Intro:
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D5                   E5
Well she was an American girl
G5         A5
Raised on promises
D5                E5
She couldnt help thinkin that there
      G5
Was a little more to life
A5
Somewhere else
                 D5
After all it was a great big world
E5            G5
With lots of places to run to
A5
Yeah, and if she had to die
A5
Tryin she
A5
had one promise She was gonna keep
G5      A5
Oh yeah, all right
D5
Take it easy baby
C#5
Make it last all night
G5       A5               (tocar intro)
She was an American girl

D5                    E5
Well, it was kind of cold that night,
G5                      A5
She stood alone on the balcony
D5                        E5
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by,
       G5
Out on four forty one
     A5
like waves crashing on the beach,
                     D5
And for one des'rate moment there
E5                    G5
He crept back in her memory
A5
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
A5
Is still so far out of reach

G5      A5
Oh yeah, all right
D5
Take it easy baby
C#5
Make it last all night
G5       A5               D5
She was an American girl