Song: American Girl
Band: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Album: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
Tabbed by: Paul Stewart



Intro
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Well she was an American girl    
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Rasied on Promises
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She couldn't help thinking that there was a 
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little more to life, somewhere else.
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After all it was a great big world
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with lots of places to run to
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Yeah, and if she had to die, tryin she
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had one little promise she was gonna keep

CHORUS
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Oh, yeah alright
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take it easy baby make it last all night
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She was an American girl.