Tom Petty - American Girl Ukulele

Intro

Intro - Guitar 1:  18 bars  C
Intro - Guitar 2:  D7 D7 C C D D C C D7 D7 C C D7 D7

Verse 1

C                D7
Well, she was an American girl
C         D
Raised on promises
C                 D7
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a 
C                   D
little more to life somewhere else

D                  C
After all it was a great big world
C                      Am
With lots of places to run to
D
And if she had to die tryin' she had one little promise she was gonna keep

Chorus

C       D          C                   Em 
O yeah, all right, take it easy, baby, make it last all night
C       D           C
She was an American girl

Verse 2

C                  D7
Well, it was kinda cold that night
C                      D
She stood alone on the balcony
C                        D7
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
       C              D
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach

D                     C
And for one desperate moment there
C                    Am
He crept back in her memory
D
God it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach

Chorus

C       D          C                   Em 
O yeah, all right, take it easy, baby, make it last all night
C       D           C
She was an American girl

Outro:

C C C C C# D C 
C C C C C# D C 
C C C C C# D C 
C C C D D D

Repeat to end
C D7 C D