Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – American Girl (Ukulele)

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Well she was an American girl. 

G         A
Raised on promises

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She couldn't help thinking that there was

  G                   A
a little more to life somewhere else

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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

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Oh yeah, allright, take it easy baby make it last all night

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She was   an American girl

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Well it was kinda cold    that night

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She stood alone on the   balcony

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Yeh, she could hear the cars roll by,

       G                   A
out on  four-fortyone like waves crashing on the beach

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And for one des'rate 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 to reach.

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Oh yeah, allright, take it easy baby make it last all night

        A             D
She was   an American girl