American Girl - Tom Petty__________________________
In D

Intro
"Sh" Guitar plays D two bars

Drums enter after 6 bars
Bass enters after 4 bars
  Guitar holds D while bass moves around
Keyboards enters after 4 bars


Verse 1         "Whoo-oo"
D                E7
Well she was an American girl
G          A
 Raised on promises
D                  E7
 She couldn't help thinkin' that there, was a
G                    A
Little more to life, somewhere else
A                   D
 After all it was a great big world
G                       Em
 With lots of places to run to
A    &   2  &   3   &  $   A & 2 &
Yeah and if she had to die,      tryin' she - ee-ee - ee
A & 2 &   3   &      4  &    A   &   2  &  3     &  4    &
      had one little promise she was gonna kee - ee-ee - eep


Chorus
G               A
  Oh yeah,       all right
D                  Bm
  Take it easy baby, make it last all night
G               A 
  She was,       an American
D               D
girl

Verse 2
Well it was kind of, cold that night, she stood alone on her bal,con,ee-y
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on
441, like waves crashin' on the beach, and for one desperate
Moment there, he crept back in her mem,mor,ee-y
God it's so painful, something that's so close
      And still, so far out of Ree - ee-ee - each

Chorus

Half speed
GGG, G-G#-AA-D
GGG, G-G#-AA-D
GGG, G-G#-AA-D
GGG, G-G#-AAA

Outro
D
  band plays D while bass plays overtones
Guitar soli
(D, E, G, A) x 5
Fade out