American Lady Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays438

American Lady by Suzi Quatro is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
D         A     C                 G 
 American lady, good old American child 
D         A     C                 G 
 American lady, good old American child 

Verse: 1 
D                       A            C            G 
 I've been around every single town, London to Tokyo 
D                         A         C                    G 
 I've seen the world from inside out, and what I want to know 
D                    A            C                       G 
 Where did all those good times go, where can we play our rock 'n' roll 
D           A           C                      G 
 I am going home again, stateside is where I'm bound 

Pre-Chorus: 
D         A     C                 G 
 American lady, good old American child 
D         A   C 
 American lady, your arms are open so wide 


            D         A         D       A       D 
I want you America. I need you America. I miss America 

Verse: 2 
D               A             C                   G 
 Left to find a golden rainbow, I flew across the sea 
D              A               C                     G 
 We would play college scholors, my band of boys and me 
D                   A             C                        G 
 Now, I've got everything I wanted, but, there's one thing more 
D            A         C                G 
 I hear them calling me, and I'm coming home 

Pre-Chorus: 
D         A     C                 G 
 American lady, good old American child 
D           A             C 
 I hear you calling wildly, and I'm coming home 


         D         A         D       A       D 
Home to America. I need you America. I miss America 

Instrumental 
D A C G 
D A C G 

Pre-Chorus 
D         A     C                 G 
 American lady, good old American child 
D           A             C 
 I hear you calling wildly, and I'm coming home 
        D      C               D   C 
Home to America. I need you America 

Outro 
        D         A         D         A         D 
I miss America. I want you America. I need you America 
A       D         A         D         A         D 
I miss America. I want you America. I need you America 
A       D         A         D         A         D 
I miss America. I want you America. I need you America... 
    	

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