American Girl chords by Bobtown

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Am 
She was an  American girl
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G 
Raised on promises
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Am 
She couldn't help thinking
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That there was a little more to life
G 
Somewhere else
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G 
After all it was a great big world
C 
Am 
With lots of places to  run to
G 
And  if she had to die
Trying she
Had one little promise she
F 
was gonna keep
G 
Oh yeah
Alright
C 
Take it easy baby
Am 
F 
They didn't last all night
G 
C 
She was an American girl
Am 
Well, it was kind of cold that night
F 
G 
She stood alone on her balcony
C 
Yeah, she could hear the
Am 
F 
cars roll by out on 441,
G 
like waves crashing on the beach.
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G 
And for one desperate moment there,
C 
Am 
he crept back in her memory.
G 
God, it's so painful
when something that's so close
F 
is still so far out of reach
G 
C 
Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby,
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F 
make it last all night
G 
C 
She was an American girl
Am 
F 
G 
Oh yeah, oh  yeah, oh yeah, ooh, alright
C 
Am 
F 
Take it easy baby, make it last all night
G 
C 
She was an American girl
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