Intro:
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verse 1:
F Bb
She comes out on Fridays every time
F
Stands out in a line
C Bb F F Bb F Bb Bb
I could have been anyone she'd seen (Riff 1)
F Bb
She waits another week to fall apart
F
She couldn't make another day
C Bb C
I wish it was anyone but me
Bb C
I could have been anyone you see
Gm Bb
She had something breakable just under her skin
Chorus 1:
Dm Bb F
American girls all weather and noise
C Dm
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Bb F
Holding a candle up to my hand
C
Making me feel so incredible
verse 2:
Bb F Bb
She comes out of closets every night
F
But then she locks herself away
C Bb C
Where she could keep anything from me
Bb C
I could have been anyone you see
Gm Bb
She's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin
Chorus 2:
Dm Bb F
American girls all weather and noise
C Dm
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Bb F
Holding a candle up to my hand
C
Making me feel so incredible
Interlude: (play intro riff with vocals)
F Bb
Little shivers shaking me everyday
F Bb
But I could get the same thing anywhere
F Bb
So if she goes away
Gm C
Well, it's alright and I'm okay
F Bb
"Hey", she said, "Come back again tonight."
F Bb
And I said "I might, I might, I might."
F Bb
She said "Well, that's alright.
Gm Am Dm
If it's alright, it's alright with you
Gm C Bb
then it's alright if it's alright with me
verse 3:
F Bb
I waited for an hour last Friday night
F
She never came around
C Bb F F Bb
She took almost everything from me
F
I'm going through my closets
Bb F
Trying on her clothes, almost everyday
C Bb
I could've been anyone you see
C Bb C
I wish it was anyone but me
Gm Bb
There's nothing but pills and ashes under my skin
Chorus 3:
Dm Bb F
American girls all weather and noise
C Dm
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Bb F
Holding a candle up to my hand
C
Making me feel so incredible