Mitski – Your Best American Girl (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Chords

[Intro] A D G F#m D A D G A D [Verse 1]
A     D          G               F#m
If I could, I'd be your little spoon

      D       A  D     G  A   F#m
And kiss your fingers forevermore

A          D         G              F#m
But, big spoon, you have so much to do

    D       A  D    G  A     D
And I have nothing ahead of me
A D A D
A          D            G              F#m
You're the sun, you've never seen the night

     D        A   D             G  A   F#m
But you hear its song from the morning birds

A                 D         G          F#m
Well, I'm not the moon, I'm not even a star

     D         A    D        G      A      D
But awake at night I'll be singing to the birds
[Pre-Chorus]
G     A    Bm  F#m  G A     D
Don't wait for me,  I can't come
[Chorus]
D           G          Bm              F#m            G
Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me

      D     A
But I do, I think I do

    D              G          Bm
And you're an All-American boy

           F#m          G         D             G    A    D
I guess I couldn't help trying to be your best American girl
D A (x3) F#m G [Verse 2]
A         D
You're the one

       G            F#m
You're all I ever wanted

        D      A
I think I'll regret this
D G A Bm G A D D [Final chorus]
G           A               Bm           F#m           G
Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me

      D      A
But I do, I finally do

     G            A        Bm
And you're an All-American boy

           F#m           G        D           A          D
I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl

D           G               Bm           F#m           G
Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me

      D      G     A
But I do, I think I do
[Outro] D A Bm F#m G D G A D