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
| D |
Intro: manic strumming on | |
| D/F# | D/E | D | D/E |
then | - | - | - | (2x) |
| D | E |
| Well she was an | American girl |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ! |
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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
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