Roger McGuinn - American girl

^CWell she was an A^A7merican girl ^Craised on ^Dpromises ^CShe couldn't help ^A7thinking that there was A ^Clittle more to life ^Dsomewhere else After all it was a ^Cgreat big world ^Cwith lots of places to ^Amrun to ^DAnd if she had to die trying she had one little promise she was gonna

^COh yea ^Dallright ^Ctake it easy baby ^Emmake it last all night ^CShe was ^Dan American ^Cgirl ^CWell it was kind ^A7cold that night she ^Cstood alone on the ^Dbalcony ^CYea she could hear the cars ^A7roll by ^COut on 441 like waves ^Dcrashing on the beach And for one desperate ^Cmoment there ^Che crept back in her ^Ammemory ^DGod it's so painful when something that's so close

^COh yea ^Dallright ^Ctake it easy baby ^Emmake it last all night ^CShe was ^Dan American ^Cgirl