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American Girl

Goo Goo Dolls
Tab
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Song

Love this version they did at the concert for NYC but couldn't find it anywhere so put

my own together. First tab and all that so go easy, but please give me some feedback.

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American Girl - Goo Goo Dolls

Live for Concert for NYC

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Tabbed by: Kibs

Email: mkibs@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Intro: D x 8

D E7 G A

D E7 G A7

Verse 1

[D]Well she was an [E7]American girl.

[G]Raised on [A]promises

[D]She couldn't help [E7]thinking that there was

a [G]little more to life [A]somewhere else

After all it was a [D]great big world

[G]with lots of places to [Em]run to

[A]And if she's gonna die tryin' she

had one little promise she was gonna keep

Chorus

[G]Oh yeah,[A] alright, [D]take it easy baby [Bm]make it last all night[G]

She was [A] an American [D]girl

Verse 2

Well it was kinda cold that night

She stood alone on the balcony

Yeh she could hear the cars roll by,

out on four-fortyone like waves crashing on the beach

And for one desperate moment there

he crept back in her memory

God it's so painful when something that's so close

is still so far to reach

(Chorus)

Bridge : G7 A D

G7 A D

G7 A D

G7 A A7

D x 8

D E7 G A

D E7 G A7

Solo

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G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|----------------------------------------------------------------10-10h14---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Chorus)

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