Do You Recognize The 7 Chords in This Song?

What is the one thing Tom Petty and Taylor Swift have in common besides they both play the guitar?


Well, here's the same song, American Girl, with words and music by Tom Petty in 1976 and later performed by Taylor Swift in 2009. 

Do you hear the 7 chords in this song?

1. D = D/DF#A

2. E7 = E/DEG#B


3. G = G/GBD, then G7 = G/BDFG


4. A7 = A/GAC#E


5. Em = E/EGB


6. A = A/C#EA , then Asus4 = A/EAD


7. Bm = B/BDF#

Taylor Swift - American Girl (Tom Petty cover) New single 2009

Watch the best YouTube version Tom Petty American Girl Live 1985

American Girl

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

	D
Intro:  manic strumming on

	D/F#	D/E	D	D/E
then	-	-	-	(2x)

	D	E
	Well she was an	American girl

	G	A
	Raised on	promises

	D	E
	She couldn't help	thinking that there was

	G	A
A	little more to life	somewhere else

	D
After all it was a	great big world

	G	Em
	With lots of places to	run to

	A
	Yes and if she had to die trying she'd

that's one real promise she was gonna keep

	G	A
	Oh yeah,	allright

	D	Bm
	Take it easy baby,	make it last all night

	G	A	D
	She was,	an American	girl

	D	E
	Well it was kinda	cold that night

	G	A
	She stood alone on her	balcony

	D	E
	She could hear the	cars roll by

	G	A
Out on	441 like	waves crashing on the beach

	D
And for one desperate	moment baby

	G	Em
	He crept back in her	memory

	A
	God it's so painful when something is so close

But still so hard to reach

	G	A
	Oh yeah,	alright

	D	Bm
	Take it easy baby,	make it last all night

	G	A	D
	She was,	an American	girl

RIFF NOTES G G G G G# A D 3X THEN G G G A A A

Young people and mostly my piano students have requested this song, so thank you

!

 Have fun with it in 4/4 time.

Do you know your chords? You might want to check out Chords101 & 102 Collection

Best,
LadyD

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King