E                     C#m F#  
Well she was an American girl  
A               B  
    Raised on promises 
E                    F#  
  She couldnt help thinkin that there  
      A  
Was a little more to life  
B  
Somewhere else  
                    E  
After all it was a great big world  
A                         F#m  
     With lots of places to run to  
B  
and if she had to die  
B  
Tryin she had one little promise  
B                   A  
She was gonna keep  


[Refrão]
 
      B    E  
Oh yeah, all right  
           C#m  
Take it easy baby  
               E  
Make it last all night  
          B            E  
She was an American girl  

 

Verso 2: 
  
E               F#  
It was kind of cold that night  
A                      B  
She stood alone on her balcony  
E                     F#  
     She could the cars roll by  
     Am  
Out on 441  
   B  
Like waves crashin in the beach  
                   D#   E  
And for one desperate moment there  
A                      F#m  
He crept back in her memory  
  B  
God its so painful  
Something thats so close  
And still so far out of reach  


[Refrão]
 
A       B         E  
Oh yeah, all right  
             C#m  
Take it easy baby  
Make it last all night  
A           B           E  
   She was an American girl  
 

( A   B   E )  

(refrão)