American Girl (Bass)
As recorded by Everclear on Heroin Girl Single
Tabbed by Lauren Ciechanowski (trggrhppyjack@aol.com) 

This song uses a dropped D tuning.

INTRO:
G|--------------------------------------|(7x) 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|-----5-5----------------5-5-----------| 
D|-0-0-----0--0-7-5-7-0-0-----0--0-7-5-7|

VERSE 1:
 She was an American girl raised on promises
 She started thinking that there was a little more to life somewhere else
 After all it was a 
 Great big world with lots of places to run to
G|----------------------------(2x)|--------|------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------|------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2----------------|--------|-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2--------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|-5-7-7-7|-----------------5-5-5-5|
 
BRIDGE:
 Yeah if she had to die
 Trying she
 Had one little promise she was gonna keep 
G|--------------(4x)| 
D|------------------| 
A|------------------| 
D|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|

CHORUS:
 Oh yeah, alright
 Take it easy baby
 Make it last all night
 She was an American girl
G|------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2----------------| 
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|

G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|-----5-5----------------5-5-----------| 
D|-0-0-----0--0-7-5-7-0-0-----0--0-7-5-7|

VERSE 2:
 Yeah it was kind of cold that night
 She stood alone on the balcony
 She could hear the cars roll by down on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
 And for one desparate
 Moment there, crept back to her memory
G|----------------------------(2x)|--------|------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------|------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2----------------|--------|-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2--------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|-5-7-7-7|-----------------5-5-5-5|

BRIDGE:
 God its so painful
 When something that's so close
 Is still so far out of reach
G|--------------(4x)| 
D|------------------| 
A|------------------| 
D|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|

CHORUS:
 Oh yeah, alright
 Take it easy baby
 Make it last all night
 She was an American girl
G|------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2----------------| 
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|

G|---------------------|
D|---------------------| 
A|-----5-5--------5-5--| 
D|-0-0-----0--0-0-----0|

BREAK:
G|--------------------------------|(4x) 
D|--------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------| 
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|

CHORUS:
 Oh yeah, alright
 Take it easy baby
 Make it last all night
 She was an American girl
G|------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2----------------| 
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|
 
 An American girl...
G|---------------------|(12x)
D|---------------------| 
A|-----5-5--------5-5--| 
D|-0-0-----0--0-0-----0|