Start
Intro
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G D
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Verse
E G
Well she was an American girl ■
A D
Raised on promises ■
E
She couldn't help thinking that there
G A A
Was a little more to life somewhere else ■
Chorus
D G
After all it was a great big world ■
E
With lots of places to run to
E7 A A
Yeah and if she had to die ■ trying
A A G
She ■ had one little promise she was gonna keep ■
A7 A D
Oh yeah ■ alright ■
Bm
Take it easy baby
G
Make it last all night
A D D
She was ■ an American girl ■
Verse
E7 E
Well it was kinda cold that night
G A
She stood alone on her balcony
D E G
Yeah ■ she could hear the cars roll by out on four hundred and fortyone
A A
Like waves crashing on the beach ■
Chorus
D
And for one desperate moment there
G E
He crept back in her memory
A A
God it's so painful something that's so close ■
A G
Is still so far out of reach ■
A D
Oh yeah ■ alright ■
Bm7
Take it easy baby
Bm G
Make it last all night ■
A D
She was ■ an American girl
Inst
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Solo
D D D Esus4 Em7 G D Esus4 Em7 G Asus4 D Esus4
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Em7 G Asus4 D Esus4 Em7 G Asus4 D E G A D
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Outro
E G A A
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