American Girl chords by Donavon Frankenreiter

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Verse 1
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Well, she was an American girl
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Em 
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Raised on promises
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She couldn't help thinking that there was
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A little more to life somewhere else
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And after all, it's a great big world
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Em 
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With lots of places to  run to
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Yeah, and if she had to die, trying she
Had one little promise she
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was gonna keep
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Oh yeah, alright,
G 
take it easy baby,
Em 
make it last all night
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Em 
She was an American girl
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It was kind of cold that night,
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Em 
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she stood alone on her balcony
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She could hear the cars roll by
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out on the 441
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Like waves crashing on the beach
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But for one desperate moment there
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He crept back in her memory
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God, it's so painful
Something that's so close
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F#m 
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It's just so far out of reach
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G 
Oh yeah, alright
Take it easy baby
Em 
We'll make it last all night
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And she was an American girl
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G 
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We are turning right to Session Road
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An American girl