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4.6(17)
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Key
D
bpm
115
Tuning
440 Hz
Genre
Classic rockPop
Artist
jam sessions
13450
Release year
1976
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Loading the chords for 'Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl'.
Well, she was an American girlRaised on promisesShe couldn't help thinkin' that thereWas a little more to lifeSomewhere elseAfter all it was a great big worldWith lots of places to run toYeah, and if she had to die tryin'She had one little promiseShe was gonna keepOh yeah, alrightTake it easy babyMake it last all nightShe was an American girlWell, it was kind of cold that nightShe stood alone on her balconyYeah, she could hear the cars roll byOut on 441Like waves crashin' on the beachAnd for one desperate moment thereHe crept back in her memoryGod it's so painfulSomething that's so closeAnd still so far out of reachOh yeah, alrightTake it easy, babyMake it last all nightShe was an American girlOohUh-huh-huhUh-huh-huhOh yeahLyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind | By: Tom Petty | Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Verse

Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to

Chorus

Yeah, and if she had to die tryin'
She had one little promise
She was gonna keep
Oh yeah, alright
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl

Verse

Well, it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
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 memory

Chorus

God it's so painful
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, alright
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
Ooh

Instrumental

Uh-huh-huh
Uh-huh-huh
Oh yeah

Silence


By: Tom Petty · Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind · Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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