Petty Tom - American Girl Chords & Tabs

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Artist:Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Title: American Girl

Submitted by: Logan Unplugged (loganhighlander@yahoo.com)

My Tab submissions are to thank everyone at the Guitar Tab Universe for all the great tabs and making me a
much better guitar player since I found this site a couple years ago.  I wanted to give something back so 
the tabs I am submitting, I believe, are as close to complete as you may get from any one tab on any site.
I've compiled this tab from every tab of this song I could find on the internet and/or in mags and this is
the result.  It contains what I believe are the riff, solos, progressions, and lyrics (some of my corrections 
and addition) to try and make this tab the as close to the recorded song as possible.  

I play alot of parties for my friends where it's just me and an acoustic guitar and this is the tab that is
sitting on my music stand.  I hope you find this tab helpful.  Once again, Thank you Guitar Tab Universe 
and all Tab Submitters!!!


Special Thanks To:
m92kjrt@mtek.chalmers.se - Kristoffer J Rydquist (Chords)
Paul Hutchinson (Intro, Riffs, and Outro Solo)


Chords:
E A D G B E
E7 0 2 0 1 3 0 
G3 2 0 0 3 3
A20 0 2 2 5 5


Intro:
                    2x
(e)||--10-10-10-----||-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-|
(B)||o-------------o||------------------------|---------------------------------------|
(G)||---7--7--7-----||--7--7--7----7--7--7--7-|--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7--7-|
(D)||---0--0--0-----||--0--0--0----0----------|--0---------0---------------------0----|
(A)||o-------------o||------------------------|---------------------------------------|
(E)||---------------||------------------------|---------------------------------------|

Riff 1:
                                                                                      6x
(e)||-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-|-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10---||
(B)||o--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
(G)||--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7--7-|--7--7--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---7--7---||
(D)||--0---------0---------------------0----|--0---------0---------------------0------||
(A)||o--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
(E)||---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||


Verse 1:
(Well she was an American girl, raised on promises)

Chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/petty_tom/american_girl_tab_ver_2.html ]
Oh yeah, all right, take it easy baby make it last all night (make it last all night)



Verse 2
(Well it was kinda cold that night, she stood alone on the bal-co-ny)

[Chorus]


[Riff 1]


Interlude:
                                              3x
(e)||-----------------|-----------------------||----------------|------------------|
(B)||o----------------|---------------1-2-3--o||----------------|------------------|
(G)||-----------------|-----------------------||----------------|------------------|
(D)||-----------------|-----------------------||----------------|------------------|
(A)||o----------------|---------5------------o||----------------|------------------|
(E)||--3--3--3----3-4-|-5---5-----------------||-3--3--3----3-4-|--5---5---5-------|


[Riff 1]6x's

                                                                                   2x
(e)||----14----14-14---|----14---14-14---|---14-----14-14---|----14-----14-----12--||
(B)||o-15----15-----15-|-15----15-----15-|-15----15------15-|-15----15----12/14---o||
(G)||------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------------||
(D)||------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------------||
(A)||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------o||
(E)||------------------|-----------------|------------------|----------------------||


Outro:
(e)|----------------------------------------------------------| 
(B)|-10p7---8-p7---10p7---8-p7----10p7---8-p7---10p7---8-p7---|
(G)|------7------7------7------7------7------7------7------7--|
(D)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(A)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(E)|----------------------------------------------------------|

(e)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(B)|-12p9---10p9---12p9---10p9---12p9---10p9---12p9---10p9----|
(G)|------9------9------9------9------9------9------9---------|
(D)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(A)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(E)|----------------------------------------------------------|


(e)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(B)|-15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12--15p12--14p12---|
(G)|------12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-----12-|
(D)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(A)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(E)|----------------------------------------------------------|

(e)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(B)|-17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14--17p14--15p14---|
(G)|------14-----14-----14-----14-----14-----14-----14-----14-|
(D)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(A)|----------------------------------------------------------|
(E)|----------------------------------------------------------|