Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - American Girl

intro
intro – guitar 1 : 18 bars D
intro – guitar 2 : E7 E7 G G A A D D E7 E7 G G A7 A7
verse 1

D E7
well , she was an american girl
G A
raised on promises
D E7
she couldn’t help thinkin’ that there was A
G A
little more to life somewhere else

A D
after all it was a great big world
G Em
with lots of places to run to
A
and if she had to die tryin’ she had one little promise she was gonna keep
chorus

G A D Bm
o yeah , all right , take it easy , baby , make it last all night
G A D
she was an american girl
verse 2

D E7
well , it was kinda cold that night
G A
she stood alone on the balcony
D E7
yeah , she could hear the cars roll by
G A
out on 441 like waves crashin’ on the beach

A D
and for one desperate moment there
G Em
he crept back in her memory
A
god it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach
chorus

G A D Bm
o yeah , all right , take it easy , baby , make it last all night
G A D
she was an american girl
outro :
G G G G G# A D
G G G G G# A D
G G G G G# A D
G G G A A A
repeat to end
D E7 G A