American Girl As recorded by Everclear on the Heroin Girl Single Tabbed by Jason Pan (balaka@alphalink.com.au) (Chords used) D Dsus2 Dsus4 D5 G A Bm D(2) E G(2) A(2) e|-2---0-----3---5--3-0--2-------------------| B|-3---3-----3---3--3-2--3-------------------| G|-2---2-----2---2--0-2--4-----7---9--12--14-| D|-0---0-----0---0--0-2--4-----7---9--12--14-| A|------------------2-0--2-----5---7--10--12-| E|------------------3------------------------| (INTRO) D D Dsus2 Dsus4 D5 e|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--|x1 e|-2-2-2--0-0-0-|x5 e|-3-3-3--5-5-5-|x1 B|----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--| B|-3-3-3--3-3-3-| B|-3-3-3--3-3-3-| G|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--| G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-| G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-| D|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-| A|-----------------------| A|--------------| A|--------------| E|-----------------------| E|--------------| E|--------------| (Play this short solo over the third time you play the D, Dsus2 thing above until the start of the verse) e|-------------------------------------------------------3-3-3--3-5-5-5-| B|-7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5-3-3-3--3-5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5----------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse Riff. This is what the guitar plays, while the bass plays the root notes of the chords. Either play the chords or this riff) D Bm G A e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2-2h4p2--| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| (Verse Riff x3) D Bm G A She was an American girl raised on promises D Bm G She couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life A Somewhere else D Bm G A After all it was a great big world with lots of places to run to A And if she had to die trying, she had one little promise she was gonna keep G A Oh yeah, all right D Take it easy baby Bm Make it last all night G A D She was an American girl (Verse Riff x3) D Bm G A It was kind of cold that night as she stood alone on the balcony D Bm She could hear the cars roll by G A out on four forty one like waves crashing on the beach D Bm G A And for one desperate moment there she crept back in her memory A God, it's so painful when something that's so close A Is still so far out of reach G A Oh yeah, all right D Take it easy baby Bm Make it last all night G A D She was an American girl (Solo - arranged for one guitar) e|---------------2b-(let ring)-----------------2b-(let ring)---------| B|------------------------------3-3h5p3-3-2----3----3-2-----3----3-2-| G|--2--2h4p2-----2--2h4p2-------2-2h4p2------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------0---0--------0---0------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D(2) E G(2) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|---3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2------3----3-2-| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0---------0---0------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A(2) D(2) E G(2) A(2) e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2----3----3-2-| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0-------0---0------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| D(2) E G(2) e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--| E|------------------------------------------------------------| "Wah-oah" "Oah-oh" "Ah-oah" A(2) e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----| D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----| A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----| E|----------------------------| "Ohhh..." G A Oh yeah, all right D Take it easy baby Bm Make it last all god*** night G A D She was an American girl D (with verse riff overdubbed, bass plays D instead of verse chords though) Yeah American Girl Yeah American Girl American Girl American Girl American Girl...... JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - http://members.tripod.com/~panec/