G             C
She comes out on Fridays every time
                G
Stands out in a line
D                  C            G       C G C   C 
 I could have been anyone she'd seen     (Riff 1)
                  G             C
She waits another week to fall apart
                          G
She couldn't make another day
D              C          D
 I wish it was anyone but me
                  C          D
I could have been anyone you see
                  Am             C
She had something breakable just under her skin


Chorus 1:
Em         C                     G
  American girls all weather and noise
            D                      Em
Playing the changes for all of the boys
          C               G
Holding a candle up to my hand
           D
Making me feel so incredible


Verse 2:
C                   G             c
    She comes out of closets every night
              G
But then she locks herself away
D                     C             D
 Where she could keep anything from me
                  C          D
I could have been anyone you see
                  Am          C
She's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin


Chorus 2: (same chords as chorus 1)
American girls all weather and noise   Playing the changes for all of 
the boys
Holding a candle right up to my hand   Making me feel so incredible


Interlude: (play intro riff with vocals)
G                C
  Little shivers shaking me everyday
G                     C
  But I could get the same thing anywhere
G           C
  So if she goes away
      Am                D
Well, it's alright and I'm okay
     G            C
"Hey", she said, "Come back again tonight."
G              C
 And I said "I might, I might, I might."
G                 C
 She said "Well, that's alright.
Am                 Bm                 Em
   If it's alright, it's alright with you
                      Am                   D       C
then it's alright if it's alright with me


Verse 3:
                G                C
I waited for an hour last Friday night
                G
She never came around
D                C               G      G  C
 She took almost everything from me
                     G
I'm going through my closets
              C                    G
Trying on her clothes, almost everyday
D                C
 I could've been anyone you see
D              C         D
 I wish it was anyone but me
                    Am              C
There's nothing but pills and ashes under my skin


Chorus 3:
American girls all weather and noise
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Holding a candle right up to my hand
Making me feel so incredible

American Girls, Oh, American Girls
American Girls, Oh, oh, oh, oh [etc]

If I made you cry, please tell me why
Cause I'll try again if you let me try
American girls, all feathers and cream
Come into bed so edible