All-American Girl
Written by John Stewart
'All-American Girl' is
from the "Willard" album (1970), re-released by BGO
Records as a
(G)(G) (C)(C) (G)(G)
(G5)(G5) (C) (F) (F9) (Ga) (G) (C) (hold)
Parochial (G)school
Uni(C)forms, they
don´t have any (Am)pearls,
Any (C)ruffles you can
(Am)twirl,
Just the (C5)blue
serge (F)pressed a(G)gainst (G7)her (C)skin. (C9)(C)(hold)
Parochial (G)school
(C)Girls, they don´t
have any (Am)thoughts
That they (C)know that
they should (Am)not,
They´re a(F)fraid that
they might die (Dm)in (G)sin.
Ah, but I (C)wonder
what she (G)thinks about
When her (Am)mama
turns her (Am/G)night light out,
(F)Covered with her
comforter and (G)curls...(bass run: G-A-B)
(C)All-A(Dm)meri(G)can
(C)girl,(C/B)(Am)(Am/G)
(F)All-A(G)meri(G7)can
(C)girl. (C9)(C) (hold)
She´s a blue-eyed
(G)blonde,
And she (C)knows she´s
a (Am)queen
And her (C)life is but
a (Am)dream,
But I (C5)wonder what
(F)dreams run (G)through (G7)her (C)head.(C9)(C)(hold)
She´s a blue-eyed
(G)blonde,
Daddy´s (C)girl, in
her heart she´s a(Am)shamed
´Cause she (C)knows
that she has (Am)changed
From the (F)dreams
that haunt her in (Dm)her (G)bed.
Ah yes, I (C)wonder
what she (G)thinks about
When her (Am)mama´s
turned her (Am/G)night light out,
(F)Covered with her
comforter and (G)curls...
Yes, I (C)wonder what
she (G)thinks about
When her (Am)mama´s
turned her (Am/G)night light out
(F)Covered with her
comforter and (G)curls...(bass run: G A B)
(C)All-A(Dm)meri(G)can
(C)girl,(C/B)(Am)(Am/G)
(F)All-A(G)meri(G7)can
(C)girl,(C/B)(Am)(Am/G)
(F)All-A(G)meri(G7)can (C)girl.(Cj7)(Am)(G)(F)(G)(C)
John plays the song in
D (either transpose or capo 7th fret)
G5: add D-note on
B-string (3rd fret)
F9: add G-note on high
E-string (3rd fret)
Ga: add A-note on high
E-string (5th fret)
C5: add G-note on high
E-string (3rd fret)
C9: add D-note on
B-string (3rd fret)
Cj7: lift index finger
from B-string and play the B-note
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