Intro:
Am7 F7+ E7+ C7+ 
Am7 F7+ E7+ C7+ 

Am7       F7+    E7+       C7+ 
She came up to me, and she said (What'd she say Solo, hey) She said 


[Verso 1]

C7+                                           Am7 
"Hey, mister, it's really, really nice to meet ya" 
                                                    E7+ 
I just met this five-foot-seven girl who's just my type 
                    C7+                       Am7 
Like the way she's speakin', confidence is peakin' 
                                                                E7+ 
Don't like those baggy jeans, but I might like what's underneath them 


[Refrão]

                   C7+                                            
Dressed in all your fancy clothes 
Am7 
Sneakers looking fresh to death, I'm loving those shell-toes 
E7+                 C7+ 
Walking that walk, talk that slick talk 
Am7                        F7+ 
Liking this American girl, American girl 

 
E7+                           C7+ 
Take me on a trip I'd love to go some day 
Am7                                 F7+ 
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA 
E7+                   C7+ 
I really want to come kick it with you 
Am7                               F7+   E7+ 
Would you be my American girl? American girl 

 
  
[Verso 1]
                      C7+                    Am7 
"Can we get away this weekend? Let's go to Broadway 
                                              E7+ 
Watch a flick at Hoyts and then hit up Intencity 
                   C7+                   Am7 
Let's go on the subway, take me to your hood 
                                                     E7+ 
I never been to Ashfield and I'd like to see what's good" 


  
[Refrão]
               C7+                                            
Dressed in all your fancy clothes 
Am7 
Sneakers looking fresh to death, I'm loving those shell-toes 
E7+                 C7+ 
Walking that walk, talk that slick talk 
Am7                        D         E7+ 
Liking this American girl, American girl 


E7+                           C7+ 
Take me on a trip I'd love to go some day 
Am7                                 F7+ 
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA 
E7+                   C7+ 
I really want to come kick it with you 
Am7                               F7+   E7+ 
Would you be my American girl? American girl 
E7+                           C7+ 
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day 
Am7                                 F7+ 
Take me to Chicago, San Francisco bay 
E7+                    C7+ 
I really want to come kick it with you 
                     Am7                                   E7+ 
(Check, check, check) Liking this American girl, American girl 


E7+ 
Who killin' 'em in the S.Y.D.? 
C7+ 
Kid Solo on the M.I.C 
Am7 
But I'm stuck you see 
                                         F7+ 
'Cause most of these girls don't fuck with me, but 
E7+ 
I'ma tell you 'bout a little romance 
C7+ 
Chillin' overseas up in Amsterdam 
Am7 
Sippin' on , spliff in hand 
When this chick walks in and I'm just like, "Damn" 
E7+ 
Who dat? How she look so good? 
C7+ 
Wonder what she doin' in this neighbourhood 
Am7 
"Hey miss, come sit with me 
                                  F7+ 
Maybe give me a piece of your history" 
E7+ 
So she had a couple tokes and started relaxing 
                 C7+ 
Now that's what I call a chain-smoke reaction 
Am7 
Said she like my accent 
                                F7+    E7+ 
I like hers too so we quite the match then 
                 C7+ 
So we get to chattin' 
                        Am7 
"What you do? Where ya been?  
Where you're at?" and  we chat about love 
                              F7+     E7+ 
She from Minneapolis so we chat about Slug 
                                  C7+ 
And it seemed like we talked for days 
                                          Am7 
Till our time ran out and we had to part ways 
American girl, it was nice to know ya 
                       F7+       E7+ 
Minnesota {?} in the middle of Europa 
                      C7+ 
Now she all up on my Facebook 
                                      Am7 
Askin' me if she could stay so I say, "Look 
You're welcome anytime you wanna come kick it" 
                                F7+ E7+ 
She on her way out for a visit, you dig? 

 
          C7+ 
Would you be my love? 
      Am7 
Would you be mine? 
     F7+                           E7+ 
Would you be my love? Would you be mine? 
          C7+ 
Would you be my love? 
Am7                              F7+     E7+ 
Would you be my American girl? American girl 


[Refrão]

E7+                           C7+ 
Take me on a trip I'd love to go some day 
Am7                                 F7+ 
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA 
E7+                   C7+ 
I really want to come kick it with you 
Am7                               F7+   E7+ 
Would you be my American girl? American girl 
E7+                           C7+ 
Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day 
Am7                                 F7+ 
Take me to Chicago, San Francisco bay 
E7+                    C7+ 
I really want to come kick it with you 
Am7                         D  F7+   E7+ 
Liking this American girl, American girl