American Girl Chords

KeyD Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays464

American Girl by Bonnie McKee is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, Dsus4, Em7, G, Gm and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D Dsus4 Em7 G (or D G) 

D        Dsus4      Em7  G 
I fell in love in a 7/11 parking lot 
D       Dsus4            Em7                    G 
Sat on the curb drinking slurpees we mixed with alcohol 
D         Dsus4         Em7                     G             
We talked about all our dreams and how we would show 'em all  
D  Dsus4  Em7 G 
(whoa oh oh oh) 
D                  Dsus4    Em7       G 
I told him I got a plan and I'm gonna dominate 
D           Dsus4    Em7               G 
And I don't need any man to be getting in my way 
D          Dsus4          Em7               G 
But if you talk with your hands then we can negotiate  
D  Dsus4  Em7  G 
(whoa oh oh oh) 
D  Dsus4  Em7  G 
I just keep moving my body (yeah) 
D  Dsus4  Em7  G 
I'm always ready to party (yeah) 
D  Dsus4  Em7  G 
No I don't listen to mommy (yeah) 
D  Dsus4  Em7  G 
And I'll never say that I'm sorry 

Chorus 
                   Gm      D  
Oh I'm an American girl 
                             Gm      D 
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go  
                           Gm      D 
I'm loving taking over the world 
                          Gm    D      Gm G7 D D 
Hot blooded, all american girl (Whoa) 
                               Gm G7 D D 
I was raised by a television 
                             Gm G7 D D 
Every day is a competition  
                             Gm G7 D D 
Put the key in my ignition  
(Oh-way-oh) 

D Dsus4 Em7 G 
I wanna see all the stars and everything in between  
I wanna buy a new heart out of a vending machine 
Cause It's a free country so baby we can do anything (Whoa) 
I just keep moving my body (yeah)  
I'm always ready to party (yeah)  
No I don't listen to mommy (yeah)  
and I'll never say that I'm sorry 

Chorus Gm D 
Oh I'm an American girl  
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go  
I'm loving taking over the world  
Hot blooded, all American girl (Whoa)  
Gm G7 D D 
I was raised by a television  
Every day is a competition  
Put the key in my ignition (Oh-way-oh) 

Gm D 
You know we're gonna shine so bright (Oh we're gonna shine so bright)  
Oh baby gonna go all night (Oh we're gonna go all night)  
You know we're gonna shine so bright (Oh we're gonna shine so bright)  
Oh baby gonna go all night 

Chorus Gm D 
Oh I'm an american girl 
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go  
I'm loving taking over the world  
Hot blooded, all american girl (Whoa)  
Gm G7 D D 
I was raised by a television  
Every day is a competition  
Put the key into my ignition (Oh-way-oh) 

Gm G7 D D 
Oh I'm an american girl 
Hot blooded and I'm ready to go  
I'm loving taking over the world 
I'm an American girl... 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante