As recorded by Everclear on the Heroin Girl Single
(Chords used)
DDDDGABDEGA(2)
e|-2---0-----3---5--3-0--2-------------------|
B|-3---3-----3---3--3-2--3-------------------|
G|-2---2-----2---2--0-2--4-----7---9--12--14-|
D|-0---0-----0---0--0-2--4-----7---9--12--14-|
A|------------------2-0--2-----5---7--10--12-|
E|------------------3------------------------|
(INTRO)
DDDDD5s4
e|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--|x1 e|-2-2-2--0-0-0-|x5 e|-3-3-3--5-5-5-|x1
B|----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--| B|-3-3-3--3-3-3-| B|-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
G|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--| G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-| G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
D|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-| D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
A|-----------------------| A|--------------| A|--------------|
E|-----------------------| E|--------------| E|--------------|
(Play this short solo over the third time you play the D, Dsus2 thing
above until the start of the verse)
e|-------------------------------------------------------3-3-3--3-5-5-5-|
B|-7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5-3-3-3--3-5-5-5--5-7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Verse Riff. This is what the guitar plays, while the bass plays the root
notes of the chords. Either play the chords or this riff)
DBGA
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2-2h4p2--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
(Verse Riff x3)
DBmGA
She was an American girl raised on promises
DBmG
She couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life
A
Somewhere else
DBmGA
After all it was a great big world with lots of places to run to
A
And if she had to die trying, she had one little promise she was gonna keep
GA
Oh yeah, all right
D
Take it easy baby
Bm
Make it last all night
GAD
She was an American girl
(Verse Riff x3)
DBmGA
It was kind of cold that night as she stood alone on the balcony
DBm
She could hear the cars roll by
GA
out on four forty one like waves crashing on the beach
DBmGA
And for one desperate moment there she crept back in her memory
A
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
A
Is still so far out of reach
GA
Oh yeah, all right
D
Take it easy baby
Bm
Make it last all night
GAD
She was an American girl
(Solo - arranged for one guitar)
e|---------------2b-(let ring)-----------------2b-(let ring)---------|
B|------------------------------3-3h5p3-3-2----3----3-2-----3----3-2-|
G|--2--2h4p2-----2--2h4p2-------2-2h4p2------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------0---0--------0---0------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
DEG(2)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2------3----3-2-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0---------0---0------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
ADEGA(2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2-----3----3-2----3----3-2-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---0--------0---0--------0---0--------0---0-------0---0------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
DEG(2)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
"Wah-oah" "Oah-oh" "Ah-oah"
A(2)
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|
D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
E|----------------------------|
"Ohhh..."
GA
Oh yeah, all right
D
Take it easy baby
Bm
Make it last all god*** night
GAD
She was an American girl
D (with verse riff overdubbed, bass plays D instead of verse chords though)
Yeah American Girl
Yeah American Girl
American Girl......