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

D                    E
Well, it was kind of cold that night,
G                      A
She stood alone on the balcony
D                        E
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by,
       G
Out on four forty one
     A
like waves crashing on the beach,
                     D
And for one des'rate moment there
E                    G
He 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
C#m
Make it last all night
G       A               D
She was an American girl