Chord transcription by Mikayel Abazyan mikayelabazyan@yahoo.com
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She doesn't eat, she doesn't sleep
Em
for if she slept then she would dream about this:
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a place where she'd be treated with respect and sympathy.
F#m Bm
The American girl
F#m7 F#
set her sights on the old world,
Bm F# G Em
thinking in the old world she'd find honesty.
Bm F#
And so she blew in like a breath of fresh air,
Em
captivating all around her;
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and as she passed she left a trail of heartbreak in her wake.
F#m Bm
The American Girl
F#m7 F#
cut her teeth on the old world,
Bm F# G Em(?)
all at once the old world hers upon a plate
C Gm
and fascinated by her face
A7
the old world sealed her fate.
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She felt she'd come home across the sea,
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this was where she was meant to be.
C#m G#
She didn't understand the potency of envy
F#m
so ingrained in the culture
Bm F# Em
and soon she found contempt had grown from her familiarity.
Bm F#
She doesn't eat, she doesn't sleep,
Em
she lies awake and wonders how this happened.
F#m Bm
The American girl
F#m7 F# (?)
stubbed her toe on the old world
Bm F# G
and the old world's unforgiving rigidity.
C
Well times got hard
Gm
and talk came cheap;
A7
she found that finally
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something wasn't right across the sea...
Em F# Bm
now she's stateless in all but her memory.