Goo Goo Dolls – American Girl (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] D x12 (Guitar 1) (Guitar 2 and Bass: at 5th bar start this) D E7 G A D E7 G A7 [Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
A                   D
 After all it was a great big world

G                       Em
 With lots of places to run to

A
And if she had to die tryin' she had one little promise she was gonna keep
[Chorus]
G        A          D                   Bm
 Oh yeah, all right, take it easy, baby, make it last all night

G        A             D
 She was   an American girl
[Verse 2]
D                   E7
 Well, it was kinda cold that night

G                       A
 She stood alone on the balcony

D                         E7
 Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by

       G         A
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
[Pre-Chorus]
A                  D
 For one desperate moment there

G                     Em
 He crept back in her memory

A
God it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach
[Chorus]
G        A          D                   Bm
 Oh yeah, all right, take it easy, baby, make it last all night

G         A             D
  She was   an American girl
[Outro] G G G G G# A D G G G G G# A D G G G G G# A D G G G G A A A D x28 (Guitar 1) D E7 G A (Guitar 2: bars 5 to 28) (Solo Guitar 3: bars 13 to 28) [Chorus]
G        A          D                   Bm
 Oh yeah, all right, take it easy, baby, make it last all night

G       N.C.                   A            D  D  D  D
 She was........................an American girl