna [F] do nothing.
I [A] said, I might, I might, I might.
She said, well, it's all [Gm] right.
It's all [Am] right.
It's all right [Dm] with you and it's [G] all right.
It's all right [Gm] with me.
[F] [C] [Bb] I'll be at four [F] at night.
[Bb] She never came [F] around.
[C] She took [Bb] almost everything from [F] me.
[Bb] .
I'm going through [F] my closets, trying on [Bb] her clothes [F] almost every day.
[C] .
I could have [Bb] been anyone you'd [C] seen.
I wish you [Bb] were there, you are not [C] me.
You're nothing but [Gm] pills and [Bb] ashes under my [Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American [C] girls, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Dm] American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American girls, oh, [C] oh, oh, [Dm] oh.
You made me [Bb] cry.
You made me [F] cry.
You made [C] me .
[Dm] [Bb] cry.
Famous American [F] girl, [C] oh, .
[F] yeah.
[F] She comes out on Fridays every [Bb] time, stands [F] out in line.
[C] I could have [Bb] been anyone [F] she'd seen.
[Dm] .
[Bb] [F] She waits another week to fall [Bb] apart.
She couldn't make another [F] day.
[C] I wish it [Bb] was anyone [C] but me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She had [Gm] something breakable just [Bb] under her .
[Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
Rain [C] changes for all of [Dm] us.
Hold that [Bb] candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
She [Bb] comes [F] out of closets every [Bb] night, but [F] then she locks herself away.
[C] Wish she could [Bb] keep everything from [C] me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She's nothing [Gm] but porcelain beneath her [Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
[C] Rain changes for all of [Dm] us.
[Gm] [Bb] Hold that candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
[F] [A] Let my shell be [E] shaking in me [F] every day, but I could give you the same thing anywhere.
[A] So if she goes away, [Gm] well, it's all [C] right and I'm okay.
[F] She said, [Bb] I'm not gonna [F] do nothing.
I [A] said, I might, I might, I might.
She said, well, it's all [Gm] right.
It's all [Am] right.
It's all right [Dm] with you and it's [G] all right.
It's all right [Gm] with me.
[F] [C] [Bb] I'll be at four [F] at night.
[Bb] She never came [F] around.
[C] She took [Bb] almost everything from [F] me.
[Bb] .
I'm going through [F] my closets, trying on [Bb] her clothes [F] almost every day.
[C] .
I could have [Bb] been anyone you'd [C] seen.
I wish you [Bb] were there, you are not [C] me.
You're nothing but [Gm] pills and [Bb] ashes under my [Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American [C] girls, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Dm] American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American girls, oh, [C] oh, oh, [Dm] oh.
You made me [Bb] cry.
You made me [F] cry.
You made [C] me .
[Dm] [Bb] cry.
Famous American [F] girl, [C] oh, .
[F] yeah.
Key:
Bb
F
C
Dm
Gm
Bb
F
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ .
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ She comes out on Fridays every [Bb] time, stands [F] out in line.
_ _ [C] _ I could have [Bb] been anyone [F] she'd seen.
[Dm] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] She waits another week to fall [Bb] apart.
She couldn't make another [F] day.
_ _ [C] _ _ I wish it [Bb] was anyone [C] but me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She had [Gm] something breakable just [Bb] under her _ .
[Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
Rain [C] changes for all of [Dm] us.
_ Hold that [Bb] candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
_ She _ [Bb] _ _ comes [F] out of closets every [Bb] night, but [F] then she locks herself _ away.
_ [C] _ Wish she could [Bb] keep everything from [C] me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She's nothing [Gm] but porcelain _ _ beneath her [Dm] skin.
_ American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
_ _ [C] Rain changes for all of [Dm] us.
[Gm] [Bb] Hold that candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
[F] [A] Let my shell be [E] shaking in me [F] every day, but I could give you the same thing anywhere.
[A] So if she goes away, [Gm] well, it's all [C] right and I'm okay.
[F] She said, [Bb] I'm not gonna [F] do nothing.
I [A] said, I might, I might, I might.
She said, well, it's all [Gm] right.
It's all [Am] right.
It's all right [Dm] with you and it's [G] all right.
It's all right [Gm] with _ me.
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ I'll be at four [F] at night.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ She never came [F] around.
_ _ [C] _ _ She took [Bb] almost everything from [F] me.
[Bb] _ .
I'm going through [F] my closets, trying on [Bb] her clothes [F] almost every day.
_ [C] _ _ _ .
I could have [Bb] been anyone you'd [C] seen.
I wish you [Bb] were there, you are not [C] me.
You're nothing but [Gm] pills and [Bb] ashes under my [Dm] skin.
_ American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American [C] girls, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Dm] _ American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American girls, oh, [C] oh, oh, [Dm] oh.
You made me [Bb] cry.
You made me [F] cry.
You made [C] me _ _ .
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] cry.
Famous American [F] girl, _ [C] oh, _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ .
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ She comes out on Fridays every [Bb] time, stands [F] out in line.
_ _ [C] _ I could have [Bb] been anyone [F] she'd seen.
[Dm] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] She waits another week to fall [Bb] apart.
She couldn't make another [F] day.
_ _ [C] _ _ I wish it [Bb] was anyone [C] but me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She had [Gm] something breakable just [Bb] under her _ .
[Dm] skin.
American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
Rain [C] changes for all of [Dm] us.
_ Hold that [Bb] candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
_ She _ [Bb] _ _ comes [F] out of closets every [Bb] night, but [F] then she locks herself _ away.
_ [C] _ Wish she could [Bb] keep everything from [C] me.
I could have [Bb] been anyone [C] you'd seen.
She's nothing [Gm] but porcelain _ _ beneath her [Dm] skin.
_ American [Bb] girls are weather [F] and noise.
_ _ [C] Rain changes for all of [Dm] us.
[Gm] [Bb] Hold that candle right up to [F] my hand.
Make it [C] feel so incredible.
[F] [A] Let my shell be [E] shaking in me [F] every day, but I could give you the same thing anywhere.
[A] So if she goes away, [Gm] well, it's all [C] right and I'm okay.
[F] She said, [Bb] I'm not gonna [F] do nothing.
I [A] said, I might, I might, I might.
She said, well, it's all [Gm] right.
It's all [Am] right.
It's all right [Dm] with you and it's [G] all right.
It's all right [Gm] with _ me.
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ I'll be at four [F] at night.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ She never came [F] around.
_ _ [C] _ _ She took [Bb] almost everything from [F] me.
[Bb] _ .
I'm going through [F] my closets, trying on [Bb] her clothes [F] almost every day.
_ [C] _ _ _ .
I could have [Bb] been anyone you'd [C] seen.
I wish you [Bb] were there, you are not [C] me.
You're nothing but [Gm] pills and [Bb] ashes under my [Dm] skin.
_ American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American [C] girls, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Dm] _ American [Bb] girls, oh, [F] American girls, American girls, oh, [C] oh, oh, [Dm] oh.
You made me [Bb] cry.
You made me [F] cry.
You made [C] me _ _ .
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] cry.
Famous American [F] girl, _ [C] oh, _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .