(Palm mute the intro and beginning of the first verse)
Intro: C5 , E5 , A5 , F5
Verse 1:
C5 E5
I met a girl with a lip tattoo
A5 F5
She looked skinny as a rail in those high heel shoes
C5 E5
She?s got a spot above Webster Hall
A5 F5
Claims to run this town with her hair in a ball
C5 , E5 , A5 , F5
(Ooooo, ooooo)
C5 E5
She was small town girl USA
A5 F5
hell, her daddys bagging groceries, living day by day
C5 E5
I know she knows it aint her place
A5 F5
Shes tired of that living and the same clich?s
C5 E5
Now She?s the first in her family to hold a degree
A5 F5
and her mommas waiting tables down at Ruby Tuesdays
C5 E5
& I aint saying that at all like its mean
A5 F5
cause her momma probably taught the girl
damn near everything
Chorus:
C5 E5 A5
So she?s gonna do what she wants to do
G5 C5
She?s gonna wear a one piece bathing suit
E5 A5
She?s gonna smile, she?s gonna scream
G5 F5
She?s a small town girl in a big city
G5
Yeah, she?s making her moves
She?s got American Dreams ( C5 , E5 , A5 , F5 x2)
Verse 2:
C5 E5
So ohh look at you now
A5 F5
You?re a small town girl in a big old crowd
C5 E5
Your Moving up Making your scene
A5 F5
Ain?t making a dime but you?re living your dreams
C5 E5
And up there you?re gonna have your fights
A5 F5
But girl follow your heart You gonna do alirght
C5 E5
& I know that?s what you always do
A5
You were born to be free.
F5
Born for breaking the rules
Chorus:
C5 E5 A5
So she?s gonna do what she wants to do
G5 C5
She?s gonna wear a one piece bathing suit
E5 A5
She?s gonna smile, she?s gonna scream
G5 F5
She?s a small town girl in a big city
G5
Yeah, she?s making her moves
She?s got American----
Bridge:
C5 E5
Dreams don?t come from anyone else
They?re born in the beating deep inside
A5
of your chest
F5
Lord knows they do
C5
And the harder you try the harder you might fall
E5
But you?ll never learn nothing if it
A5
aint ever your fault
F5
So go on and do what you do
( C5 , E5 , A5 , F5 x2)
Come on and make us a move Oooo, oooo yeahh
Rest of the song (fade out) Repeat: C5 , E5 , A5 , F5
