American Girl
Tom Petty

Intro: D  E  G  A  (2x)

D                 E             G           A
  Well she was an American girl,  raised on promises
D                   E 
  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 tryin' she had one little promise she was gonna keep

G         A           D                   Bm                       G
  Oh yeah,  all right,  take it easy baby,   make it last all night
        A             D
She was   an American girl

D                   E                G                      A
  Well it was kinda cold that night, she stood alone on the balcony
D                          E 
  Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
       G                   A
Out on four-forty-one 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 still so far to reach 

Refrain

G7  A7  C7  (3x)

G7  A7     D

Outro: D  E  G  A  simultaneous w/ D on second guitar; end on D