American Girl by Tom Petty Chords

American Girl

by Tom Petty

on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)

Tempo: 114 (bpm)

Chords & Roman Numerals

I	D
II	E
ii	Em
IV	G
v	A
V	A
vi	Bm

Change Key

currently: D

No Capo D (Original Key)
D D5 E E5 Em G G5 A5 A Bm Capo 1 Db
Db Db5 Eb Eb5 Ebm Gb Gb5 Ab5 Ab Bbm Capo 2 C
C C5 D D5 Dm F F5 G5 G Am Capo 3 B
B B5 C# C#5 C#m E E5 F#5 F# G#m Capo 4 Bb
Bb Bb5 C C5 Cm Eb Eb5 F5 F Gm Capo 5 A
A A5 B B5 Bm D D5 E5 E F#m Capo 6 Ab
Ab Ab5 Bb Bb5 Bbm Db Db5 Eb5 Eb Fm Capo 7 G
G G5 A A5 Am C C5 D5 D Em Capo 8 Gb
Gb Gb5 Ab Ab5 Abm Cb Cb5 Db5 Db Ebm Capo 9 F
F F5 G G5 Gm Bb Bb5 C5 C Dm Capo 10 E
E E5 F# F#5 F#m A A5 B5 B C#m Capo 11 Eb
Eb Eb5 F F5 Fm Ab Ab5 Bb5 Bb Cm

D

Ionian

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- C
  - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
D

Ionian

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- - - D/FB ONE_MAJOR
- - - D/FB ONE_MAJOR
- - - D5/E
- - - D5/E
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5/E
- - - D5/E
- - - D/FB ONE_MAJOR
- - - D/FB ONE_MAJOR
- - - D5/E
- - - D5/E
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5/E
- - - D5/E
D

Ionian

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- - - D5
  - - Well,
- - - D5
  - - she
    - was
    - an
    - A-
- - - E5
  - - mer-
    - i-
    - can
- - - E5
  - - girl
- - - G5
- - - G5
  - - raised
    - on
- - - A5
  - - prom-
    - is-
    - es.__
- - - A5
- - - D5
  - - She
- - - D5
  - - could-
    - n't
    - help
- - - E5
  - - thin-
    - 'in__
    - that
- - - E5
  - - there
    - was
    - a
- - - G5
  - - lit-
    - tle
    - more__
    - to
    - life
- - - G5
- - - A5
  - - some-
    - where__
    - else.__
- - - A5
A

Mixolydian

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- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - Af-
    - ter
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - all,
    - it
    - was
    - a
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
  - - great
    - big__
    - world__
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - with
    - lots
    - of
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - plac-
    - es__
    - to
- - - Em TWO_MINOR
  - - run
    - to,__
- - - Em TWO_MINOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - and
    - if__
    - she
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - had
    - to
    - die
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - try-
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - in',
    - she__
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - had
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - one
    - lit-
    - tle
    - prom-
    - ise
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - she
    - was
    - gon-
    - na
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - keep.__
D

Ionian

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- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - Oh
    - yeah,
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - all
    - right,
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
  - - take
    - it
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
  - - eas-
    - y
    - ba-
    - by,
- - - Bm SIX_MINOR
  - - make
    - it
- - - Bm SIX_MINOR
  - - last
    - all
    - night.
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - She
    - was
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - an
    - A-
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - mer-
    - i-
    - can
    - girl.__
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
D

Ionian

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- - - D5
  - - Well,
- - - D5
  - - it
    - was
    - kind-
    - a
- - - E5
  - - cold
    - that_
    - night.__
- - - E5
- - - G5
  - - She
    - stood__
    - a-
    - lone
- - - G5
  - - on
    - her
- - - A5
  - - bal-
    - co-
    - ny.__
- - - A5
- - - D5
  - - Yeah,
- - - D5
  - - she
    - could
    - hear
    - the
- - - E5
  - - cars
    - roll
    - by__
- - - E5
  - - out
    - on
- - - G5
  - - Four-
    - For-
    - ty-
    - one,
- - - G5
  - - like
- - - A5
  - - waves
    - crash-
    - in'
- - - A5
  - - in
    - on
    - the
    - beach.__
A

Mixolydian

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- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - And__
    - for
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - one
    - des-
    - per-
    - ate
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
  - - mo-
    - ment__
    - there__
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - he
    - crept__
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - back
    - in__
    - her
- - - Em TWO_MINOR
  - - mem-
    - o-
    - ry.__
- - - Em TWO_MINOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - God,
    - it's__
    - so
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - pain-
    - ful
    - when
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - some-
    - thing__
    - that's
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - so
    - close__
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - is
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - still
    - so
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - far
    - out
    - of
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - reach.__
D

Ionian

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- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - Oh
    - yeah,
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - all
    - right,
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
  - - take
    - it
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
  - - eas-
    - y
    - ba-
    - by,
- - - Bm SIX_MINOR
  - - make
    - it
- - - Bm SIX_MINOR
  - - last
    - all
    - night.
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
  - - She
    - was
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - an
    - A-
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
  - - mer-
    - i-
    - can
    - girl.__
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
D

Ionian

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- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A7 FIVE_MAJOR
    - D7 ONE_MAJOR
- - - D7 ONE_MAJOR
- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A7 FIVE_MAJOR
    - D7 ONE_MAJOR
- - - D7 ONE_MAJOR
- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A7 FIVE_MAJOR
    - D7 ONE_MAJOR
- - - D7 ONE_MAJOR
- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G7 FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A7 FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A7 FIVE_MAJOR
D

Ionian

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- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5
- - - D5/E
- - - D5/E
- - - D5/G
- - - D5/G
- - - D5/A
- - - D5/A
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - E7 TWO_MAJOR
- - - E7 TWO_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
D

Ionian

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- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
D

Ionian

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- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - E TWO_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - G FOUR_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - A FIVE_MAJOR
- - - D ONE_MAJOR

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Chords & Roman Numerals

Change Key currently: D

Change Key

currently: D