American Girl
Tom Petty
Continues after the ad
Key:
D E7 Well she was an American girlG A Raised on promisesD She couldn't help thinking thatE7 there wasG A A little more to life somewhere elseD After all it was a great big worldG With lots of places to run toEmA Yes and if she had to die trying she'd that's one real promise she was gonna keepG A Oh yeah, allrightD Bm Take it easy baby, make it last all nightG A She was, an American girlDD E7 Well it was kinda cold that nightG She stood alone on her balconyAD E7 She could hear the cars roll byG A Out on 441 like waves crashing on the beach And for one desperate moment babyDG He crept back in her memoryEmA God it's so painful when something is so close But still so hard to reachG A Oh yeah, allrightD Bm Take it easy baby, make it last all nightG A She was, an American girlD( G A ) (4x)( G A D E7 G A D G Em A ) Tablatura: = = Hold notes for duration shown ~ = Vibrato h = Hammer-on p = Pull off ^ = Bend up a full note / = Slide up to x = Left hand muted percussive note Intro: Gtr1 + + + + 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+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+|--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0- |/5----------/5------------------- +--------------------------------- |||--------------------------------- |||--------------------------------- |||-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0- |||/5----------/5------------------- +|+--------------------------------- ||| ||| ||| ||| +|+Outro Gtr Solo: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +----14-----14----+----14-----14----+----14-----14----+----14-----14----12-+|-15----15--------|-15----15------ |-----------------|--------------- |-----------------|--------------- |-----------------|--------------- +-----------------+--------------- ||--|-15----15--------|-15----15---- ||--|-----------------|------------- ||--|-----------------|------------- ||--|-----------------|------------- +|--+-----------------+------------- ||12/14--| ||-------| ||-------| ||-------| +|-------+| + + + + | + 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|-12p9---10p9---12p9---10p9--- |------9------9------9------9- |----------------------------- |----------------------------- +----------------------------- ||12p9---10p9---12p9---10p9---| ||-----9------9------9--------| ||----------------------------| ||----------------------------| +|----------------------------+ |-15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12-- |------12-----12-----12-----12 |----------------------------- |----------------------------- +----------------------------- ||15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12--| ||-----12-----12-----12-----12| ||----------------------------| ||----------------------------| +|----------------------------+ |-17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14-- |------14-----14-----14-----14 |----------------------------- |----------------------------- +----------------------------- ||17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14--| ||-----14-----14-----14-----14| ||----------------------------| ||----------------------------| +|----------------------------+