American Girl Tab by
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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Intro 1
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E|-2-----2-----2-----------2--------|-2-----2-----2-----------2--------|
B|-3-----3-----3-----------3--------|-3-----3-----3-----------3--------|
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E|-10----10----10----------10101010-|-10101010101010101010----10101010-|
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G|-7-----7-----7-------7---7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7--|
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D D 
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D|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|
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G G 
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G G 
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Verse 1
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Well she was an A  merican girl
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Raised on promises
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She couldn't help thinkin' that there
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Was a  little more to life
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Somewhere else
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After all it was a  great big world
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Em Em 
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With lots of places to  run to
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Yeah, and if she had to die tryin'
She had one little promise
She was gonna keep

Chorus 1
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Oh yeah, alright
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Take it easy baby
Bm Bm 2
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Make it last all night
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She was an American girl/
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Verse 2
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Well, it was kind of cold that night
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She stood alone on her balcony
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Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
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Out on 441
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Like waves crashin' on the beach
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And for one desperate moment there
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Em Em 
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He crept back in her memory
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God it's so painful
Something that is so close
And still so far out of reach

Chorus 2
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A A 
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Oh yeah, alright
D D 
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Take it easy baby
Bm Bm 2
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Make it last all night
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She was an American girl/
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Interlude 1

G7

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A7

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D7

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G7

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D7

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G7

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A7

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D7

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G7

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Interlude 2
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D|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|
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G G 
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D|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|
A|-5-----------5-----------5--------|-5-----------5-----------5--------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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D|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|
A|-5-----------5-----------5--------|-5-----------5-----------5--------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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G G 
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D|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-------0-0--|
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Solo 1
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E|-------14------------14--14-------|-------14------------14--14-------|
B|-15----------15-------------------|-15----------15-------------------|
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E|-------14------------14--14-------|-------14------------14------12---|
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E|-------14------------14--14-------|-------14------------14--14-------|
B|-15----------15-------------------|-15----------15-------------------|
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E|-------14------------14--14-------|-------14------------14------12---|
B|-15----------15-------------------|-15----------15----------14-------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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E7 E7 
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E|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-10p7--8p7--10p7--8p7--10p7--8p7--10p7--8p7---|-12p9--10p9--12p9--10p9--12p9--10p9--12p9--10p9---|
G|-----7----7-----7----7-----7----7-----7----9--|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----12-|
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A|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
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E|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12---|-17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14---|
G|------12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----14-|------14-----14-----14-----14-----14-----14-----14-----7--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD E7 G Asus4 E...

D
E7
G
Asus4
E
A
Em
Bm
G7
A7
D7
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Chords

D
E7
G
Asus4
E
A
Em
Bm
G7
A7
D7
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