Main Riff

   D   Dsus2  Dsus4   D5    G   A   Bm    D2   E  G2  A2
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
       D
e|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-----------------------|
B|----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-----------------------|
G|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-----------------------|
D|----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

   D      Dsus2             Dsus4  D5
e|-2-2-2--0-0-0-|	|---3-3-3--5-5-5------|
B|-3-3-3--3-3-3-|	|---3-3-3--3-3-3------|
G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-|	|---2-2-2--2-2-2------|
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0-| x2    |---0-0-0--0-0-0------|
A|--------------|	|---------------------|
E|--------------|	|---------------------|

Guitar 2 plays this the third time through the D and Dsus2 riff. Play until 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 - During the verse, the guitar play either this riff or the chords.
    D           Bm          G           A
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2--2h4p2----2-2h4p2--|
D|-----------------------------------------------| x3
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

D          Bm            G         A   
She was an American girl raised on promises
D            Bm                             G                  
She couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life
A
Somewhere else
D                  Bm		     G                      A
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

Chorus
G        A
Oh yeah, all right
D         
Take it easy baby
Bm
Make it last all night
G          A            D
She was an American girl 


Verse
It was kind of cold that night as she stood alone on the balcony
She could hear the cars roll by
out on four forty one like waves crashing on the beach
And for one desperate moment there she crept back in her memory
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
Is still so far out of reach 

Repeat the chorus

Solo
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

                             D(2)         E             G(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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

   A(2)         D(2)         E 		G(2)		A(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|--------------------------------------------------------------|									
   D(2)             E                G(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..."

Repeat the chorus

Outro - Play a D chord with verse riff in the background.
Yeah American Girl
Yeah American Girl
American Girl
American Girl
American Girl......