{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1704336,"song":"American Girls","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1704336-american-girls-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1704336?type=chord","rating":4.57395,"votes":58,"content":"Standard Tuning\r\n\r\nIntro (with riff) - the bars provide a timing reference\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  |  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  |  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  |  [ch]C[/ch]   |  [ch]Bb[/ch]  |\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  |  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  |  [ch]Bb[/ch]     |\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe comes out on Fridays every time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStands out in a line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n I could have been anyone she'd seen     (Riff 1)[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe waits another week to fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe couldn't make another day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I wish it was anyone but me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI could have been anyone you see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe had something breakable just under her skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  American girls all weather and noise[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPlaying the changes for all of the boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHolding a candle up to my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaking me feel so incredible[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n    She comes out of closets every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut then she locks herself away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Where she could keep anything from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI could have been anyone you see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShe's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 2:\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  American girls all weather and noise[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPlaying the changes for all of the boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHolding a candle up to my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaking me feel so incredible[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude: (play intro riff with vocals)\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n  Little shivers shaking me everyday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n  But I could get the same thing anywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n  So if she goes away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, it's alright and I'm okay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"Hey\", she said, \"Come back again tonight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n And I said \"I might, I might, I might.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n She said \"Well, that's alright.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n   If it's alright, it's alright with you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthen it's alright if it's alright with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI waited for an hour last Friday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe never came around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n She took almost everything from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm going through my closets[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTrying on her clothes, almost everyday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n I could've been anyone you see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I wish it was anyone but me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere's nothing but pills and ashes under my skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 3:\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  American girls all weather and noise[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPlaying the changes for all of the boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHolding a candle up to my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaking me feel so incredible[/tab]","plain_text":"Standard Tuning\n\nIntro (with riff) - the bars provide a timing reference\nF  Bb  |  F  Bb  |  F  Bb  |  C   |  Bb  |\nF  Bb  |  F  Bb  |  Bb     |\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude: (play intro riff with vocals)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 3:","chords":["F","Bb","C","Gm","Dm","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}