Tom Petty - American Girl Bass

Intro: Rest for 7 measures, then:

 |   |   |   |  h |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|--------------9-|11--------------|9---------------|7---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 |   |   |   |  h |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|9-------------9-|11--------------|9---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|3---3-3---------|

 |   |   |   |
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|5---5-5---------|

First Verse:
 D                Em               G                A
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|5---5-5-----5---|7---7-7---------|
|5---5-5---------|7---7-7-----5-7-|---5------7---7-|---7------0-2-4-|
|---5------------|---7------7-----|----------------|----------------|

 D                Em               G                A
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|5---5-5-----5---|7---7-7---------|
|5---5-5-----5---|7---7-7-----5-7-|---5------7---7-|---7------------|
|---5------5---5-|---7------7-----|----------------|----------0-2-4-|

                  ? great big world ...?           ?run to?
 A                D                G                Em
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------0-----|----------------|
|--------------4-|5---5-5---------|--------------0-|----------------|
|5--05-5---5-7---|---5------0-1-2-|3--33-3-----2---|0--00-0---0-2-3-|


?And if she had to die ...?
 A                A                A                A
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------4---|------------4---|------------4---|------------4-5-|
|5--05-5---0---5-|5--05-5---0---5-|5--05-5---0---5-|5--05-5---5-----|


?Oh yeah          All right ...?
 G                A               D                 Bm
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------2-3-|--------------4-|5---5-5-----4-5-|2---2-2---------|
|3--33-3---3-----|5--05-5---5-7---|---5------5-----|---2------0-1-2-|

?She was            an American    Girl?
G                 A                D
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------7-9-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------2-5-|--------------4-|5---5-5---------|5---5-5---57----|
|3--33-3---3-----|5--05-5---5-7---|---5------7-5-7-|---5------------|

Second verse and chorus: For all practical purposes, the same as the first verse and
chorus. Some very small differences but not significant enough to warrant re-writing the
tab, or even learning the differences for that matter.

Outtro:


 G                A      D         G                A
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------5--------|----------------|----------------|
|3--3---3------34|5--5------------|3--3---3------34|5--5---5--------|

 D
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---------------|----rest--------|5---5-5---------|5---5-5---------|
|----------------|----------------|---5------------|---5------------|


 D                Em               G                A
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------7---------|
|----------------|--------------4-|5---5-5-----5---|7---7-----797---|
|5---5-5-----5-6-|7---7-7-----7---|---5----------7-|---7---------97-|
|---5------------|---7------------|----------------|----------------|

Then repeat the bass pattern used in the first part of the verse, multiple times.
There are a few variations that I didn't transcribe.

 D                Em               G                A
 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|5---5-5-----5---|7---7-7---------|
|5---5-5---------|7---7-7-----5-7-|---5------7---7-|---7------0-2-4-|
|---5------------|---7------7-----|----------------|----------------|