Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American girl

^D Well she was an A^E7merican girl ^G raised on ^Apromises ^D she couldn't ^E7help thinkin' there was a ^Glittle more to life ^Asomewhere else after all it was a ^Dgreat big world ^G with lots of places to ^Emrun to ^Aand if she had to die tryin' she had one little promise she was gonna keep

^G Oh yeah ^A all right ^D take it easy baby ^Bm make it last all night ^G she was ^A an American ^Dgirl

^D Well it was kinda ^E7cold that night ^Gshe stood alone on the ^Abalcony ^D Yeah she could hear the ^E7cars roll by out on ^G441 like ^Awaves crashin' on the beach and for one desperate ^Dmoment there ^G he crept back in her ^Emmemory ^AGod it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach

^G Oh yeah ^A all right ^D take it easy baby ^Bm make it last all night ^G she was ^A an American ^Dgirl