# # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # #From: Rick L (rickl1@IX.netcom.com) #Sent: Saturday, December 13, 1997 2:25 AM # #Artist: Roger McGuinn #Title: American Girl written by Tom Petty #Copyright 1976 Skyhill Music(BMI) #Source: the Thunderbyrd LP # # D E7 G A Well she was an American girl raised on promises D E7 She couldn't help thinking that there was G A A little more to life somewhere else D G Em 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 G A D Bm Oh yea allright take it easy baby make it last all night G A D She was an American girl D E7 G A Well it was kind cold that night she stood alone on the balcony D E7 Yea she could hear the cars roll by G A Out on 441 like waves crashing on the beach D G Em And for one desperate moment there he crept back in her memory A God it's so painful when something that's so close Is hard to find G A D Bm Oh yea allright take it easy baby make it last all night G A D She was an American girl