VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by StringedSerenade
To learn Counting Crows - American Girls chords with lyrics, centre your learning around these crucial chords: C, Bb, F, C, Dm, Bb, F, Bb. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 52 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 105 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: F.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .